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| Chiefs hire Gailey as coordinator for one of NFL's weakest offenses |
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01/16/2008 |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -The Kansas City Chiefs hired former Dallas Cowboys head coach Chan Gailey to be the offensive coordinator on Wednesday. Gailey will try to turn around one of the NFL's weakest offenses. He replaces Mike Solari, who took the Chiefs from being one of the league's top offenses to one of the worst in two years. Kansas City ended the season with a 4-12 record and on a nine-game losing streak after scoring only 226 points. That's 70 points less than any Kansas City team has scored in 30 ye |
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| Carter, Green and Tagliabue among Hall of Fame finalists |
NFL Football |
01/15/2008 |
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| ve linemen Russ Grim, Bob Kuechenberg, Randall McDaniel and Gary Zimmerman and punter Ray Guy. That list increased to 17 finalist nominees with the inclusion of the two recommended candidates of the Hall of Fame's Seniors Committee - Marshall Goldberg, a multi-purpose back starred with the Chicago Cardinals (1939-1943, 1946-48), and cornerback Emmitt Thomas, who played 13 seasons (1966-1978) for the Kansas City Chiefs. The class of 2008 will be announced on Saturday, February 2, the day prior to Super Bowl XLII. |
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| After 20 years, Giants punter to finally play in conference game |
NFL Football |
01/15/2008 |
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| championship game since the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Quarterback-kicker George Blanda of Oakland was 48-years old when the Raiders played Pittsburgh in 1976 for the AFC title. Carney, who now plays with the Kansas City Chiefs, was 42 years old when his New Orleans Saints played the Bears for the NFC title last year. ``I didn't even think I would play this long,'' said Feagles, who has played in an NFL record 320 consecutive regular-season games. ``To be honest I though |
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| Cris Carter, Darrell Green finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame |
NFL Football |
01/15/2008 |
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| nter Ray Guy; wide receivers Art Monk and Andre Reed; and tackle Gary Zimmerman. The contributor finalist is former commissioner Paul Tagliabue. The Senior Committee nominees, announced last August, are Chicago Cardinals back Marshall Goldberg and Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Emmitt Thomas. To be elected, a finalist must receive a minimum of 80 percent of the 44 votes.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadca |
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| Falcons name Dimitroff GM |
NFL Football |
01/13/2008 |
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| seasons in total, and the last five as director of college scouting. For nine seasons prior to his tenure with New England, Dimitroff served in the scouting departments of three different NFL teams. His first NFL personnel opportunity came with the Kansas City Chiefs as a part-time scout in 1993. One year later, he was given a full-time opportunity as an area scout for the Detroit Lions where he served until 1997. Before being hired by the Patriots, Dimitroff worked in the scouting department of the Cleveland Br |
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| Despite success, Packers' McCarthy doesn't seek spotlight |
NFL Football |
01/08/2008 |
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| do get our work done.'' McCarthy's coaching philosophies are a hodgepodge of ideas he picked up from the coaches and players he was around as a young assistant, especially Paul Hackett, who brought McCarthy from the University of Pittsburgh to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993. After climbing up the ladder to become the Chiefs' quarterbacks coach, McCarthy went to Green Bay for one year as quarterbacks coach in 1999. From there, McCarthy went on to a successful five-year stint as the offensive coordinator in New |
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| Brian Schottenheimer is latest to interview with Baltimore Ravens |
NFL Football |
01/07/2008 |
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| nterviewed for the Dolphins' job that went to Cam Cameron a year ago, but eventually withdrew his name from consideration. Schottenheimer, 34, was a college quarterback at Kansas and Florida and has been an assistant coach with the St. Louis Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins and Chargers after briefly coaching at Syracuse and USC. The Ravens have also interviewed Indianapolis Colts assistant coach Jim Caldwell, Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Tony Sparano, Cowboys offensive coordinator Jim Garrett |
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| Dolphins name Ireland new GM |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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| he team, and I would not be where I am today without the help of so many people there." Prior to being elevated to his most recent role with the Cowboys in 2005, Ireland served as national scout with Dallas since 2001. He got his start in the NFL as a scout with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he spent the 1997-2000 seasons. Ireland was also a scout for the National Football Scouting combine from 1994-96. Before becoming an NFL scout, Ireland coached the special teams at the University of North Texas from 1992-93. |
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| Jets take step back in Mangini's second season |
NFL Football |
01/02/2008 |
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| sas City, Arizona, St. Louis, and Cincinnati in 2008. In addition to the three divisional games on the road, the Jets will visit Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Tennessee. LOOKING AHEAD: DRAFT Thanks to their meaningless win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, the Jets saw their draft position plummet three spots. Had they lost, they would have held the No. 3 pick, but will now select sixth overall. There were four teams tied at 4-12, but of course, since the Jets played the undefeated New Engl |
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| Jeff Ireland becomes Dolphins GM |
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01/02/2008 |
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| otball since childhood, spending summers as a ball boy during training camp for the Chicago Bears. His grandfather, former Philadelphia Eagles player Jim Parmer, scouted for the Bears. Ireland's stepfather is E.J. Holub, a former linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs. Of the 53 players on the Cowboys' roster, 38 were acquired after Ireland was promoted to vice president of college and pro scouting. That includes 12 of the 22 starters. Ireland once said he looks for big, fast, strong, smart players who have g |
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