Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

  I apologize for not posting the answer to last week’s question so….   Welcome back,  how did you do with this week’s question? If you answered the Minnesota Vikings you are correct. The Vikings have never won a super bowl in their history and was the first to lose 4 super bowls. 1970 vs

Smallthoughts: Wow Did you see that game? Kansas City Chiefs vs Los Angeles Rams

Normally this is Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday and you will get your Old School Tuesday …but did you see that game last night? Wow this was a Monday Night Football game that people will be talking about for a long time. Did you see??? It will be noted for having both teams scoring 50 points or

Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday

My apologies to readers of this post. I am very late in giving the answer to a trivia question posted some time ago so I am posting this answer now and then will post this week’s Trivia question. How did you do with this week’s question? If you answered 1967…you are correct. On January 15, 1967,

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday …Bobby Bell

He played for the Kansas City Chiefs, first in the American Football League from 1963 through 1969, and then in the NFL from 1970 through 1974. Bell was an AFL All-Star for six consecutive years, 1964 through 1969, and then an NFL Pro Bowlerfor three straight years (1970–1972). He was on two AFL Championship teams and a World Championship team. He was named to the All-Time All-AFL Team in 1970. He was

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday …Jim Lynch

From 1967 to 1977, Lynch was a right outside linebacker, playing alongside middle linebacker Willie Lanier and left outside linebacker Bobby Bell, both Pro Football Hall of Famers. These linebackers were important elements to lead the Chiefs’ defense in their 1969 championship season, en route to winning their first and only AFL-NFL World Championship (Super Bowl IV). Lynch finished his career with 17 interceptions and 14 fumble recoveries.

Smallthoughts : Old School Tuesday …Willie Lanier

Willie Lanier played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the American Football League All-Star team in 1968 and 1969 before being selected to the Pro Bowl from 1970 through 1975. Lanier was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. Lanier was known

Smallthoughts : Rant of the Week…Kansas City Chiefs

They started out a house on fire they beat the Patriots, raced to a 5-0 record and looked like they could unseat the Patriots in the AFC. Then the Chiefs imploded…they are now 6-6 in the AFC west in a three way tie with the Raiders and the Chargers. Due to injures they ended up

Smallthoughts: Did the Patriots get the Name of that Truck that Hit Them?

The last time we saw the New England Patriots the made an unbelievable comeback in the Super Bowl down 28-3 to come all the way back to win and stun the Atlanta Falcons. Well the NFL calendar has turned and as Thursday night proved …the Chiefs served notice that they aren’t the Falcons…(I know Ouch)

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Tony Gonzalez

Some teams just don’t make good use of the Tight End which is hard to imagine because you could have a very good player not being used. It’s a good thing that both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Atlanta Falcon made great use of their Tight End otherwise we fans would have missed out

Smallthoughts:Old School Tuesday …Morten Anderson

Kickers usually don’t get enough credit and they are hardly ever recognized until they miss a game winning field (Scott Norwood) yet Morten Anderson was among the very best. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 1982…He is the all-time leader in games played in the NFL at 382; in addition, he also