Off-Season Moves/AFC Review … A Cup O’Chiefs
The signing of G Ryan Lilja to a three-year contract on Tuesday kept alive what has been a busy 10-day period for the Chiefs in free agency.
In fact, they have been the busiest teams in the league when it comes to adding talent to the roster. They’ve kept six of their own players and signed five UFAs. They’ve kept or added OLB Mike Vrabel, WR Terrance Copper, RB Jackie Battle, WR Chris Chambers, QB Matt Gutierrez, RB Kolby Smith, RB Thomas Jones, WR Jerheme Urban, NT Shaun Smith, C Casey Wiegmann and Lilja (above with Peyton Manning.)
No other general manager in the league has turned in more contracts to the league office in the last two weeks than Scott Pioli. Denver has made nine moves for second spot in the AFC. Over in the NFC, Detroit and Washington also have made nine moves.
For our accounting purposes we are adding up the unrestricted free agents signed or re-signed, the restricted free agents who have signed their tender offer and any players acquired through trades.
When it comes to signing new players, only Pittsburgh can match the Chiefs total of five. That alone is quite a surprise since the Steelers have never been known as a major player in free agency. Like the Chiefs, Pittsburgh has signed a lot of UFAs, but they haven’t been the big name types with big dollars attached to their move. Read More..

On Tuesday the Chiefs corrected a mistake made nearly six years ago when they signed G Ryan Lilja.
The smoke has cleared in the free agency period around the NFL. The roster activity will not stop completely when it comes to hiring and firing of players in the league, but the pace has slowed considerably.
The merry-go-round of NFL personnel moves made an interesting circle on Sunday.
It will go down as one of the worst draft day trades in the history of the NFL.
Rather than return back to New Orleans, where the Super Bowl Saints were interested in having him serve as a backup to Drew Brees, it’s Cleveland where Jake Delhomme (left) plans to continue his NFL career.
As a fan, I don’t ask for much. I just wanna see some signs.