Carl Peterson employment with the Chiefs ended with the turn of the calendar to 2009 at midnight Thursday. Since the decision to move up his departure to this season, Peterson has not talked publicly.
He does so here for the first time.
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As the wildcard weekend is upon us, we check in with the best pro football writer in America, Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News. Goose talks about the situation in Denver with the firing of Mike Shanahan and the fall out from that surprise. We also talk about his selections as MVP, coach of the year and rookie of the year. Plus, we cover all four games for this weekend. Goose thinks three teams playing this weekend could go all the way to Tampa for the Super Bowl.
Enjoy.
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An end of the 2008 season look at the Chiefs with Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson. He speaks of the Chiefs performance in Cincinnati, what he saw during the ‘08 season and what’s ahead for this team as they wait for the arrival of a new general manager.
Happy new year and enjoy!
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John Czarnecki, the information man for the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and columnist for FOXSPORTS.com joins us for our weekly chat and we cover all the NFL ground, including the stunning dismissal of Mike Shanahan in Denver, the search for a Chiefs GM, the situations in Cleveland, Detroit and the New York Jets, along with what may happen in St. Louis and Oakland, where Czar sees Al Davis hiring Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh any day now. Plus, we talk about this weekend’s wildcard games.
Enjoy!
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From Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati
Here’s a post-game report from the Chiefs locker room after their 16-6 loss to the Bengals. I’ve kept it short and the real meat here is my interview with Larry Johnson and his comments that he wants out of Kansas City.
Check it out.
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America’s best pro football writer Rick Gosselin joins us for our weekly chat and you don’t want to miss this one. In clear and concise terms, Goose spells out the qualities that make for a top talent evaluator in the NFL. We also talk about how the best evaluators are worthless if the entire organization isn’t on the same page when it comes to identifying and then developing talent.  Rick then talks about Scott Pioli, the No. 1 personnel man in New England and the person who is likely on the top of any list of a team seeking a GM-type. Plus, the conversation includes disussion of the finaly weeks of the NFL season, as we cover Tennessee, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Denver in the AFC, and the New York Giants, Carolina and Arizona in the NFC.Â
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Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us for a discussion on many things Chiefs and football related on this holiday. Len speaks of Tyler Thigpen’s recent performances, whether football players and teams need to learn how to win, what he would do if he were to be become Chiefs GM and as the Chiefs close out the season at Paul Brown Stadium against the Bengals on Sunday, Len remembers some stories about the great coach.
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Our man John Czarnecki of the FOX-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and FOXSPORTS.com joins us to talk about the Chiefs search for a general manager, Scott Pioli and his interest in the job, the situations with Detroit and St. Louis and their GM jobs, the status of other coaches and GMs around the league as the season comes to an end and his thougths on the hottest team going into the final weekend (San Diego) and the coldest team (Arizona).
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Our Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us for another conversation about all things Chiefs related and you don’t want to miss this one. Len talks about the resignation of Carl Peterson, the Chiefs performance against San Diego last Sunday, the need for the defense to develop a leader of some sorts and what can be accomplished over the last two games.
Enjoy.
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The best pro football writer in America, Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News joins us for our weekly chat.
For those who do not know, Goose spent a long part of his professional career in Kansas City working for United Press International and then the Kansas City Star. He’s got a wealth of background and knowledge on the Chiefs and their history, past and present.
He’s a perfect voice to listen to about the events of the past week and what the future may hold. We also talk about the turnaround of the Miami Dolphins and the luck of the NFL that the league’s four best teams are all playing each other this weekend.
This is a good one. Enjoy.
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Our man John Czarnecki, the information man for the FOX-TV NFL pre-game show and columnist for FOXSPORTS.com joins us again this week to talk about pro football and obviously our conversation centers around the Chiefs and who may be the team’s new GM.Â
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From the Truman Sports Complex
It was a momentous Monday for the Chiefs franchise as Carl Peterson announced his resignation as the team’s president-general manager. Chairman of the board Clark Hunt spoke Monday evening at the team’s facility about the resignation, his plans for the future and the process that he has already begun for finding a new person to lead his football team.
Take a listen.
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From Arrowhead Stadium
The Chiefs talk about their devastating 22-21 defeat to the San Diego Chargers at Arrowhead, including comments from Herm Edwards, Brian Waters, Pat Surtain, Tamba Hali and Connor Barth.
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Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us to talk about many things involving the Chiefs. Len speaks of the spread offense, about Tyler Thigpen’s future, about the need for the defense to add some playing talent and so much more.
It’s the legend himself. Enjoy.
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He’s the best pro football writer in America and Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News joins us again this week to talk about a host of subjects. We cover the spread offense and whether it can fly in the NFL. Our conversation then turns towards Tyler Thigpen and whether he can be the Chiefs quarterback of the future. We cover the 2009 NFL Draft and talk about what quarterbacks may be available there and how high up in the draft order a team has to be to get one of the top players. Plus we finish up with discussion about ‘08 rookie quarterbacks, the Carolina Panthers, the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys and this weekend’s top NFL match up as Pittsburgh visits Baltimore.
Enjoy.
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Our man John Czarnecki from the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and FOXSPORTS.com joins us for a discussion about the National Football League. Czar talks about the Carolina Panthers and their victory Monday night over Tampa Bay, the Giants loss at home to Philly, the waiting for a federal judge to rule on the drug suspensions handed down by the NFL, Jared Allen, Jerry Jones and the New York Jets. We cover a lot of ground.
Enjoy.
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From Invesco Field
A post-game locker room report with comments from the Chiefs after their 24-17 loss to the Broncos. You will hear comments from Herm Edwards, Tyler Thigpen, Derrick Johnson, Jarrad Page, Tamba Hali and others.
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Len Dawson joins us this week to talk about the Chiefs victory last weekend in Oakland, the performance of Tyler Thipgen and the entire offense and what the move of Derrick Johnson to middle linebacker may mean for the Chiefs defense. Plus, Len makes his Big 12 Championship Game pick.
Enjoy.
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America’s finest pro football writer Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News joins us for our weekly converstion. This week we talk about the state of the race to the playoffs with four weeks remaining and the effect the situations with Plaxico Burress, the Williams duo in Minnesota and Pacman Jones have on their team in the march to the post-season. We also touch on the marquee game of this weekend in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers, and visit a point of interest for fans of the Chiefs: why are the Steelers always able to identify and develop linebackers.
He’s our man Goose and we are proud to have him as part of bobgretz.com. Enjoy.
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Our weekly conversation with John Czarnecki, the information man for Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game show and columnist for FOXSPORTS. com begins with a discussion on the Raiders and the future of QB JaMarcus Russell and interim coach Tom Cable. Then we cover the hiring of Lane Kiffin at Tennessee and the likely jump of his father Monte Kiffin there as well. Coaching situations in Cleveland, Cincinnati and San Diego are discussed. And yes, we’ve got some discussionon Plaxico Burress.
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From Arrowhead Stadium
During his Tuesday press conference, Herm Edwards was asked about the Plaxico Burress situation in New York. The Chiefs head coach said he would address the subject with his team on Wednesday, although he’s already spoken to them about guns.
I thought his words on the situation were worth hearing.
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From the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
The Chiefs talk about their 20-13 victory over the Raiders on Sunday in Oakland, as we hear from head coach Herm Edwards, QB Tyler Thigpen, CB Maurice Leggett, DE Tamba Hali, DT Glenn Dorsey and S Jarrad Page.
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Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us again this week to continue analyzing the growth of Tyler Thigpen as an NFL quarterback. Len talks about Thigpen’s turnovers from last week and what the next step must be for this young quarterback. He also talks about the Chiefs defense and we talk about whether two teams that are 3-8 and 1-10 can really play a rivalry game.
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A Thanksgiving Day treat for us as Rick Gosselin, best pro football writer in America, joins us for a conversation about Thanksgiving football, why scoring is up in the NFL, why the home teams are suddenly taking it on the chin, why the New York Giants are the best team in the NFL and one of the most unusual plays in the NFL rules that came down last week in Arizona.
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Our man John Czarnecki of the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and FOXSPORTS.com joins us for another conversation about the NFL. The conversation centers on four flash points around the NFL right now: the Eagles with Donovan McNabb, the Browns with GM and coach in trouble, the Lions where nobody knows what’s going on and the Chiefs, and what the league is saying about the situaiton in Kansas City.
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From Arrowhead Stadium
From the Chiefs locker room after their 54-31 loss to the Buffalo Bills, listen as Herm Edwards, Tony Gonzalez, Tyler Thigpen, Derrick Johnson and Brian Waters talk about turnovers, mistakes and trying to regain that winning feeling.
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Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us to talk about the Chiefs. Len continues to analyze the growth of Tyler Thigpen at quarterback and his need for a victory to validate himself and his offense. Len also talks about the Chiefs lack of a pass rush and the poor special teams play that is hurting the team’s chances of victory. He also spends some time talking about young Buffalo quarterback Trent Edwards.
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America’s best pro football writer Rick Gosselin joins us for another discussion about the world of football. We talk about the Chiefs and their turnover ratio, roster rotation and lack of sacks. Also, we talk about the fact that it’s too early to crown the Tennessee Titans as the Super Bowl front-runner, touch on the improvement of the Arizona Cardinals and their big game this weekend against the New York Giants and we also talk about how the top of the draft is shaping up for April 2009.
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Our good friend John Czarnecki of the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and FOXSPORTS.com joins us to talk about what’s going on around the NFL.Â
We talk with Czar about NFL officiating, the decline of the Chargers, the uptick of the Broncos and the coaching situation in Oakland. We also touch on Pacman Jones and whether he’ll return to the Cowboys and the appeal hearings and meetings held in New York on Tuesday involving on-field and off-field actions.
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From Arrowhead Stadium
Sounds from the Chiefs post-game locker room after losing 30-20 to the New Orleans Saints, with Herm Edwards, Tyler Thigpen, Brian Waters, Turk McBride, Jon McGraw and Damion McIntosh.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson joins us for a discussion about the Chiefs, including discussion on the continued improvement of Tyler Thigpen, the play of the Chiefs offensive line and the defense and its goal of this week trying to slow down New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees.
As statistical note: Brees leads the NFL after nine games with 362 passes attempted. During his 19-year career in pro football, the most passes Len attempted in a season was 357 in 1967. That was over 14 games.
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Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News, America’s best pro football writer, joins us for another conversation. We talk about the New York Giants, the development of rookie quarterbacks Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan, the Tennessee Titans and the problems facing the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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John Czarnecki of the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and contributor to FOXSPORTS.com joins us for our weekly chat about pro football. Czar addressed Herm Edwards decision to go for two points, more turmoil in RaidersLand, why the Jets would sign Ty Law, the NFL league office stepping on its own toes by rescinding fines, Jack Del Rio and the Jaguars in Jacksonville and the NFLPA losing a law suit to former players.
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From San Diego, California
It was again a very quiet Chiefs locker room after their loss Sunday to the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium.
Herm Edwards, Tyler Thigpen, Jon McGraw and Connor Barth talk about the game, the plays and where the Chiefs go from here.
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The best pro football writer in America, Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News joins us again to talk about Tyler Thigpen (could he be the next Tony Romo), mobility at quarterback in pro football, the problems of the San Diego Chargers and his mid-season award winners, including a former Chiefs linebacker who has made a big difference with his new team.
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Our friend John Czarnecki of the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and of FOXSPORTS.com joins us to talk about the Chiefs and what he saw from the team’s performance against Tampa Bay. We also talk about the Raiders awful showing against Atlanta, the decision by Detroit to sign Daunte Culpepper, Cleveland’s promotion of Brady Quinn to the starting QB spot and the biggest surprises and biggest disappointments of the first half of the NFL season.
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From Arrowhead Stadium
The Chiefs fell 30-27 in overtime to the Tampa Bay Bucs and we went inside the Chiefs locker room to get the reaction of the players to what happened Sunday afternoon.
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Joining us for a discussion on the Chiefs is the legend, Len Dawson. The Hall of Fame quarterback talks about what he saw from Tyler Thigpen last week and what the next step is for the young quarterback. He talks about the spread offense and why it won’t work in pro football and what he would have done in the fourth quarter with the lead and five minutes to play. And Len provides an interesting look at the special teams shuffle the Chiefs have had in the last two weeks.
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Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News joins us again for a session to talk about the National Football League. Subjects include the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys, PIttsburgh Steelers, the matchup on Sunday between Indianapolils and New England, the unbeaten Tennessee Titans and the Chargers decision to change defensive coordinators. Plus, Goose addresses the decline of AFC West defenses.
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Our friend John Czarnecki of the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show and FOXSPORTS.com joins us for another discussion of what’s happening around the league as we talk about Larry Johnson, Daunte Culpepper, the Chargers decision to fire their defensive coordinator, NFL players failing drug tests, the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans.
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From the Meadowlands in New Jersey
Comments from the Chiefs locker room after their 28-24 loss to the New York Jets.
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Rick Gosselin is the best pro football writer in the country. Period. End Paragraph.
There’s no contest. Goose has written about the NFL for over 30 years, going back to his days with United Press International in New York and Kansas City, through his time with the Kansas City Star and now the Dallas Morning News. He’s been honored at the Pro Football Hall of Fame for his work.
Goose doesn’t spend a lot of time with the gossip of the game; he’s hard core football and he’s going to join us each week to talk about what’s going on in the league on the field and especially in the draft rooms, where he’s an expert.
Thanks for listening to podcasting on bobgretz.com
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As we continue to expand our information options on bobgretz.com, we are beginning to bring you podcasts from some of the best information people in the country.
Today, we begin with John Czarnecki, the information man behind the Fox-TV NFL Pre-Game Show. Czar has covered the NFL for nearly 30 years and has connections throughout the league and the business.
Here’s our first NFL and Czar. Enjoy.
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From Arrowhead Stadium
From the Chiefs locker room, here’s an audio report after Tennessee’s 34-10 victory on Sunday.
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