Chiefs Add Wide Receiver
Wide receiver is one of the positions the Chiefs needed to infuse with more talent in the current off-season. They re-signed Terrance Copper and Chris Chambers and now they’ve added another pass catcher through free agency.
The Chiefs announced the signing of UFA WR Jerheme Urban on Thursday.
Urban is entering his seventh NFL season after playing with Seattle and Arizona. A graduate of Trinity College in Texas, he’s played in 47 games with six starts. He’s caught 87 passes for 1,231 yards and seven touchdowns.
Last season, he played in 10 games for Arizona, catching 18 passes for 186 yards.
He first hooked up with Chiefs head coach Todd Haley in Dallas during the 2006 season when he was part of the practice squad. When Haley moved to the Cardinals in 2007 as offensive coordinator, Urban signed as a free agent with Arizona in September, after he was released by the Cowboys.
Urban was a talented athlete at Trinity, where he also participated in track, winning 12 conference individual titles in six different events: 100 meters, 400 meters, 400-meter hurdles, long jump, triple jump and javelin.
Seems about the same as the Shaun Smith signing. He’s a guy the coaches are familiar with who can potentially fill a role here. I’m sure we didn’t break the bank to get him and from what I know, he’s a high character guy. Another nice, under the radar move. The Chiefs are getting busy!
Initially this morning he sounded like a pretty solid receiver. (as I hastily posted) Now, as the day has worn on however the bloggers are revealing he is a pretty ordinary receiver.(maybe)
This posting responses racket is getting tough. I just might be eating crow for dinner tonight.
Go Chiefs.
The sad truth is, given the state of our WR corps, “pretty ordinary” is an upgrade….
Palko to Jerheme for four yards! WOO HOO!
Nah, maybe this was a good signing….. I give Haley and Pioli a b so far. TJ was good but if we don’t get this O-Line squared, we’re done….
Palko to Jerheme for 2 and 1/2 yards….WOO HOO!
Nah he may be a good smart signing. We’ll see. I still say we need a #1 reciever….
This guy will not make the 53 man roster come week 1.
Write it down.
Oh wait, I just did.
If he doesn’t make the 53, then our WR corps will be pretty special, because he made the 53 and played on game days for probably the deepest WR corps in the league the last few years.
What if he is stuck behind three really good WRs? He may be good but not their level of good. And lets face it after Chambers, we have Bowe (you love him, not me), and not much else. Lawrence and Long do not operate on even Bowes level. Just a thought.
I think it is way too early to worry about if this guy is good or not. There will be a few more wide outs added to the bunch. And really, there aren’t that many great names to sign at the WR position. No way would we go after Owens and Bryant (who got way to much money) Long should be decent with another year under his belt and this is the year that Bowe becomes a star or a bust!