Next I don’t think Page is gone. The guy didn’t start the season off playing well but he was injured alot this year too. I think we just need to go with him and Morgan next year at the free and strong safety positions as starters. Brown you can cut and Mcgraw keep as special teams player. We can take a safety in the later rounds in the draft. No doubt top priority is offensive line, wide receiver, and getting another pass rusher at outside linebacker opposite Tamba.

I’ve written it before, and I’ll write it again; without an effective O-line, I don’t care WHO you plug in at RB, they aren’t going to have much success. Even Adrian Peterson would have lousy numbers behind this O-line. Do I think LJ gave up? Yes. But then, so did Tony G, who engineered his departure from this team because he saw the hand writing on the wall. The problem with our running game is not a lack of talent at RB; it’s all about the line. Until that is fixed, the rest is all window dressing.

As for safety, and the secondary? Once again, it goes back to the line and/or the pass rush. The Chiefs have not demonstrated that they can consistently put pressure on opposing QB’s with a 3 or 4 man rush. Again, if you don’t do that, your secondary is going to LOOK suspect, even if it isn’t.

In short, the 2009 season, for all intents and purposes, is over. It’s time to look to 2010. If the Chiefs do not draft and/or make some free agent moves in the off season to shore up both the O and the D lines, then we are going to have several seasons in the wilderness. “The game is won or lost in the trenches” may be a cliche, but it’s as true a cliche as there is.