CHIEFS VS. SAINTS ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES

(4-4-0) Date Result Of Note 9/25/72 W 20-17 KC outgains NO 324 to 152 in total yards. 9/26/76 * L 17-27 Hank Stram’s only game vs. the Chiefs. 11/21/82 L 17-27 Rogers rushing: 33-123, 1 TD. 9/8/85 W 47-27 Second-most Opening Day points by KC. 9/8/91 * L 10-17 Hebert passing: 19-27-211, 2 TDs. 9/4/94 W 30-17 NO native DE Neil Smith, 1.0 sack, 1 INT. 12/21/97 * W 25-13 KC concludes 13-3 season, 8-0 at home. 11/14/04 L 20-27 D. Blaylock rushes for 186 yards for KC.

*At Arrowhead Stadium

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (1-8)VS.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (4-5)

REGULAR SEASON GAME #10SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008 – 12:00 PM (CENTRAL)

ARROWHEAD STADIUM, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Chiefs FOX Football Radio Network KCFX-FM (101.1 FM in Kansas City)

Play-by-play: Mitch Holthus Color Commentator: Len Dawson

Sideline Reporter: Kendall Gammon

The all-time regular season series between the Chiefs and Saints is deadlocked at 4-4. Kansas City has won three of its last fi ve meetings with the Saints. New Orleans won its last contest against the Chiefs, getting a 27-20 victory at the Louisiana Superdome (11/14/04) despite 186 rushing yards from Chiefs RB Derrick Blaylock. Dick Vermeil was KC’s head coach, while Jim Haslett guided the fortunes of the Saints. The last regular season clash between the two teams at Arrowhead came in the ’97 regular season fi nale when Kansas City won a 25-13 decision as the Chiefs rounded out a 13-3 campaign that included a pristine 8-0 record at home (12/21/97). New Orleans’ last win at Arrowhead was a 17-10 victory under head coach Jim Mora (9/8/91). Kansas City is 4-4 all-time in preseason competition against the Saints. The Chiefs won the last such contest, 10-9 (8/31/06). The fi rst meeting of any kind between the Chiefs and the Saints occurred during the ’71 preseason when Kansas City registered a 27-7 preseason win at Tulane Stadium (8/21/71).

2008 Stats and NFL Rankings

THE SERIESTHE MATCH-UP

BROADCAST INFORMATIONFOX Regional Coverage

WDAF-4 (FOX in Kansas City)

Play-by-Play: Thom BrennamanColor Commentator: Brian Billick

The Chiefs will host the Saints in a regular season contest for the fi rst time since ’97. A pair of infrequent foes, the Chiefs and Saints will meet for just the ninth time in regular season competition on Sunday. The Saints 11-year drought without a regular season trip to Arrowhead is the longest current stretch any NFL club has gone without traveling to Kansas City. That 25-13 victory at Arrowhead in the ’97 regular season fi nale was KC’s last win against the Saints (12/21/97). The only two foes the Chiefs have gone longer without defeating are Tampa Bay (9/5/93) and the N.Y. Giants (9/10/95). The Chiefs have suffered three straight gut-wrenching losses with those contests being decided by a combined eight points. In each game, KC has held the lead or had a chance to win the game with under two minutes remaining. Last week, QB Tyler Thigpen orchestrated a 14-play, 60-yard TD drive that was capped with a three-yard TD pass to TE Tony Gonzalez with 0:23 remaining at San Diego (11/9). Head coach Herm Edwards went for the win, but the Chiefs two-point attempt fell incomplete as the Chiefs lost a 20-19 decision. Over that three-game span, the Chiefs have registered nine takeaways (6 INTs/3 FRs) and are +8 (9 takes/1 give). On the season, only Tennessee at +10 (19 takes/9 gives) is better in the turnover department than Kansas City at +9 (20 takes/11 gives). Remarkably, no NFL team can top the Chiefs 20 takeaways thus far in 2008. In his last three starts, Thigpen has completed 66 of 102 passes (64.7%) of his passes for 710 yards with six TDs and no INTs, numbers that equate to a 104.6 rating. Only Colts QB Peyton Manning (seven) has registered more TDs over that span than KC’s passer, who has thrown 124 consecutive passes without an INT. New Orleans (4-5) enters this week’s game seeking to stay within striking distance in the ultra-competitive NFC South behind Carolina (7-2), Tampa Bay (6-3) and Atlanta (6-3) The Saints are 4-5 after a 34-20 loss at Atlanta (11/9). Kansas City enjoys back-to-back home games for the fi rst time this season when the club hosts Buffalo next week (11/23). New Orleans returns home for a Monday night contest vs. Green Bay (11/24). OH HENRY!

Hank Stram was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2003. He compiled a 124-76-10 (.614) regular season record as the Chiefs head coach from ’60-74. “The Mentor” also matriculated on the Saints sidelines for two seasons (’76-77), compiling a 7-21 mark. The fi nest moment in Chiefs history took place in New Orleans as Stram guided the Chiefs to a 23-7 victory in Super Bowl IV vs. heavily-favored Minnesota in a contest played at Tulane Stadium (1/11/7). Stram was also on the victorious side of two Chiefs-Saints match-ups, guiding Kansas City to a 20-17 win at New Orleans (9/26/72) in the fi rst-ever meeting between the two franchises. He also won his only meeting with the Chiefs as the Saints head coach, getting a 27-17 triumph at Arrowhead (9/26/76).

Total Offense ......................................... 288.6 (25) 416.2 (1) Rush Offense ........................................ 109.6 (16) 90.6 (28)Pass Offense ......................................... 179.0 (26) 325.7 (1) Total Defense ........................................ 406.2 (32) 348.0 (24) Rush Defense ....................................... 172.3 (32) 109.6 (18) Pass Defense ........................................ 233.9 (24) 238.4 (27) Turnover Ratio ...................................... +9 (2) -5 (T25) Points/Game ......................................... 16.1 (29) 26.2 (8)Opp. Pts./Game ..................................... 27.0 (27) 25.4 (24)

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Herm Edwards was named the 10th head coach in Kansas City history on January 9, 2006. The fi rst coach in franchise history to guide the Chiefs to the playoffs in his initial season, he helped the 2006 Chiefs become just the fi fth team since 2000 to overcome an 0-2 start and still make the postseason. Edwards guided the N.Y. Jets to three postseason berths during a fi ve-year stint (2001-

05) with that franchise. He originally joined the Chiefs as a recipient of the NFL’s Minority Coaching Fellowship in ’89. He later served as a scout (’90-91, ’95) and also coached defensive backs (’92-94). Born in Fort Monmouth, NJ on April 27, 1954, Edwards served as Tampa Bay’s assistant head coach/DBs coach under Tony Dungy from ’96-00. Edwards concluded his college career as a DB at San Diego State in ’76 and signed as a rookie free agent with Philadelphia (’77-85). In 135 career starts with the Eagles, he established a franchise record with 38 INTs, and started in Super Bowl XV. Edwards concluded his NFL playing career seeing duty in seven games for the Rams and Falcons in ’86. He then coached DBs at San Jose State (’87-89) prior to his arrival in the NFL ranks with Kansas City in ’90.

CHIEFS HEAD COACH - HERM EDWARDS

YOUTH WILL BE SERVED

Sean Payton was named the 14th head coach in Saints history on January 18, 2006. In his initial campaign, Payton guided New Orleans to a 10-6 record and the club’s fi rst-ever appearance in the NFC Championship Game. Prior to joining the Saints, Payton was a key member of Bill Parcells’ Cowboys staff for three seasons as assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator (2003-05). Payton originally entered the NFL as Philadelphia’s quarterbacks coach (’97-98). He served in that same role with the Giants in ’99 before being promoted to offensive coordinator (2000-02). In his fi rst season as the N.Y. Giants offensive coordinator, Payton captured the NFC championship and earned a berth in Super Bowl XXXV. Born December 29, 1963, in San Mateo, California, Payton began his coaching career at San Diego State (’88-89), before working at Indiana State (’90-91), a second stint at San Diego State (’92-93), Miami (Ohio) (’94-95) and Illinois (’96). He was an AP All-American quarterback at Eastern Illinois, passing for 10,665 career yards. Payton had playing stints with the Chicago Bears (’87) along with stints in the CFL and AFL.

EDWARDS VS. THE SAINTS (1-1)

SAINTS HEAD COACH - SEAN PAYTON

BUILDING THROUGH THE DRAFT

GONZALEZ OWNS THE NFL’S TE TRIPLE CROWN

QB STABILITY A RARITY FOR EDWARDS

Kansas City’s roster has undergone a tremendous transformation. Incredibly, 60.4% of the players on Kansas City’s 53-man roster (32 of 53) have three years of NFL experience or less, including 15 rookies (28.3%), the most rookies on any NFL Opening Day roster. The Chiefs started six of those rookies on Opening Day, the highest tally by the club since the AFL-NFL merger in ’70. Based on research compiled by Mike Sando of ESPN.com, the Chiefs boasted the NFL’s youngest Opening Day starting lineup in the NFL at 25.18 years old. Based on Opening Day 53-man rosters provided by the NFL, the Chiefs and Packers owned the NFL’s youngest rosters at 25.57 years old. In terms of average experience, no team had a lower average experience than Kansas City at 3.45 years. Kansas City also boasted the distinction of fi elding an NFL-high 17 rookies or fi rst-year players on its Opening Day roster. The Chiefs currently have an NFL-high 19 rookies on their roster.

The Chiefs have employed three different starting QBs for just the fi fth time in Chiefs history. The Chiefs are just the fourth team since the AFL-NFL merger to start three different QBs in the fi rst three games of the year in a non-strike season, joining the ’76 L.A. Rams, the ’88 Cleveland Browns and the ’97 Jacksonville Jaguars. Herm Edwards has made four playoff appearances since 2001 (only Tony Dungy - 7 and Bill Belichick - 6 own more). Since QB Vinny Testaverde started all 16 games for Edwards and the playoff-bound N.Y. Jets in 2001, Edwards has never enjoyed another season where a single QB opened all 16 games. Twice in KC (2006, 2008), his starting QB has been injured on Opening Day. Here are Edwards’ starting QBs during tenure as an NFL head coach. Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen became the fi rst player from Coastal Carolina to be selected in the NFL Draft when he was tabbed by Minnesota (D7-07). In his last three starts, the Winnsboro, SC native he has completed 66 of 102 passes (64.7%) of his passes for 710 yards with six TDs and no INTs, numbers that equate to a 104.6 rating. Thigpen has attempted 124 consecutive passes without an interception. He threw a career-high three TDs at SD (11/9).HERM EDWARDS’ STARTING QBS AS AN NFL HEAD COACH (2001-08)

Year Team Record Starting QBs (Record) 2001 N.Y. Jets 10-6* Testaverde (10-6) 2002 N.Y. Jets 9-7* Pennington (8-4), Testaverde (1-3)2003 N.Y. Jets 6-10 Pennington (4-5), Testaverde (2-5)2004 N.Y. Jets 10-6* Pennington (8-5), Carter (2-1)2005 N.Y. Jets 4-12 Pennington (1-2), Testaverde (1-3), Bollinger (2-7)2006 Kansas City 9-7* Green (4-4), Huard (5-3) 2007 Kansas City 4-12 Huard (4-6), Croyle (0-6) 2008 Kansas City 1-8 Croyle (0-2), Huard (1-2), Thigpen (0-4)

*Reached Playoffs

DATE RESULT OPP. COACH11/4/01 W N.Y. Jets 16, NEW ORLEANS 9 Jim Haslett11/27/05 L New Orleans 21, N.Y. JETS 19 Jim Haslett

NFL Head Coach: 3rd YearNFL Coach Overall: 11th Year NFL Overall: 18-17 (.514) Regular Season: 17-16 (.515) Postseason: 1-1 (.600)

Record w/NO: 17-16 (.515)NFL Playing Exp.: One YearAFC West Exp.: NoneCollege: Eastern Illinois (‘86)

NFL Head Coach: 8th YearNFL Coach Overall: 16th Year NFL Overall: 55-72 (.444)Regular Season: 53-68 (.438)Postseason: 2-4 (.333)

Record w/KC: 14-27 (.341)Record w/NYJ: 39-41 (.488)Overall NFL Exp: 29th yearCollege: San Diego State (’77)

Chiefs nine-time Pro Bowl TE Tony Gonzalez ranks fi rst in NFL history among tight ends in receptions (870), receiving yards (10,426) and TD receptions (71). He ranks 10th on the NFL’s all-time receiving chart, needing 14 more catches to bypass WR Keenan McCardell (883) for ninth. Gonzalez’s 71 total TDs with the Chiefs trail only RB Priest Holmes (83) in KC annals. Gonzalez ranks second in franchise history with 10,449 combined net yards. In addition, no tight end in NFL history owns more consecutive 60-catch campaigns (nine) than Gonzalez. Gonzalez owns 24 career 100-yard receiving games, the most in Chiefs history and a mark that is tied with HOF TE Kellen Winslow for the most by a TE in NFL history. Gonzalez extended his team-record streak of games with at least one reception to 124 contests at San Diego (11/9) when he had 10 catches for 113 yards with two TDs.

NFL RECORD BOOK, TIGHT ENDS, CAREERRECEPTIONS RECEIVING YARDS TOUCHDOWNS1. 870 T. Gonzalez 1. 10,426 T. Gonzalez 1. 71 T. Gonzalez2. 815 S. Sharpe 2. 10,060 S. Sharpe 2. 62 S. Sharpe3. 662 O. Newsome 3. 7,980 O. Newsome 3. 60 J. Smith4. 541 K. Winslow 4. 7,918 J. Smith 4. 54 W. Walls5. 505 F. Wycheck 5. 6,741 K. Winslow 5. 52 D. Casper

The Chiefs currently have 27 players on the 53-man roster (50.9%) who originally entered the NFL as Chiefs draftees. Twenty-two of those 53 have been selected over the past three years. Last week at San Diego, seven of the club’s 12 defensive starters were KC draft choices. In total, 79 of a possible 99 starts (79.8%) on the Chiefs defense in 2008 have been made by players who entered the NFL as KC draft choice. The Chiefs have started a pair of rookie CBs in fi ve contests - CB Brandon Flowers (D2-08) and CB Brandon Carr (D5-08). Flowers missed last week’s contest with a thigh injury, while LB Derrick Johnson (D1-05) missed his fi rst start of the season with a thigh injury at San Diego (11/9). DE Turk McBride (D2-07) missed his fi rst start of the year with a shoulder injury last week. Offensively, 45 of a possible 99 starts (45.5%) have been made by Chiefs draftees, meaning 124 of a possible 188 starts (66.0%) by the Chiefs in 2008 have been made by Chiefs draftees. In total, eight different Chiefs draftees have started every game for the club in 2008. Seven of those eight players in the past three drafts, including DT Glenn Dorsey (D1-08), who registered his initial NFL sack last week.

CHIEFS DRAFTEES WHO HAVE STARTED EVERY GAME IN 2008TE Tony Gonzalez (D1-97) S Jarrad Page (D7-06) DT Glenn Dorsey (D1a-08) DE Tamba Hali (D1-06) WR Dwayne Bowe (D1-07) CB Brandon Carr (D5-08)S Bernard Pollard (D2-06) DT Tank Tyler (D3-07)

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Two-time Pro Bowl QB Drew Brees leads the Saints offense in 2008. Brees established an NFL single-season record with 440 completions a year ago, while setting team records for passing yards (4,423), TD passes (28) and completion percentage (67.5%). Two-time Pro Bowl RB Deuce McAllister (D1-01) is the Saints all-time leading rusher (5,959 yards). Former Heisman Trophy winner RB Reggie Bush (D1-06) was the second overall selection in the 2006 NFL Draft. Bush suffered a knee injury at Carolina (10/19). WR Marques Colston (D7-06) and WR Devery Henderson (D2-04) are a solid WR tandem. Former

Giants TE Jeremy Shockey (T-08) works with TEs Mark Campbell and BIlly Miller to give New Orleans a deep TE unit. Pro Bowl T Jammal Brown (D1-05) is the cornerstone of the New Orleans offensive line. He teams with T Jon Stinchcomb (D2-03), Gs Carl Nicks and Jahri Evans (D4-06) and C Jonathan Goodwin on the offensive front. Former Jets Pro Bowl LB Jonathan Vilma (T-08) teams with former Chiefs LB Scott Fujita and LB Scott Shanle in the linebacking corps. Pro Bowl DE Will Smith (D1-04) owns 35.5 career sacks, while former Jaguars DE Bobby McCray (UFA-JAX) works on the other side of the defensive front. DTs Sedrick Ellis (D1-08) and Kendrick Clancy round out the defensive line. Former Patriots CB Randall Gay (UFA-NE), brings Super Bowl experience to the Saints secondary. CB Mike McKenzie was injured at Atlanta

(11/9). S Roman Harper (D2-06) led all NFL DBs with 4.0 sacks in 2007. He works with former Bengals S Kevin Kaesviharn. RB Pierre Thomas returns kickoffs, while WR Lance Moore returns punts. K Garrett Hartley and P Glenn Pakulak both played in their initial NFL contest at Atlanta (11/9).

2008 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 2008 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

THE ARROWHEAD ADVANTAGE VS. THE NFCMEDIA INFORMATIONTELEVISION: FOX (WDAF-4 in Kansas CIty) will broadcast the game to a regional audience. Thom Brennaman calls the action, while former Baltimore Ravens head coach Brian Billick provides color commentary.

RADIO: The Chiefs FOX Football Radio Network, anchored by KCFX-FM (101.1) in Kansas City, carries all Chiefs games.

Eight-time Kansas Broadcaster of the Year, Mitch Holthus, is in his 15th year handling the play-by-play duties. Holthus is a 2008 inductee in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Len Dawson adds color commentary with sideline reports from former Chiefs Pro Bowl long snapper Kendall Gammon.The KCFX pregame show begins at 8:30 AM (CT).

CHIEFS INSIDER: Chiefs Insider hosted by Mitch Holthus is the offi cial pregame TV show of the Chiefs and airs at 9:30 AM (CT) on KCTV-5 in Kansas City.

CONFERENCE CALLS CHIEFS DT GLENN DORSEY: 2:00 PM CentralCHIEFS HEAD COACH HERM EDWARDS: 2:15 PM Central

SAINTS HEAD COACH SEAN PAYTON: 2:15 PM CentralSAINTS QB DREW BREES: 2:45 PM Central

Kansas City enjoyed one of the league’s fi nest drafts this offseason. The Chiefs drafted 12 players, including two fi rst-round selections: DT Glenn Dorsey (D1a-08) and T Branden Albert (D1b-08). DE Tamba Hali (D1-

06) has returned to the left DE after compiling 15.5 sacks there in 2006-07. He pairs with DE Alfonso Boone, who replaced an injured DE Turk McBride (D2-07) last week. Rookie CBs Brandon Flowers (D2-08) and CB Brandon Carr (D5-08) each have a pair of INTs. Third-year performers S Bernard Pollard (D2-06) - who got

his fi rst INT of the season at SD (11/9) - and S Jarrad Page (D7-06) pair with rookie S DaJuan Morgan (D3c-08) and veteran S Jon McGraw. LB Derrick Johnson (D1-05) enjoyed a monster game vs. Denver (9/28) with an INT, a FF and half a sack and was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week. KC’s LB corps also includes Donnie Edwards, Pat Thomas, Demorrio Williams (UFA-ATL) and Rocky Boiman. QBs Brodie Croyle (D3-06) and Damon Huard are both on IR. Second-year QB Tyler Thigpen has thrown 124 consecutive passes without an INT. RB Larry Johnson had a season-high 198 yards vs. Denver (9/28). RB Jamaal Charles (D3-08) had 106 yards vs. TB (11/2). Nine-time Pro Bowl TE Tony Gonzalez (D1-97) tied an NFL TE record with his 24th career 100-yard game at SD (11/9). Three-time Pro Bowl G Brian Waters anchors the Chiefs offensive front. P Dustin Colquitt (D3-05) owns the NFL’s second-best career net avg. (38.54) since ’70. K Connor Barth handles the kicking chore. WR Kevin Robinson (D6b-08) made his debut as a return man at San Diego (11/9). RBs Dantrell Savage and Jamaal Charles (D3a-08) can also handle duties in the return game.

NFL LEADERS

BEST HOME INTERCONFERENCE RECORDS, 1995-PRESENT

1. Jacksonville 21-4 .8402. Kansas City 21-6 .7763. Pittsburgh 20-6-1 .7594. Denver 21-7 .750 Baltimore 16-5-1 .750

Dating back to ’95 when Jacksonville and Carolina entered the league, only the Jaguars boast a better home record in interconference play than the Chiefs. Kansas City is 21-5 (.808) over that span and has never lost back-to-back contests vs. NFC foes over that timeframe. KC lost a 30-27 OT decision vs. TB (11/2) in its most recent recent interconference home game.

NOTABLE CHIEFS-SAINTS CONNECTIONS• Chiefs VP of Player Personnel BILL KUHARICH spent 14 seasons in NO,

serving as Dir. of Pro Personnel (’86-93), VP of FB Operations (’94-95), Executive VP/GM (’96) and President (’97-00). He began his Saints career in ’86 working under Hall of Fame personnel man Jim Finks.

• Former Saints on the KC staff: CORNELL GOWDY (’97-02), BRUCE LEMMERMAN (’94-99), CEDRIC SMITH (’91) and NATE WAINWRIGHT (’98-00).

• Former Chiefs on the Saints staff: FRED McAFEE (’99), RICK REIPRISH (’76-78), JOE VITT (2000-03) and TERRY WOODEN (’97).

• Saints LB SCOTT FUJITA played three seasons with KC (2002-04).• Chiefs players from LSU: WR DWAYNE BOWE, DT GLENN DORSEY and C

RUDY NISWANGER.• Chiefs CB PATRICK SURTAIN is a native of New Orleans, LA and prepped at

Edna Karr HS. • Kansas City area scout GREG OLEJACK coached at Tulane.• NO asst. strength coach ADAM BAILEY was a GA at Missouri (2002-03).• NO asst. DL coach TRAVIS JONES (2001-02) and asst. special teams coach

MIKE MALLORY (2006) coached at Kansas.• Saints LB MARK SIMONEAU is a Kansas State alum and is a native of Smith

Center, KS – the hometown of “Voice of the Chiefs” MITCH HOLTHUS.

2008 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS AFC NFLCategory Player Total Rank RankScoring Gonzalez 30 - - - -Rushing Yards L. Johnson 417 11th 26thQB Rating Thigpen 76.3 12th 24thReceptions Gonzalez 50 T6th T7thRec. Yards Bowe 613 7th 14thInterceptions Carr/Flowers/Page 2 T12th T24thPunting Avg. Colquitt 46.9 4th 7thPunt Ret. Avg. Savage 2.1 - - - -KO Ret. Avg. Savage 25.2 9th 13thSacks D. Johnson 1.5 - - - -

2008 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS NFC NFLCategory Player Total Rank RankScoring Bush 48 T16th - -Rushing Yards Bush 294 20th - -QB Rating Brees 96.1 3rd 4thReceptions Moore 44 T6th T17thRec. Yards Moore 507 16th 32ndInterceptions Six Tied 1 T25th - -Punting Avg. Pakulak 48.3 - - - -Punt Ret. Avg. Bush 21.9 1st 1stKO Ret. Avg. P. Thomas 23.8 7th 16thSacks Grant/McCray 3.0 T28th - -

Chiefs Have Won the Turnover Battle in Recent Weeks The Chiefs own a +8 turnover differential (9 takes/1 give) in their last three contests. KC has forced a league-high 20 turnovers on the season, including an NFL-best 11 opponent fumble recoveries. The Chiefs are on pace to fi nish the year with 35 takes, which would be the club’s most since KC had 37 takes in 2003 and fi nished 13-3. The Chiefs are 9-4 under Herm Edwards when positive. KC owns a 46-5 (.902) record at Arrowhead when positive dating back to ’95, including wins in 19 of the club’s last 20 contests in those circumstances. New Orleans is 12-1 with a positive turnover margin under Sean Payton, including a 3-1 mark in 2008. Meanwhile, the Saints are just 2-16 (.111) with a negative turnover margin dating back to 2006, including a string of six straight losses dating back to last season. Slowing Down QB Drew Brees and the Saints Offense is a Must QB Drew Brees will make his initial start in a Saints uniform against the Chiefs. He made six career starts vs. KC as a member of the Chargers, posting a 3-3 record. All three of those losses came at Arrowhead. In four career starts in Kansas City, Brees owns a 1-3 record, completing 90 of 143 passes (62.9%) for 983 yards with seven TDs and three INTs (90.7 rating). His lone victory in KC was a 34-31 win (11/28/04) when he completed 28 of 37 passes (75.7%) for 378 yards with two TDs and no INTs (125.7 rating). Brees presides over a Saints squad that leads the NFL in total offense (416.2 ypg) and passing offense (325.7 ypg). Since joining the Saints in 2006, Brees has compiled a 12-4 record in games when he compiles a 100.0+ QB rating (min. 20 atts.), including a 4-1 mark this season. Only San Diego QB Philip Rivers (six) owns more 100.0-rating games in 2008. KC’s defense has forced six INTs the past three contests after picking off just three passes in the season’s fi rst six games, an even more remarkable stat considering that the Chiefs have a league-low 6.0 sacks. KC is 31-4 (.886) at Arrowhead dating back to ’95 when the club forces two or more INTs. Brees is just 5-22 (.185) all-time when he is picked off two or more times, including 11 straight losses. Brees had three INTs at Atlanta (11/9).

QB DREW BREES AS A STARTER VS. KANSAS CITY (3-3)Atts. Comp. Pct. Yards TDs INTs Rate W-L227 143 63.0 1,626 12 6 91.0 3-3 The Offensive Impact of Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen In QB Tyler Thigpen’s last three starts, KC has averaged 23.3 ppg, 351.0 ypg of total offense and 238.0 ypg in the air. In KC’s fi rst six games, the club averaged 12.5 ppg, 257.3 ypg of total offense and 149.5 ypg of pass offense. That means the Chiefs are averaging 10.8 ppg and 93.7 ypg of total offense more over the last three contests. Thigpen has attempted 124 consecutive passes without an INT and has boasted a 100.0 rating or better in two of his last three starts. New Orleans is 3-14 when allowing an opponent to post a 100.0+ QB rating (min. 20 atts.) dating back to 2006. Thigpen will make his fi fth NFL start on Sunday and will be 24 years, 7 months and two days old. He will be seeking to become the youngest Chiefs starting QB to win his fi rst game for the club since QB Todd Blackledge (23 years, 6 months, 7 days) guided KC to a 37-27 win at Pittsburgh (9/2/84).

CHIEFS OFFENSE: FIRST SIX GAMES VS. LAST THREE GAMES PPG Total Off. Pass Off. TDs/INTs Pass RatingFirst 6 12.5 257.3 149.5 4/8 58.6Last 3 22.3 351.0 238.0 7/0 109.2 Chiefs-Saints Rushing Stats Dating back to 2003, Kansas City is 28-12 (.700) when it has a running back register a 100-yard rushing performance, including an 18-4 (.818) mark at Arrowhead. Rookie RB Jamaal Charles (D3-08) posted his inaugural 100-yard performance with 106 yards in the club’s last home game vs. Tampa Bay (11/2). The Chiefs are 15-1 (.938) at Arrowhead when RB Larry Johnson produces a 100-yard game. Sticking with the running game is critical against the Saints. New Orleans is 2-19 (.095) under Sean Payton when allowing a team to rush 25 or more times, including a string of 15 consecutive losses. The Chiefs produced a season-high 36 rush attempts in their last home game vs. TB (11/2). The Saints are 5-1 under Payton when they boast a 100-yard back, but are one of fi ve NFL teams without a 100-yard rusher in 2008. After permitting 207.3 rushing ypg in the season’s fi rst six games, KC has allowed just 102.6 rushing ypg the past three weeks, a remarkable decrease of 104.7 ypg. Arrowhead Traditionally Tough For First-Time Coaches Since ’94, KC is 25-8 (.758) against head coaches making their regular season debuts at Arrowhead. Sean Payton will make his regular season debut at Arrowhead on Sunday. The Saints are 10-10 on the road under Payton, including a string of fi ve straight losses dating back to 2007. The Saints last road victory was a 34-14 win at Atlanta (12/10/07). KC Roster Notes, Other Statistical Tidbits As of 11/10, KC has had 70 different players appear on its 53-man roster in 2008. KC has utilized the same 22 offensive and defensive starters in just two games this year - vs. Denver (9/28) and at Carolina (10/5). The combined record of the Chiefs fi rst nine opponents is currently 51-30 (.630). Kansas City and Dallas are the only teams to have three QBs attempt 25 or more passes this season.

Kansas City Seeks First Victory vs. New Orleans Since ’97 The Chiefs last victory vs. New Orleans came in the ’97 regular season fi nale at Arrowhead when Marty Schottenheimer’s Chiefs defeated Mike Ditka’s Saints by a 25-13 margin (12/21/97). Kansas City closed out a perfect 8-0 home record with that victory. However, the Saints did snap KC’s streak of 10 consecutive games without permitting a second-half TD in that game. That 10-game stretch broke a 63-year-old record owned by the ’34 Detroit Lions. Kansas City and New Orleans have met just once since that game with the Saints winning a 27-20 decision at New Orleans (11/14/04). The Saints are one of just four franchises the Chiefs haven’t defeated since the calendar rolled over to the year 2000. Here’s a look.

TEAMS THAT KC’S LAST VICTORY GAME AGAINST PRE-2000 Opponent Stadium Date Result1. Tampa Bay Tampa September 5, 1993 KC 27-3 2. New Orleans Arrowhead December 21, 1997 KC 25-133. Philadelphia Veterans September 27, 1998 KC 24-214. Dallas Arrowhead December 13, 1998 KC 20-17

The Arrowhead Advantage vs. the NFC The Chiefs boast a 21-6 (.778) mark at Arrowhead vs. NFC foes dating back to the ’95 campaign. Only Jacksonville boasts a better home record in interconference play over that span at 21-4 (.840). Kansas City’s domination of NFC opponents at Arrowhead has been remarkable. In 27 home contests against NFC foes since ’95, KC has outscored those opponents by a 796-to-473 margin, an average score of 29.5 to 17.5. KC’s last victory against an NFC South foe was a 56-10 win vs. Atlanta (10/24/04). New Orleans is 4-7 (.364) vs. AFC opponents under Sean Payton, including a string of four straight road losses. The Saints only road win vs. an AFC opponent under Payton was a 19-14 win at Cleveland (9/10/06). New Orleans’ last road win vs. an AFC West foe was a 31-26 decision at Oakland (10/24/04). The Saints are 2-1 against AFC West opponents in 2008. New Orleans registered a 37-32 win vs. SD (10/26) in London and a 34-3 win vs. OAK (10/12), but suffered a 34-32 loss at DEN (9/21).

KANSAS CITY VS. THE NFC AT ARROWHEAD, 1995-PRESENTDate Opponent Result Date Opponent Result9/10/95 N.Y. Giants W 20-17 OT 12/1/02 Arizona W 49-011/5/95 Washington W 24-3 12/8/02 St. Louis W 49-1011/10/96 Green Bay W 27-20 12/14/03 Detroit W 45-1711/17/96 Chicago W 14-10 12/28/03 Chicago W 31-311/30/97 San Fran. W 44-9 9/19/04 Carolina L 17-2812/21/97 New Orleans W 25-13 10/24/04 Atlanta W 56-1011/29/98 Arizona W 34-24 10/2/05 Philadelphia L 31-3712/13/98 Dallas W 20-17 10/16/05 Washington W 28-219/26/99 Detroit W 31-21 10/1/06 San Fran. W 41-012/12/99 Minnesota W 31-28 10/29/06 Seattle W 35-2810/22/00 St. Louis W 54-34 9/23/07 Minnesota W 13-1012/10/00 Carolina W 15-14 11/4/07 Green Bay L 22-339/23/01 N.Y. Giants L 3-13 11/2/08 Tampa Bay L 27-30 OT11/29/01 Philadelphia L 10-23 27-Game Average 29.5-17.5 KC Must Contain the Saints Potent Scoring Offense Dating back to ’95, Kansas City is 53-8 (.818) at home when it holds opponents to 21 points or less, including a 6-1 mark under Herm Edwards. The Chiefs will face a New Orleans squad that ranks eighth in the NFL in scoring at 26.2 ppg. The Saints are 1-11 when being held to 21 points or less under Sean Payton, including a string of 11 consecutive losses. New Orleans’ only win in those circumstances was a 19-14 win at Cleveland (9/10/06). Only two teams have held the Saints to 21 points or less this season: 30-7 at Carolina (10/19) and 34-20 at Atlanta (11/9). In fact, New Orleans has scored at least 24 points in its seven other contests. The Saints are 14-2 (.875) under Sean Payton when scoring 30 points or more, including a 3-1 mark this season. KC owns a 56-11 (.836) record at Arrowhead since ’95 when scoring 21 points or more, while the Saints are 15-2 (.882) under Payton when holding foes to 20 points or less. KC Needs to Carry Over Its First-Half Success vs. the Saints Kansas City is 54-12 (.831) at Arrowhead when leading at halftime dating back to ’95. The Chiefs have been tied or ahead at halftime in each of their last three contests. Over that three-game span, KC has outscored its opponents by a 51-33 margin in the fi rst half, but has been outpointed by a 19-45 margin in the second half and OT. KC has scored 77.8% (21 of 27) of its fi rst-quarter points in 2008 the past two games thanks to opening drive TDs. The Saints are just 2-14 (.125) when trailing at halftime under Sean Payton, including a string of four straight losses. NO’s only win when trailing at half in 2008 came in a 24-20 win vs. Tampa Bay (9/7). Getting behind entering the fourth quarter isn’t advisable against New Orleans. The Saints are 20-3 (.870) under Payton when leading after three quarters, including a 4-1 mark in 2008. That lone loss when leading entering the fourth quarter this season came by a 29-24 count at Washington (9/14) when the Saints led 24-15 after three quarters. The Chiefs have owned a pair of leads entering the fourth quarter in 2008. KC held a 16-13 edge vs. Denver (9/28) and was ahead 24-13 vs. Tampa Bay (11/2).

Kansas City Seeks to Slow Down the Saints High-Powered Offense by Pete Moris

POSITION-BY-POSITION NOTESWR JEFF WEBB• Has played in four games, producing four catches for 38 yards.• Has played in 30 games (three starts), registering 35 catches, 374

yards (10.7 avg.) with a TD and one carry for fi ve yards. Also has 17 kickoff returns for 373 yards (21.9 avg.) and 13 special teams tackles.

WR KEVIN ROBINSON• Returned four kickoffs for 105 yards (26.3 avg.) at San Diego (11/9).• Spent the fi rst nine weeks of 2008 on the Reserve/PUP List. TIGHT ENDSTE TONY GONZALEZ• Caught 10 passes for 113 yards with two TDs at San Diego (11/9),

marking his 24th career 100-yard receiving game to tie Kellen Winslow for the most by a TE in NFL history.

• It was his 124th consecutive game with a catch, the seond-longest streak by a TE in NFL history and the fi fth-longest active streak in the NFL. TE Ozzie Newsome (150) owns the NFL record by a tight end.

• Has posted a team-high 50 catches for 544 yards with fi ve TDs in eight starts.

• Leads all NFL TEs with 50 catches and is second with 544 rec. yards.• Has caught 50+ passes in 11 consecutive seasons, tying for the longest

streak in NFL history.• Is fi rst in NFL history among TEs with 870 career catches, 10,426

receiving yards and 71 TDs.• His 870 career catches rank 10th in NFL history and he needs 14 more

receptions to pass WR Keenan McCardell (883) for ninth.• Ranks fi rst in Chiefs history with 870 catches, 10,426 receiving yards, 71

receiving TDs and 24 career 100-yard receiving games.• Ranks fi rst in Chiefs history with 10,440 yards from scrimmage and

second with 10,449 combined net yards. • Second in club annals with 71 total TDs, trailing RB Priest Holmes (83).• In two games (one start) against New Orleans he has caught seven

passes for 80 yards (11.4 avg.).TE BRAD COTTAM• Has fi ve catches for 42 yards (8.4 avg.) in nine games (fi ve starts).TE MICHAEL MERRITT• Spent the fi rst nine weeks of 2008 on the Reserve/NFI List. OFFENSIVE LINEG BRIAN WATERS• Has started 31 consecutive regular season games at left guard.• Has played in 125 games (111 starts) in his nine-year career with the

Chiefs with three Pro Bowl appearances.T DAMION McINTOSH• Has started nine games at right tackle after starting 15 games at left

tackle for the Chiefs in 2007.• Has played in 108 games (104 starts) during his nine-year NFL career.C RUDY NISWANGER• Has started nine games at center.• Has played in 24 career games (nine starts).T BRANDEN ALBERT• First-round pick (15th overall) has started eight games at left tackle.• Was inactive at Carolina (10/5) with an elbow injury.G ADRIAN JONES• Has started nine games at right guard.• Made the switch to guard from tackle in 2008 after starting all 16 games

at RT under current Chiefs coach Herm Edwards with the NYJ in 2005.• Has played in 53 games (25 starts) during his fi ve-year NFL career.T HERB TAYLOR• Started his fi rst career NFL game at Carolina (10/5).• Has appeared in 11 career games (one start) with KC (2007-08).C WADE SMITH• Joined the Chiefs as an UFA from the N.Y. Jets in 2008. T BARRY RICHARDSON• Played in 49 games (45 starts) during his four-year career at Clemson.T ANDREW CARNAHAN• Joined the Chiefs on October 25th from Jacksonville’s practice squad.

DEFENSIVE LINEDE TAMBA HALI• Has started nine games, tallying 29 tackles (25 solo), a sack (-5.0 yards),

four QB pressures, one forced fumble and one PD.• Has started 41 games to start his career, the third-longest streak in

Chiefs history.• Has 154 tackles (132 solo) with four stops for loss, 16.5 sacks (-103.0

yards), 20 QB pressures, nine FFs, a FR, seven PDs and one INT.DE TURK McBRIDE• Was inactive with a shoulder injury at San Diego (11/9).• Has started eight games, recording 27 tackles (25 solo) with three for

loss, a FF, two FRs and four QB pressures.

QUARTERBACKSQB TYLER THIGPEN• Connected a career-high 27 of 41 throws for 266 yards with a career-

best three TDs, good for a 108.4 rating at San Diego (11/9). • Caught a 37-yard TD pass from WR Mark Bradley vs. Tampa Bay (11/2)

to become the fi fth player and the fi rst QB in Chiefs history with a rushing TD, receiving TD and passing TD.

• Has played in seven games (four starts), connecting on 104 of 192 passes for 1,102 yards with eight TDs and four INTs for a 76.3 rating. Also has 21 rushes for 129 yards (6.1 avg.) with a TD.

• Has attempted 124 consecutive passes without an INT.• In his last three starts he has compiled a 104.6 passer rating for the

third-highest mark in the NFL during that timeframe.• Has played in eight career games (four starts), completing 106 of 198

throws for 1,143 yards with eight TDs and fi ve INTs for a 73.7 QB rating to go with 21 rushes for 129 yards with a TD.

QB QUINN GRAY• Joined the club as a free agent on October 22nd.• Played in 11 games (four starts) with JAX (2003-07), completing 101 of

180 passes for 1,252 yards with 12 TDs and fi ve INTs, good for an 88.5 rating. Also has 24 carries for 84 yards (3.5 avg.) with two TDs.

RUNNING BACKSRB LARRY JOHNSON• Has been inactive for three games and was suspended at SD (11/9).• His 198 rushing yards vs. Denver (9/28) were the highest single-game

total in the AFC in 2008. • Has started fi ve games, carrying the ball 93 times for 417 yards (4.5

avg.) with three TDs and catching six pass for 12 yards.• Has played in 61 games (41 starts), rushing 1,143 times for 5,181 yards

(4.5 avg.) with 53 TDs and catching 133 passes for 1,231 yards (9.3 avg.) with six TDs.

• Ranks second in Chiefs history with 5,181 rushing yards, needing 890 more yards to bypass RB Priest Holmes (6,070) for fi rst.

• Is fourth in Kansas City history with 59 total TDs, needing two more to overtake WR Otis Taylor (60) for third.

• Is fi rst in Chiefs history with 29 career 100-yard rushing games and has topped the 100-yard mark in a half in nine games.

• His 29 career 100-yard games are the ninth-highest total among active players in the NFL.

RB JAMAAL CHARLES• Started at RB at San Diego (11/9).• Has played in nine games (two starts), rushing 50 times for 274 yards

(5.5 avg.) and catching 17 passes for 98 yards (5.8 avg.). Also has fi ve kickoff returns for 134 yards (26.8 avg.).

FB MIKE COX• Has played in nine games (three starts), catching six passes for 12 yards

(2.0 avg.) in addition to catching a two-point conversion.• Joined the Chiefs as a rookie free agent from Georgia Tech in 2008.RB DANTRELL SAVAGE• Rushed 12 times for 44 yards (3.7 avg.) at San Diego (11/9).• Has played in seven games, rushing 15 times for 53 yards (3.5 avg.).

Has also returned 21 kickoffs for 530 yards (25.2 avg.) and eight punts for 17 yards. His 25.2-yard kickoff return average is ninth in the AFC.

RB JACKIE BATTLE• Has been on the club’s 53-man roster for three games.

WIDE RECEIVERSWR DWAYNE BOWE• Recorded six receptions for 72 yards (12.0 avg.) at San Diego (11/9).• Has started nine games, recording 48 receptions for a team-high 613

yards (12.8 avg.) with three TDs.• Is ninth in the AFC with 48 catches and seventh with 613 rec. yards.• His 118 career catches are the second-highest mark by a player in his

fi rst two seasons with the Chiefs, trailing only RB Priest Holmes (132).• His 1,608 receiving yards are the fi fth-highest total by a player in his

initial two seasons with Kansas City.• His 70 receptions and 995 receiving yards in 2007 led all NFL rookies

and were the highest seasonal totals by a rookie in KC history.WR MARK BRADLEY• Tallied a career-high nine catches for 81 yards (9.0 avg.) with a TD at

San Diego (11/9).• Has started four games, catching 19 passes for 196 yards (10.3 avg)

with two TDs and completing a 37-yard TD pass to QB Tyler Thigpen.WR DEVARD DARLING• Has played in nine games (four starts) with six catches for 113 yards.WR WILL FRANKLIN• Has played in seven games, catching one pass for eight yards. • Played in 48 games (36 starts) at Missouri, catching 143 passes for

2,125 yards (14.9 avg.) with 13 TDs.

VS.

FS JARRAD PAGE• Has started nine games, tallying 36 tackles (35 solo), two INTs, fi ve PDs,

a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.• Has played in 41 games (27 starts) for KC, recording 127 tackles (107

solo), a sack (-3.0 yards), seven INTs for 67 yards, 15 PDs, two FFs, three FRs and one QB pressure.

SS BERNARD POLLARD• Tied a career high with 10 tackles (eight solo) and intercepted a QB

Philip Rivers pass at San Diego (11/9).• Has started nine games, amassing 51 tackles (43 solo), an INT, three

passes defensed, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries.• Is tied for fi fth in the NFL with two defensive fumble recoveries.• Has played in 41 games (24 starts) for KC, recording 120 tackles (103

solo), a sack (-5.0 yards), three INTs for 25 yards, 12 PDs, two FFs and two FRs. Also has 16 special teams tackles, three blocked punts, a FF on special teams and a FR on special teams.

CB BRANDON FLOWERS• Was inactive at San Diego (11/9).• Had two INTs at the N.Y. Jets (10/26), including returning one for a 91-

yard TD for the fi fth-longest INT return in Chiefs history. • Is one of three rookies to return an INT for a TD in 2008 and joins WAS

S Chris Houston as the only two rookies with two or more INTs.• In eight games (seven starts) has 40 tackles (29 solo), two INTs for 118

yards with a TD, fi ve PDs and a FR.• KC’s second-round choice (35th overall) in the 2008 NFL Draft.CB BRANDON CARR• Collected fi ve tackles (four solo) at San Diego (11/9).• In nine starts has 46 tackles (43 solo), two INTs, three PDs and two

FRs.• His two defensive fumble recoveries are tied for fi fth in the NFL.S DaJUAN MORGAN• In eight games has 10 tackles (eight solo) with one for loss.S JON McGRAW• Tied a career high with 10 tackles (nine solo) and intercepted Philip

Rivers at San Diego (11/9).• Has appeared in nine games with 20 tackles (18 solo), an INT, a PD and

14 special teams tackles.• Has played in 79 games (12 starts) with NYJ (2002-04), Detroit (2005-

06), and Kansas City (2007-08), posting 149 tackles (107 solo), four INTs, 11 PDs, two FFs, two FRs and 90 special teams tackles.

CB DAVID MACKLIN• Signed with the Chiefs on November 5th. • Has played in 117 games (75 starts) with IND (2000-03), ARZ (2004-

06), WAS (2007) and KC (2008), registering 357 tackles (286 solo), 1.0 sacks (-5.5 yards), 14 INTs for 233 yards with a TD, 76 PDs, four FFs and two FRs.

CB RICARDO COLCLOUGH• Signed with the club on November 5th • Has played in 37 games with PIT (2004-07), CLE (2007) and KC (2008),

recording 37 tackles (32 solo), 2.5 sacks (-10.5 yards), an INT, fi ve PDs and one FF. Also has 49 kickoff returns for 1,065 yards (21.7 avg.) and fi ve punt returns for 19 yards (3.8 avg.).

S OLIVER CELESTIN• Signed with the club on November 5th • Has played in 50 games (four starts) with NYJ (2004-05), SEA (2006),

ARZ (2007-08) and KC (2008), producing 59 tackles (35 solo), three PDS, two FRs and 29 special teams tackles.

CB MAURICE LEGGETT • Has 11 tackles (nine solo) in eight games. SPECIALISTSP DUSTIN COLQUITT• Punted six times for 244 yards (40.7 gross, 41.0 net) with four inside the

20 at San Diego (11/9).• Has played in seven games, punting 43 times for 2,016 yards (46.9

gross, 41.1 net) with 18 inside the 20 and three touchbacks.• His 41.1 net punting avg. is second in the NFL.• Is fourth in the AFC and seventh in the NFL with a 46.9 gross avg.• His 18 punts inside the 20 are tied for third in the NFL.• Has played in 55 games in four seasons, punting 274 times for 12,047

yards (44.0 gross, 38.5 net), 95 inside the 20 and 22 touchbacks.• His 38.54 career net punting average ranks fi rst in Chiefs history and is

second in NFL history.LS THOMAS GAFFORD• Joined the Chiefs as a free agent on October 29th. K CONNOR BARTH• In three games has hit three FGs and seven PATs for 15 points.

DT TANK TYLER• Tallied a career-high three QB pressures at San Diego (11/9).• Has started nine games, contributing 33 tackles (27 solo), fi ve QB

pressures, one FF and a FR.DT GLENN DORSEY• Compiled fi ve tackles and a sack of Philip Rivers at San Diego (11/9).• Has started nine games, tallying 31 tackles (27 solo), a sack (-1.0 yard),

and a FF.• Was the fi fth overall selection in the 2008 NFL Draft.• Played in 51 games (31 starts) at LSU, registering 179 tackles (83 solo),

13.0 sacks (-93.0 yards) and 27.0 tackles for loss (-123.0 yards), two FFs, four PDs and six QB pressures.

• Won the Outland Trophy, Nagurski Award and the Lombardi Award as a senior at LSU.

DE ALFONSO BOONE• Has played in nine games (one start), registering 12 tackles (10 solo), a

sack, three QB pressures and one PD.• Has played in 107 career games (34 starts) with CHI (2000-06) and KC

(2007-08), recording 192 tackles (133 solo), 12.5 sacks (-85.5 yards), 11 QB pressures, 12 PDs, three FRs and one FF.

DT RON EDWARDS• Sacked Philip Rivers at San Diego (11/9).• Has played in 89 games (55 starts), recording 167 tackles (116 solo),

13.5 sacks (-73.5 yards), 37 QB pressures, four FFs and two FRs.DE BRIAN JOHNSTON• Has seen action in nine games, recording three solo tackles.DE WALLACE GILBERRY• Joined the Chiefs on November 5th from the N.Y. Giants practice

squad. LINEBACKERSLB DERRICK JOHNSON• Was inactive with a thigh injury at San Diego (11/9).• Was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week vs. Denver (9/28).• Has started eight games, producing 46 tackles (35 solo), 1.5 sacks (-

12.5 yards), an INT, two PDs and two FFs.• Has played in 53 games (52 starts), recording 346 tackles (279 solo),

12.0 sacks (-83.0 yards), three INTs, 23 PDs, nine FFs, three FRs and 20 QB pressures.

LB DONNIE EDWARDS• Amassed fi ve tackles (four solo) at San Diego (11/9).• Has played in six games (three starts) and has been inactive for three

contests, totaling 28 tackles (23 solo) with one for loss.• Has played in 196 games (179 starts) during his 13-year career (1996-

08), recording 1,644 tackles (1,175 solo), 24.0 sacks, 28 INTs for 347 yards with four TDs, 86 PDs, 18 FFs, 11 FRs and 65 QB pressures.

• His 1,644 tackles are the fourth-highest total among active LBs.• Has accumulated 39 career takeaways, tying LB Ray Lewis for the

highest total by a linebacker in the NFL since ’96.• Had 10 tackles vs. New Orleans (11/7/04) with San Diego.LB PAT THOMAS• Has started nine games, amassing 54 tackles (39 solo), a half of a sack

(-4.5 yards) and two PDs.• Has played in 27 career games (10 starts), recording 58 tackles (40

solo), two PDs, 14 special teams tackles and a FF on special teams.LB DEMORRIO WILLIAMS• In nine games (four starts) has totaled 42 tackles (27 solo) and a PD.• Has seen action in 73 games (47 starts), has 374 tackles (240 solo), 6.5

sacks, fi ve INTs, nine PDs, two FFs and two FRs with a TD.• Had a career-high 15 tackles (11 solo) vs. New Orleans (12/12/05).LB ROCKY BOIMAN• Recorded eight tackles (four solo) in a starting role at San Diego (11/9).• Has played in 90 games (21 starts) with TEN (2002-05), IND (2006-07)

and KC (2008), recording 207 tackles (126 solo), 1.5 sacks (-7.5 yards), fi ve INTs, a FF and one FR.

LB ERIK WALDEN• Has 10 special teams tackles in eight games.LB WESTON DACUS• Was promoted from the practice squad on September 27th.

DEFENSIVE BACKSCB PATRICK SURTAIN• Has played in fi ve games (two starts) and has been inactive four contests,

posting six tackles, two PDs and a FF.• Has played in 160 career games (131 starts) for MIA (’98-04) and KC

(2005-08), producing 609 tackles (487 solo), 7.5 sacks (-50.0 yards), 36 INTs (380 yards) with two TDs, 117 PDs, seven FRs and fi ve FFs.

THE LAST TIME

SaintsSaints 2727, , CChiefs hiefs 2020November 14, 2004 • Louisiana Superdome • 64,900

KC — Kennison, 21-yard pass from Green (Tynes kick) (5-35, 2:11).KC — Tynes, 24-yard field goal (13-60, 6:43).NO — Brooks, 1-yard run (Carney kick) (6-68, 2:33).NO — McAllister, 13-yard run (Carney kick) (5-89, 2:03).KC — Tynes, 44-yard field goal (8-38, 3:37).NO — Carney, 39-yard field goal (10-52, 4:55).NO — Carney, 38-yard field goal (6-29, 2:59).KC — Blaylock, 3-yard run (Tynes kick) (9-78, 5:34).NO — Horn, 42-yard pass from Brooks (Carney kick) (5-72, 2:39).

Team Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saints Chiefs First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 28Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 497Rushes/Net Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . 23/134 36/200Net Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 297Pass Attempts/Completions . . . . . 27/15 33/22Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2Times Sacked/Yards. . . . . . . . . 4.0/19.0 2.0/14.0Punts/Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/40.6 3/38.3Penalties/Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/57 12/96Fumbles/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/0 2/2Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24:16 35:44

RUSHINGKC — Blaylock 33-186, TD; Green 1-13;

Richardson 1-1; Kennison 1-0.NO — McAllister 16-127, TD; Stallworth 1-6; Brooks 4-1, TD; Stecker 2-0.

RECEIVINGKC — Kennison 7-121, TD; Gonzalez 6-71; Morton 4-59; Blaylock 3-38; Dunn 1-11; Hall 1-11.NO — Horn 5-167, TD; Williams 3-29; Stallworth 3-11; Pathon 2-33; Karney 1-17; Stecker 1-2.

PASSINGKC — Green 22-33-311, 1 TD, 2 INTs.NO — Brooks 15-27-259, 1 TD, 1 INT.

INTERCEPTIONSKC — Wesley 1-2.NO — McKenzie 1-14; Ruff 1-0.

SACKSKC — Fujita 2.0; Hicks 1.0; Woods 1.0.NO — Howard 1.0; Smith 1.0.

FIELD GOALSKC — Tynes (24) (44).NO — Carney (39) (38).

For the second consecutive week, the Chiefs appeared poised to register a narrow road win, only to have victory slip through the club’s grasp as Kan-sas City dropped a 27-20 decision at New Orleans. RB Derrick Blaylock came 14 yards shy of the club’s single-game rushing record with an 186-yard outburst, the best total by a player making his initial NFL start since St. Louis RB Trung Candidate had 194 rushing yards vs. NYJ (10/21/01). Blaylock – who was starting in place of an injured RB Priest Holmes – racked up 79 yards in the first quarter alone as Kansas City jumped out to an early 10-0 lead. QB Trent Green, who finished the game with 311 yards to bypass QB Bill Kenney (15) as the club’s all-time leader in 300-yard passing games (16), found WR Eddie Kennison (7-121-1 TD) with a 21-yard scoring dart on the Chiefs first possession. After Kansas City’s defense forced the Saints three-and-out, the Chiefs appeared poised to score once again. But for the sec-ond straight week, a Red Zone fumble cost the Chiefs dearly as WR Johnnie Morton had the ball popped loose by S Jay Bellamy at the New Orleans 15-yard line. Perhaps the game’s key sequence came on KC’s next drive. After a personal foul on the Saints on third-and-goal from the six gave KC a new set of downs, the Chiefs were forced to settle for a 24-yard field goal when Green just overshot Blaylock in the end zone. The Saints then got on the board on a drive that was aided by three KC penalties when QB Aaron Brooks vaulted across the goal line from one yard out to make the count 10-7. A 13-yard RB Deuce McAllister TD run on New Orleans’ next drive gave the Saints a 14-10 advantage and KC would fight from behind for the rest of the game. A 44-yard K Lawrence Tynes FG cut the count to 14-13 Saints at the half. A pair of INTs doomed the Chiefs in the second half. Green was first victimized by CB Mike McKenzie in the third quarter when an open Morton fell down. Then with KC trailing 27-20 with 1:25 remaining in the contest, a ball went off Blaylock's hands into the arms of LB Orlando Ruff at the Saints four-yard line. KC got the ball back with 0:08 remaining, but Green was sacked and stripped by DE Darren Howard, preserving the Saints win.

GAME NOTES• Kansas City’s 497 yards marked the fourth con-secutive game that the club produced 400+ yards of total offense, the first time the club accomplished that feat since ’76.• RB Derrick Blaylock registered the fifth-best sin-gle-game rushing performance in Chiefs history with a career-best 186 yards. He became the first player other than RB Priest Holmes to register a 100-yard rushing game for the Chiefs since FB Tony Richardson had 156 yards vs. Denver (12/17/00).• Blaylock’s 33 rushing attempts tied as the fourth-highest total in franchise history.

KANSAS CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 0 7 — 20NEW ORLEANS . . . . . . . . . . . 0 14 3 10 — 27

Kansas City fi nishes with a 100-yard rusher (Blaylock), 100-yard receiver (Kennison - above) and 300-yard passer (Green).

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS / WEEK 10 / THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008 WON 1, LOST 8 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 L 10-17 at New England 68,756 L. Johnson 93 417 4.5 65 3 09/14 L 8-23 Oakland 74,480 Charles 50 274 5.5 30 0 09/21 L 14-38 at Atlanta 62,434 Thigpen 21 129 6.1 22 1 09/28 W 33-19 Denver 74,623 K. Smith 35 100 2.9 19 1 10/05 L 0-34 at Carolina 72,319 Savage 15 53 3.5 11 0 10/19 L 10-34 Tennessee 74,200 Huard 4 13 3.3 15 0 10/26 L 24-28 at New York Jets 78,037 Hagans 1 2 2.0 2 0 11/02 L 27-30 OT Tampa Bay 74,045 Cox 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 11/09 L 19-20 at San Diego 67,510 TEAM 220 986 4.5 65 5 11/16 New Orleans OPPONENTS 296 1551 5.2 80t 14 11/23 Buffalo * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 11/30 at Oakland Gonzalez 50 544 10.9 34t 5 12/07 at Denver Bowe 48 613 12.8 36 3 12/14 San Diego Bradley LG 19 196 10.3 56 2 12/21 Miami Bradley TM 19 196 10.3 56 2 12/28 at Cincinnati Charles 17 98 5.8 17 0 K.C. Opp. K. Smith 10 52 5.2 8 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 141 183 Darling 6 113 18.8 68 0 Rushing 49 70 Cox 6 12 2.0 4 0 Passing 83 106 L. Johnson 6 12 2.0 12 0 Penalty 9 7 Cottam 5 42 8.4 11 0 3rd Down: Made/Att 50/129 60/118 Webb 4 38 9.5 15 0 3rd Down Pct. 38.8 50.8 Savage 2 0 0.0 2 0 4th Down: Made/Att 2/7 2/3 Thigpen 1 37 37.0 37t 1 4th Down Pct. 28.6 66.7 Franklin 1 8 8.0 8 0 POSSESSION AVG. 28:08 31:52 Hagans 1 7 7.0 7 0 TOTAL NET YARDS 2597 3656 TEAM 176 1772 10.1 68 11 Avg. Per Game 288.6 406.2 OPPONENTS 179 2143 12.0 70t 11 Total Plays 548 576 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Avg. Per Play 4.7 6.3 Flowers 2 118 59.0 91t 1 NET YARDS RUSHING 986 1551 Carr 2 67 33.5 35 0 Avg. Per Game 109.6 172.3 Page 2 0 0.0 0 0 Total Rushes 220 296 D. Johnson 1 7 7.0 7 0 NET YARDS PASSING 1611 2105 McGraw 1 4 4.0 4 0 Avg. Per Game 179.0 233.9 Pollard 1 0 0.0 0 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 24/161 6/38 TEAM 9 196 21.8 91t 1 Gross Yards 1772 2143 OPPONENTS 8 141 17.6 43 1 Att./Completions 304/176 274/179 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Completion Pct. 57.9 65.3 Colquitt 43 2016 46.9 41.1 3 18 73 0 Had Intercepted 8 9 Weatherford LG 38 1606 42.3 32.2 7 6 61 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 55/46.0 32/44.9 Weatherford TM 12 512 42.7 27.8 4 1 58 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 55/38.2 32/38.9 TEAM 55 2528 46.0 38.2 7 19 73 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 41/319 51/350 OPPONENTS 32 1438 44.9 38.9 6 13 70 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 9/3 16/11 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 17 27 Savage 8 2 17 2.1 11 0 Rushing 5 14 Sams 7 3 58 8.3 16 0 Passing 11 11 Robinson 1 0 -1 -1.0 -1 0 Returns 1 2 TEAM 16 5 74 4.6 16 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS OPPONENTS 28 7 287 10.3 37 0 TEAM 27 47 13 58 0 145 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD OPPONENTS 44 74 51 71 3 243 Savage 21 530 25.2 59 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Sams 9 180 20.0 36 0 Gonzalez 5 0 5 0 0 30 Charles 5 134 26.8 35 0 Novak 0 0 0 0 7/ 7 6/10 0 25 Robinson 4 105 26.3 36 0 Bowe 3 0 3 0 0 18 Leggett 2 50 25.0 30 0 L. Johnson 3 3 0 0 0 18 Cox 1 8 8.0 8 0 Barth 0 0 0 0 7/ 7 3/ 3 0 16 TEAM 42 1007 24.0 59 0 Bradley LG 2 0 2 0 0 12 OPPONENTS 33 843 25.5 97t 1 Bradley TM 2 0 2 0 0 12 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Thigpen 2 1 1 0 0 12 Novak 0/ 0 3/ 3 1/ 3 2/ 3 0/1 Flowers 1 0 0 1 0 6 Barth 0/ 0 1/ 1 2/ 2 0/ 0 0/0 K. Smith 1 1 0 0 0 6 TEAM 0/ 0 4/ 4 3/ 5 2/ 3 0/1 Cox 0 0 0 0 0 2 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 5/ 6 5/ 6 5/ 5 3/3 TEAM 17 5 11 1 14/14 9/13 0 145 Novak: (40G)()(32N)(23G,21G,48N,43G,33G)() OPPONENTS 27 14 11 2 25/25 18/20 0 243 (39N,50N,26G)()()() 2-Pt. Conversions: Cox, TEAM 1-3, Barth: ()()()()()()(30G)(39G,28G)() OPPONENTS 1-2 OPPONENTS: (37G)(56G,25G,40G)(27G)(28N,56G, SACKS: D. Johnson 1.5, Boone 1, Dorsey 1, 51G,22G,33G)(32G,43G)(49G,46G)(36N)(25G,43G, R. Edwards 1, Hali 1, Thomas 0.5, TEAM 6, 34G)(34G,26G) OPPONENTS 24 FUM/LOST: Huard 3/1, L. Johnson 3/1, Thigpen 2/0, Charles 1/1 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Thigpen 192 104 1102 54.2 5.74 8 4.2 4 2.1 56 13/ 94 76.3 Huard 81 50 477 61.7 5.89 2 2.5 4 4.9 68 9/ 56 65.7 Croyle 29 20 151 69.0 5.21 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 1/ 10 81.3 Bradley LG 1 1 37 100.0 37.00 1 100.0 0 0.0 37t 0/ 0 158.3 Bradley TM 1 1 37 100.0 37.00 1 100.0 0 0.0 37t 0/ 0 158.3 Hagans 1 1 5 100.0 5.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 1/ 1 87.5 TEAM 304 176 1772 57.9 5.83 11 3.6 8 2.6 68 24/ 161 75.7 OPPONENTS 274 179 2143 65.3 7.82 11 4.0 9 3.3 70t 6/ 38 88.8

Pos. Player Tkls. Asst. Total TFL Sacks/Yds PR FR FF INT/YDS PDLB Thomas, Pat 39 15 54 2 0.5/4.5 0 0 0 0 2S Pollard, Bernard 43 8 51 1 0.0/0.0 0 2 1 1/0 3CB Carr, Brandon 43 3 46 0 0.0/0.0 0 2 0 2/67 3LB Johnson, Derrick 35 11 46 2 1.5/12.5 0 0 2 1/7 2LB Williams, Demorrio 27 15 42 2 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 1CB Flowers, Brandon 29 11 40 0 0.0/0.0 0 1 0 2/118 5S Page, Jarrad 35 1 36 0 0.0/0.0 0 2 1 2/0 5DT Tyler, Tank 27 6 33 0 0.0/0.0 5 1 1 0 0DT Dorsey, Glenn 27 4 31 0 1.0/1.0 0 0 1 0 0DE Hali, Tamba 25 4 29 0 1.0/5.0 4 0 1 0 1LB Edwards, Donnie 23 5 28 1 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0DE McBride, Turk 25 2 27 3 0.0/0.0 4 2 1 0 0S McGraw, Jon 18 2 20 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 1/4 1LB Boiman, Rocky 8 5 13 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0DE Boone, Alfonso 10 2 12 1 1.0/8.0 3 0 0 0 1CB Leggett, Maurice 9 2 11 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0S Morgan, DaJuan 8 2 10 1 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0CB Patterson, Dimitri 8 0 8 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0CB Surtain, Patrick 6 0 6 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 1 0 2DT Edwards, Ron 4 1 5 0 1.0/7.0 2 0 0 0 0CB Brackenridge, Tyron 4 0 4 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 1 0 0LB Dacus, Weston 1 3 4 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0DE Johnston, Brian 3 0 3 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0DT Jackson, T.J. 2 1 3 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0DE Gilberry, Wallace 1 0 1 0 0.0/0.0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 460 103 563 13 6.0/38.0 18 10 10 9/196 26

Pos. Player Tkls. Asst. Total TDs (1): CB Brandon Flowers 91-yard INT returnS McGraw, Jon 11 3 14 at N.Y. Jets (10/26/08)LB Walden, Erik 9 1 10CB Patterson, Dimitri 6 4 10 Safety (0):WR Darling, Devard 6 1 7LB Williams, Demorrio 4 3 7LB Boiman, Rocky 3 2 5 TDs (0): RB Savage, Dantrell 4 0 4RB Smith, Kolby 4 0 4 Blocked Punts (0): S Morgan, DaJuan 3 1 4CB Leggett, Maurice 2 2 4 Blk Punt Rec. (0):RB Charles, Jamaal 1 3 4LS Darche, Jean-Phillipe 0 3 3 Blk Field Goal (0):FB Cox, Mike 2 0 2LB Dacus, Weston 2 0 2 Blk FG Rec. (0):CB Brackenridge, Tyron 1 1 2K Novak, Nick 0 2 2 FF (1): S Jon McGraw (Antonio Cromartie)RB Battle, Jackie 1 0 1 at San Diego (11/9/08)LB Johnson, Derrick 1 0 1 FR (1): LB Demorrio Williams (Adam Jennings)S Page, Jarrad 1 0 1 at Atlanta (9/21/08)LB Thomas, Pat 1 0 1P Weatherford, Steve 1 0 1WR Webb, Jeff 1 0 1DE Johnston, Brian 0 1 1

TOTALS 64 27 91

FR = Fumble RecoveryFF = Forced FumbleINT = InterceptionPD = Pass Defensed

PR = Pressure

Regular Season Defensive and Special Teams statistics are based on coaches film.

2008 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DEFENSIVE STATSRegular Season Statistics (Through Nine Games)

2008 CHIEFS SPECIAL TEAMS STATS DEFENSIVE SCORES

KEY

SPECIAL TEAMS BIG PLAYS

9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @NE OAK ATL DEN CAR TEN NYJ TB SD NO BUF OAK DEN SD MIA CIN

FIRST DOWNSTotal 14 15 17 17 8 13 17 21 19Rushing 5 3 10 8 2 4 3 9 5Passing 9 9 7 9 5 8 14 9 13Penalty 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1THIRD DOWNSAttempts 16 15 18 13 13 14 13 13 14Converted 8 4 8 5 4 4 4 6 7Percentage 50.0 27.0 44.0 28.0 31.0 29.0 31.0 46.0 50.0TOT. OFFENSENet Yards 284 190 301 370 127 272 330 384 339Plays 62 62 71 62 51 57 60 63 60Avg./Play 4.6 3.1 4.2 6.0 2.5 4.8 5.5 6.1 5.7RUSHINGNet Yards 102 55 184 213 35 58 80 183 76Rush. Att. 27 19 33 33 17 17 20 36 18Avg./Att. 3.8 2.9 5.6 6.5 2.1 3.4 4.0 5.1 4.2PASSINGNet Yards 182 135 117 157 92 214 250 201 263Attempts 31 38 36 28 31 37 36 26 41Completions 19 17 14 21 15 23 25 15 27Intercepted 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0Gross Yards 206 173 128 160 123 235 280 201 266Sacked 4 5 2 1 3 3 4 1 1Yards Lost 24 38 11 3 31 21 30 0 3ADVANCESRushes 27 17 30 31 14 14 16 35 15Completions 19 12 14 20 12 23 25 14 27Totals 46 29 44 51 26 37 41 49 42PENALTIESNumber 2 5 3 5 4 8 4 7 3Yards 15 36 13 45 35 60 39 60 16FUMBLESNumber 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0Lost 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0SCORINGPoints 10 8 14 33 0 10 24 27 19TD Rushing 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0TD Passing 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 3TD KO Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TD Punt Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TD Sp. Teams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TD Def. Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0FG Attempts 1 0 1 5 0 3 1 2 0FG Made 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 0Safety 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2008 CHIEFS GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSE

9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @NE OAK ATL DEN CAR TEN NYJ TB SD NO BUF OAK DEN SD MIA CIN

FIRST DOWNSTotal 18 18 16 22 20 20 22 24 23Rushing 8 14 9 5 9 14 4 4 3Passing 9 2 7 17 11 6 17 19 18Penalty 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2THIRD DOWNSAttempts 13 14 13 14 18 11 11 13 11Converted 7 6 6 6 10 5 6 8 6Percentage 50.0 43.0 46.0 43.0 56.0 45.0 55.0 62.0 55.0TOT. OFFENSENet Yards 338 355 378 446 441 455 420 423 400Plays 59 64 54 72 70 58 66 69 64Avg./Play 5.7 5.5 7.0 6.2 6.3 7.8 6.4 6.1 6.3RUSHINGNet Yards 126 300 186 94 205 332 135 81 92Rush. Att. 28 47 36 22 48 40 24 25 26Avg./Att. 4.5 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.3 8.3 5.6 3.2 3.5PASSINGNet Yards 212 55 192 352 236 123 285 342 308Attempts 29 17 18 49 22 18 41 44 36Completions 20 6 12 29 14 11 28 32 27Intercepted 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 2Gross Yards 228 55 192 361 236 123 290 342 316Sacked 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2Yards Lost 16 0 0 9 0 0 5 0 8ADVANCESRushes 25 44 33 21 43 37 23 23 26Completions 20 6 12 28 14 11 28 32 27Total 45 50 45 49 57 48 51 55 53PENALTIESNumber 3 9 4 3 8 8 4 7 5Yards 30 61 22 22 56 55 20 47 37FUMBLESNumber 3 3 1 3 1 0 1 3 1Lost 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 0SCORINGPoints 17 23 38 19 34 34 28 30 20TD Rushing 1 2 3 0 2 4 2 0 0TD Passing 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 2TD KO Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0TD Punt Returns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TD Sp. Teams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TD Def. Returns 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0FG Attempts 1 3 1 5 2 2 1 3 2FG Made 1 3 1 4 2 2 0 3 2Safety 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2008 CHIEFS GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSE

THE LAST GAME

ChargersChargers 20, 20, ChiefsChiefs 1919November 9, 2008 • Qualcomm Stadium • 67,510

For the third week in a row the Chiefs were positioned in the game’s final five minutes to pull out a victory. Like the previous two weeks, they came up short, falling 20-19 at the San Diego as a failed two-point try doomed Kansas City. San Diego’s offense got the ball first and kept it for over four minutes, but eventually the Chiefs defense stopped them and the Chargers were forced to punt. QB Tyler Thigpen then led the Chiefs offense on a 12-play 85-yard drive for the game’s first TD. Working out of the spread offense with no huddle on most plays, QB Tyler Thigpen hit seven of eight throws. The big one came when he beat the blitz and lofted a 30-yard TD pass into the right end zone to WR Mark Bradley to give the Chiefs a 7-0 lead. San Diego’s offense began its next drive at their own 20-yard line and QB Philip Rivers drove them into Chiefs territory with a first-and-10 at the Kansas City 21-yard line. But the Chiefs defense was again able to hold. K Nate Kaeding kicked a 34-yard FG and early in the second quarter the score was 7-3. On its next offensive possession, San Diego again drove down the field and had a first-and-10 situation at the Chiefs 15-yard line. The Kansas City defense again was able to get the stop, as Kaeding kicked a 26-yard field goal and the Chiefs held a 7-6 lead with just under seven minutes to play in the half. Thigpen came right back and directed a seven-play, 83-yard scoring drive where he was four for four throwing the ball, including the 34-yard scoring pass to TE Tony Gonzalez. The PAT kick was botched on a bad snap and the Chiefs held a 13-6 lead with just over three minutes to play. San Diego again drove into Chiefs territory, but this time S Bernard Pollard snuffed out the possession with an interception of Rivers in the end zone and the half ended with the Chiefs ahead 13-6. After the teams traded punts to start the second half, San Diego finally got its offense moving after taking possession at its own 42-yard line. Rivers drove the Chargers 58 yards on eight plays finishing up with a five-yard TD pass to WR Malcom Floyd to tie the count at 13-13. The Chiefs defense did force another turnover before the quarter was over when DT Tank Tyler pressured Rivers and the quarterback’s fluttering throw was picked off by S Jon McGraw. San Diego then grabbed the lead with a drive that started on the final play of the third quarter. Rivers moved the offense down the field, converting three first downs and finally ending up in the end zone with an eight-yard TD pass to TE Antonio Gates. It was a 14-play 94-yard drive that took 8:28 off the clock and put the Chargers up 20-13. The Chiefs eventually got the ball back on their own 40-yard line with 3:00 to play. Thigpen led them down the field, converting several third down plays and a big fourth down throw to Bradley that continued the possession. On third-and-three from the Chargers three-yard line with 0:29 to play, Thigpen threw a dart to Gonzalez in the end zone for the TD that gave the Chiefs a chance for victory. With the score at 20-19, head coach Herm Edwards decided to go for two points and the victory rather than the tie, but Thigpen’s pass for Gonzalez in the end zone was broken up and the Chargers prevailed 20-19.

GAME NOTES• TE Tony Gonzalez recorded his 24th career 100-yard game, tying TE Kellen Winslow for the most by a TE in NFL history.

KC — Bradley, 30-yard pass from Thigpen (Barth kick) (12-95, 7:08).SD — Kaeding, 34-yard field goal (10-64, 4:12).SD — Kaeding, 26-yard field goal (11-77, 5:33).KC — Gonzalez, 34-yard pas from Thigpen (pass failed) (7-83, 3:36).SD — Floyd, 5-yard pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (8-58, 4:14).SD — Gates, 8-yard pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick) (14-94, 8:28).KC — Gonzalez, 3-yard pass from Thigpen (pass failed) (14-60, 2:37).

Team Statistics Chargers ChiefsFirst Downs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 19Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 339Rushes/Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . 26/92 18/76Net Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 263Pass Attempts/Completions . . . . 36/27 41/27Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0Times Sacked/Yards . . . . . . . . . 2.0/8.0 1.0/3.0Punts/Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/44.0 6/40.7Penalties/Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/37 3/16Fumbles/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/0 0/0Possession Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34:50 25:10

RUSHINGKC — Savage 12-44; Thigpen 2-26; Charles 3-8; Cox 1-(-2).SD — Tomlinson 22-78; Sproles 3-15; Rivers 1-(-1).

RECEIVINGKC — Gonzalez 10-113, 2 TDs; Bradley 9-81, TD; Bowe 6-72; Savage 2-0. SD — Gates 8-66, TD; Jackson 5-83; Floyd 4-76, TD; Tomlinson 4-39; Tolbert 3-37; Sproles 3-15.

PASSINGKC — Thigpen 27-41-266, 3 TDs, 0 INTs.SD — Rivers 27-36-316, 2 TDs, 2 INTs.

INTERCEPTIONSKC — McGraw 1-4; Pollard 1-0.SD — None.

SACKSKC — Dorsey 1.0; R. Edwards 1.0.SD — Weddle 1.0.

FIELD GOALSKC — None.SD — Kaeding (34) (26).

KANSAS CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 0 6 — 19SAN DIEGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 6 7 7 — 20

TE Tony Gonzalez records 10 receptions for 113 yards with two TDs.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS / WEEK 10 / THROUGH SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008 WON 4, LOST 5 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 09/07 W 24-20 Tampa Bay 69,881 Bush 87 294 3.4 29 2 09/14 L 24-29 at Washington 88,246 McAllister 73 281 3.8 12 2 09/21 L 32-34 at Denver 75,713 P. Thomas 36 150 4.2 18 3 09/28 W 31-17 San Francisco 70,008 Stecker 8 43 5.4 12 0 10/06 L 27-30 Minnesota 70,015 Henderson 2 37 18.5 30 0 10/12 W 34- 3 Oakland 70,068 Karney 4 7 1.8 3 2 10/19 L 7-30 at Carolina 73,687 Brees 13 3 0.2 9 0 10/26 W 37-32 San Diego 83,226 TEAM 223 815 3.7 30 9 11/09 L 20-34 at Atlanta 64,826 OPPONENTS 237 986 4.2 46 5 11/16 at Kansas City * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 11/24 Green Bay Moore 44 507 11.5 33t 4 11/30 at Tampa Bay Bush 42 366 8.7 42t 3 12/07 Atlanta Miller 28 388 13.9 41 0 12/11 at Chicago Shockey 24 223 9.3 26 0 12/21 at Detroit Henderson 20 532 26.6 84t 3 12/28 Carolina Colston 12 222 18.5 49 0 N.O. Opp. P. Thomas 12 82 6.8 18 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 193 169 Patten 11 162 14.7 39t 1 Rushing 51 45 Campbell 11 116 10.5 29 2 Passing 127 111 McAllister 10 76 7.6 15t 1 Penalty 15 13 Meachem 8 244 30.5 74 2 3rd Down: Made/Att 54/115 42/112 Stecker 8 40 5.0 8t 1 3rd Down Pct. 47.0 37.5 Karney 7 12 1.7 4 0 4th Down: Made/Att 5/11 3/5 Sobomehin 2 8 4.0 10 0 4th Down Pct. 45.5 60.0 Ryan TM 2 7 3.5 5 0 POSSESSION AVG. 30:53 29:07 TEAM 241 2985 12.4 84t 17 TOTAL NET YARDS 3746 3132 OPPONENTS 175 2232 12.8 67t 14 Avg. Per Game 416.2 348.0 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD Total Plays 593 555 Porter 1 25 25.0 25 0 Avg. Per Play 6.3 5.6 David 1 18 18.0 18 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 815 986 McKenzie 1 14 14.0 14 0 Avg. Per Game 90.6 109.6 Kaesviharn 1 13 13.0 13 0 Total Rushes 223 237 Vilma 1 8 8.0 8 0 NET YARDS PASSING 2931 2146 Fujita 1 2 2.0 2 0 Avg. Per Game 325.7 238.4 TEAM 6 80 13.3 25 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 8/54 14/86 OPPONENTS 10 195 19.5 95t 2 Gross Yards 2985 2232 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B Att./Completions 362/241 304/175 Weatherford TM 26 1094 42.1 34.2 3 5 61 0 Completion Pct. 66.6 57.6 Graham LG 17 732 43.1 35.9 0 3 56 0 Had Intercepted 10 6 Graham TM 3 126 42.0 35.3 0 1 44 0 PUNTS/AVERAGE 32/42.7 37/43.9 Pakulak 3 145 48.3 37.3 0 0 56 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 32/34.6 37/33.4 TEAM 32 1365 42.7 34.6 3 6 61 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 59/547 54/449 OPPONENTS 37 1623 43.9 33.4 4 14 65 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 14/6 6/5 * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD TOUCHDOWNS 29 23 Bush 13 2 285 21.9 71t 3 Rushing 9 5 Moore 2 10 21 10.5 11 0 Passing 17 14 TEAM 15 12 306 20.4 71t 3 Returns 3 4 OPPONENTS 18 7 199 11.1 35 0 * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD TEAM 26 87 59 64 0 236 P. Thomas 27 642 23.8 56 0 OPPONENTS 53 66 42 68 0 229 Roby LG 10 228 22.8 41 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS Roby TM 5 127 25.4 41 0 Bush 8 2 3 3 0 48 Copper TM 2 35 17.5 18 0 Gramatica 0 0 0 0 16/16 6/10 0 34 Stecker 2 10 5.0 10 0 Moore 4 0 4 0 0 24 Campbell 1 0 0.0 0 0 Henderson 3 0 3 0 0 18 Moore 1 36 36.0 36 0 McAllister 3 2 1 0 0 18 TEAM 38 850 22.4 56 0 Mehlhaff 0 0 0 0 9/10 3/ 4 0 18 OPPONENTS 39 950 24.4 55 0 P. Thomas 3 3 0 0 0 18 * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Campbell 2 0 2 0 0 12 Gramatica 0/ 0 0/ 0 3/ 3 2/ 5 1/2 Karney 2 2 0 0 0 12 Mehlhaff 0/ 0 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 0/0 Meachem 2 0 2 0 0 12 Hartley 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/ 0 1/ 1 0/0 Hartley 0 0 0 0 2/ 2 2/ 2 0 8 TEAM 0/ 0 2/ 2 4/ 5 4/ 7 1/2 Patten 1 0 1 0 0 6 OPPONENTS 0/ 0 7/ 7 11/12 3/ 4 1/3 Stecker 1 0 1 0 0 6 Gramatica: (34G)(49G)(43G,51N,43N)(31G)(46B, Grant 0 0 0 0 1 2 35G,53G,46N)()()()() TEAM 29 9 17 3 27/28 11/16 1 236 Mehlhaff: ()()()()()(31N,44G,33G)()(23G)() OPPONENTS 23 5 14 4 21/21 22/26 1 229 Hartley: ()()()()()()()()(24G,44G) 2-Pt. Conversions: TEAM 0-1, OPPONENTS 1-2 OPPONENTS: (37G,33G)(49N,22G,36G,30N,35G)(27G, SACKS: Grant 3, McCray 3, Clancy 2, Smith 2, 34G)(47G,49G,38G)(53G,33G,30G)(24G,57N,59N) Ellis 1, Porter 1, Reis 1, B. Young 1, (39G,48G,28G)(33G,24G,31G)(22G,27G) TEAM 14, OPPONENTS 8 FUM/LOST: Brees 6/1, Bush 3/2, Shockey 2/2, Colston 1/0, Henderson 1/0, Sobomehin 1/1 * PASSING Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack/Lost Rating Brees 362 241 2985 66.6 8.25 17 4.7 10 2.8 84t 8/ 54 96.1 TEAM 362 241 2985 66.6 8.25 17 4.7 10 2.8 84t 8/ 54 96.1 OPPONENTS 304 175 2232 57.6 7.34 14 4.6 6 2.0 67t 14/ 86 87.8

2008 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER(As of November 10, 2008)

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. D.O.B. EXP. COLLEGE HS HOMETOWN HOW ACQ.76 Albert, Branden T 6-5 316 11/4/84 R Virginia Glen Burnie, MD D1b-085 Barth, Connor K 5-11 193 4/11/86 R North Carolina Wilmington, NC CFA-0826 Battle, Jackie RB 6-2 238 10/1/83 1 Houston Humble, TX FA-0750 Boiman, Rocky LB 6-4 242 1/24/80 7 Notre Dame Cincinnati, OH FA-0870 Boone, Alfonso DE 6-3 305 1/11/76 8 Mt. San Antonio JC Saginaw, MI UFA (CHI)-0782 Bowe, Dwayne WR 6-2 221 9/21/84 2 LSU Miami, FL D1-0783 Bradley, Mark WR 6-1 201 1/29/82 4 Oklahoma Pine Bluff, AR FA-0871 Carnahan, Andrew T 6-7 306 9/8/83 1 Arizona State Hereford, TX FA-0839 Carr, Brandon CB 6-0 207 5/19/86 R Grand Valley State Flint, MI D5-0835 Celestin, Oliver S 5-11 195 2/25/81 5 Texas Southern New Orleans, LA FA-0825 Charles, Jamaal RB 5-11 199 12/27/86 R Texas Port Arthur, TX D3a-0830 Colclough, Ricardo CB 5-11 194 9/26/83 5 Tusculum Sumter, SC FA-082 Colquitt, Dustin P 6-3 210 5/6/82 4 Tennessee Knoxville, TN D3-0587 Cottam, Brad TE 6-7 269 11/28/84 R Tennessee Germantown, TN D3b-0842 Cox, Mike FB 6-0 252 7/11/85 R Georgia Tech Lewisberry, PA CFA-0857 Dacus, Weston LB 6-1 232 9/19/85 R Arkansas Searcy, AR CFA-0881 Darling, Devard WR 6-1 213 4/16/82 5 Washington State Houston, TX UFA (BAL)-0872 Dorsey, Glenn DT 6-1 297 8/1/85 R LSU Gonzales, LA D1a-0859 Edwards, Donnie LB 6-2 224 4/6/73 13 UCLA Chula Vista, CA UFA (SD)-0795 Edwards, Ron DT 6-3 315 7/12/79 8 Texas A&M Houston, TX UFA (BUF)-0624 Flowers, Brandon CB 5-9 187 2/18/86 R Virginia Tech Delray Beach, FL D2-0885 Franklin, Will WR 6-0 209 10/13/85 R Missouri St. Louis, MO D4-0848 Gafford, Thomas LS 6-2 235 1/29/83 1 Houston Friendswood, TX FA-0894 Gilberry, Wallace DE 6-2 268 12/5/84 R Alabama Bay Minette, AL FA-0888 Gonzalez, Tony TE 6-5 251 2/27/76 12 California Huntington Beach, CA D1-978 Gray, Quinn QB 6-2 240 5/21/79 5 Florida A&M Ft. Lauderdale, FL FA-0891 Hali, Tamba DE 6-3 275 11/3/83 3 Penn State Teaneck, NJ D1-0656 Johnson, Derrick LB 6-3 242 11/22/82 4 Texas Waco, TX D1-0527 Johnson, Larry RB 6-1 230 11/19/79 6 Penn State State College, PA D1-0397 Johnston, Brian DE 6-4 269 5/2/86 R Gardner-Webb San Diego, CA D7a-0873 Jones, Adrian G 6-4 296 6/10/81 5 Kansas Dallas, TX W (NYJ)-0731 Leggett, Maurice CB 5-11 188 10/2/86 R Valdosta State Pittsburgh, PA CFA-0834 Macklin, David CB 5-9 193 7/14/78 9 Penn State Newport News, VA FA-0890 McBride, Turk DE 6-2 278 5/30/85 2 Tennessee Camden, NJ D2-0747 McGraw, Jon - C S 6-3 208 4/2/79 7 Kansas State Manhattan, KS UFA (DET)-0777 McIntosh, Damion T 6-4 320 3/25/77 9 Kansas State Hollywood, FL UFA (MIA)-0745 Merritt, Michael TE 6-4 263 9/3/84 R Central Florida West Palm Beach, FL D7b-0838 Morgan, DaJuan S 6-0 203 10/21/85 R North Carolina State Riviera Beach, FL D3c-0864 Niswanger, Rudy C 6-5 301 11/9/82 3 LSU Monroe, LA CFA-0644 Page, Jarrad S 6-0 225 10/19/84 3 UCLA San Leandro, CA D7-0649 Pollard, Bernard S 6-1 224 12/23/84 3 Purdue Ft. Wayne, IN D2-0667 Richardson, Barry T 6-6 319 5/15/86 R Clemson Mount Pleasant, SC D6a-0814 Robinson, Kevin WR 5-11 196 12/19/84 R Utah State Fresno, CA D6b-0829 Savage, Dantrell RB 5-8 182 2/15/85 R Oklahoma State Columbus, GA CFA-0874 Smith, Wade C 6-4 296 4/26/81 6 Memphis Dallas, TX UFA (NYJ)-0823 Surtain, Patrick - C CB 5-11 195 6/19/76 11 Southern Mississippi New Orleans, LA T (MIA)-0575 Taylor, Herb T 6-3 295 9/22/84 2 TCU Houston, TX D6-074 Thigpen, Tyler QB 6-1 224 4/14/84 2 Coastal Carolina Winnsboro, SC W (MIN)-0755 Thomas, Pat - C LB 6-1 237 1/26/83 4 North Carolina State Miami, FL FA-0793 Tyler, Tank DT 6-2 306 2/14/85 2 North Carolina State Fayetteville, NC D3-0752 Walden, Erik LB 6-2 237 8/21/85 R Middle Tennessee State Dublin, GA W (DAL)-0854 Waters, Brian - C G 6-3 320 2/18/77 9 North Texas Waxahachie, TX FA-0080 Webb, Jeff WR 6-2 211 1/31/82 3 San Diego State La Quinta, CA D6b-0653 Williams, Demorrio LB 6-1 232 7/6/80 5 Nebraska Beckville, TX UFA (ATL)-08

Key: UFA - unrestricted free agent; FA - free agent; RFA - restricted free agent; CFA - college free agent; W - waivers.

Practice Squad:40 Cuff, Omar RB 5-10 195 9/24/84 R Delaware Springdale, MD FA-0860 De La Puente, Brian G 6-2 308 5/13/85 R California San Clemente, CA W (SF)-0866 Durde, Aden LB 6-1 240 7/10/80 1 None Middlesex, England FA-0841 Grant, Michael CB 5-10 186 3/30/86 R Arkansas Stone Mountain, GA FA-0862 Harrison, Edwin G 6-3 314 11/18/84 R Colorado Houston, TX CFA-0899 Jackson, T.J. DT 6-0 304 12/12/83 2 Auburn Opelika, AL FA-0869 Lokey, Derek DT 6-1 287 11/25/85 R Texas Denton, TX CFA-0892 McGhee, Jermaine DE 6-3 242 12/31/83 R Prairie View A&M San Lorenzo, CA FA-0865 Washington, Tavares G 6-4 315 4/20/83 1 Florida Rolling Fork, MS FA-08

Reserve/Injured:12 Croyle, Brodie QB 6-2 206 2/6/83 3 Alabama Rainbow City, AL D3-0651 Darche, Jean-Philippe LS 6-0 242 2/28/75 9 McGill Montreal, Quebec UFA (SEA)-0711 Huard, Damon QB 6-3 218 7/9/73 12 Washington Puyallup, WA FA-0421 Smith, Kolby RB 5-11 219 12/15/84 2 Louisville Tallahassee, FL D5a-07

HEAD COACH: Herm Edwards (16th Season as NFL Coach, 8th as NFL Head Coach).

OFFENSE: Chan Gailey (Offensive Coordinator.); Bob Bicknell (Offensive Line); Dick Curl (Asst. Head Coach/Quarterbacks); Joe D'Alessandris(Asst. Offensive Line); Jon Embree (Tight Ends); Curtis Modkins (Running Backs); Kevin Patullo (Off. Asst./Quality Control); Eric Price (WideReceivers).

DEFENSE: Gunther Cunningham (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers); David Gibbs (Defensive Backs); Michael Ketchum (Defensive Asst./Asst.Linebackers); Tim Krumrie (Defensive Line).

SPECIALISTS: Mike Priefer (Special Teams); Brent Salazar (Asst. Strength and Conditioning); Cedric Smith (Strength and Conditioning); NateWainwright (Manager of Football Operations).

2008 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS NUMERICAL ROSTER(As of November 10, 2008)

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. AGE EXP. HOW ACQ. COLLEGE GP GS DNP IA2 Dustin Colquitt P 6-3 210 26 4 D3-05 Tennessee 7 0 0 24 Tyler Thigpen QB 6-1 224 24 2 W (MIN)-07 Coastal Carolina 7 4 1 15 Connor Barth K 5-11 193 22 R CFA-08 North Carolina 3 0 0 08 Quinn Gray QB 6-2 240 29 5 FA-08 Florida A&M 0 0 2 114 Kevin Robinson WR 5-11 196 23 R D6b-08 Utah State 1 0 0 023 Patrick Surtain - C CB 5-11 195 31 11 T (MIA)-05 Southern Mississippi 5 2 0 424 Brandon Flowers CB 5-9 187 22 R D2-08 Virginia Tech 8 7 0 125 Jamaal Charles RB 5-11 199 21 R D3a-08 Texas 9 2 0 026 Jackie Battle RB 6-2 238 25 1 FA-07 Houston 3 0 0 027 Larry Johnson RB 6-1 230 28 6 D1-03 Penn State 5 5 0 329 Dantrell Savage RB 5-8 182 23 R CFA-08 Oklahoma State 7 0 0 230 Ricardo Colclough CB 5-11 194 25 5 FA-08 Tusculum 1 0 0 031 Maurice Leggett CB 5-11 188 22 R CFA-08 Valdosta State 8 1 0 134 David Macklin CB 5-9 193 30 9 FA-08 Penn State 1 0 0 035 Oliver Celestin S 5-11 195 27 5 FA-08 Texas Southern 3 0 0 438 DaJuan Morgan S 6-0 203 23 R D3c-08 North Carolina State 8 0 0 139 Brandon Carr CB 6-0 207 22 R D5-08 Grand Valley State 9 9 0 042 Mike Cox FB 6-0 252 23 R CFA-08 Georgia Tech 9 3 0 044 Jarrad Page S 6-0 225 24 3 D7-06 UCLA 9 9 0 045 Michael Merritt TE 6-4 263 24 R D7b-08 Central Florida 0 0 0 147 Jon McGraw - C S 6-3 208 29 7 UFA (DET)-07 Kansas State 9 0 0 048 Thomas Gafford LS 6-2 235 25 1 FA-08 Houston 2 0 0 049 Bernard Pollard S 6-1 224 23 3 D2-06 Purdue 9 9 0 050 Rocky Boiman LB 6-4 242 28 7 FA-08 Notre Dame 4 2 0 052 Erik Walden LB 6-2 237 23 R W (DAL)-08 Middle Tennessee State 8 0 0 153 Demorrio Williams LB 6-1 232 28 5 UFA (ATL)-08 Nebraska 9 4 0 054 Brian Waters - C G 6-3 320 31 9 FA-00 North Texas 9 9 0 055 Pat Thomas - C LB 6-1 237 24 4 FA-07 North Carolina State 9 9 0 056 Derrick Johnson LB 6-3 242 25 4 D1-05 Texas 8 8 0 157 Weston Dacus LB 6-1 232 23 R CFA-08 Arkansas 5 0 0 159 Donnie Edwards LB 6-2 224 35 13 UFA (SD)-07 UCLA 6 3 0 364 Rudy Niswanger C 6-5 301 26 3 CFA-06 LSU 9 9 0 067 Barry Richardson T 6-6 319 22 R D6a-08 Clemson 2 0 0 770 Alfonso Boone DE 6-3 305 31 8 UFA (CHI)-07 Mt. San Antonio JC 9 1 0 071 Andrew Carnahan T 6-7 306 25 1 FA-08 Arizona State 0 0 0 272 Glenn Dorsey DT 6-1 297 23 R D1a-08 LSU 9 9 0 073 Adrian Jones G 6-4 296 27 5 W (NYJ)-07 Kansas 9 9 0 074 Wade Smith C 6-4 296 27 6 UFA (NYJ)-08 Memphis 8 0 0 175 Herb Taylor T 6-3 295 24 2 D6-07 TCU 9 1 0 076 Branden Albert T 6-5 316 24 R D1b-08 Virginia 8 8 0 177 Damion McIntosh T 6-4 320 31 9 UFA (MIA)-07 Kansas State 9 9 0 080 Jeff Webb WR 6-2 211 26 3 D6b-06 San Diego State 4 1 1 481 Devard Darling WR 6-1 213 26 5 UFA (BAL)-08 Washington State 9 4 0 082 Dwayne Bowe WR 6-2 221 24 2 D1-07 LSU 9 9 0 083 Mark Bradley WR 6-1 201 26 4 FA-08 Oklahoma 6 4 0 285 Will Franklin WR 6-0 209 23 R D4-08 Missouri 7 0 0 287 Brad Cottam TE 6-7 269 23 R D3b-08 Tennessee 9 5 0 088 Tony Gonzalez TE 6-5 251 31 12 D1-97 California 9 9 0 090 Turk McBride DE 6-2 278 23 2 D2-07 Tennessee 8 8 0 191 Tamba Hali DE 6-3 275 25 3 D1-06 Penn State 9 9 0 093 Tank Tyler DT 6-2 306 23 2 D3-07 North Carolina State 9 9 0 094 Wallace Gilberry DE 6-2 268 23 R FA-08 Alabama 1 0 0 095 Ron Edwards DT 6-3 315 29 8 UFA (BUF)-06 Texas A&M 9 0 0 097 Brian Johnston DE 6-4 269 22 R D7a-08 Gardner-Webb 9 0 0 0

Practice Squad:40 Omar Cuff RB 5-10 195 24 R FA-08 Delaware 0 0 0 041 Michael Grant CB 5-10 186 22 R FA-08 Arkansas 0 0 0 060 Brian De La Puente G 6-2 308 23 R W (SF)-08 California 0 0 0 762 Edwin Harrison G 6-3 314 23 R CFA-08 Colorado 0 0 0 065 Tavares Washington G 6-4 315 25 1 FA-08 Florida 0 0 0 066 Aden Durde LB 6-1 240 28 1 FA-08 None 0 0 0 069 Derek Lokey DT 6-1 287 22 R CFA-08 Texas 0 0 0 092 Jermaine McGhee DE 6-3 242 24 R FA-08 Prairie View A&M 0 0 0 099 T.J. Jackson DT 6-0 304 24 2 FA-08 Auburn 4 0 0 3

Reserve/Injured:11 Damon Huard QB 6-3 218 35 12 FA-04 Washington 5 3 1 012 Brodie Croyle QB 6-2 206 25 3 D3-06 Alabama 2 2 0 421 Kolby Smith RB 5-11 219 23 2 D5a-07 Louisville 7 3 0 151 Jean-Philippe Darche LS 6-0 242 32 9 UFA (SEA)-07 McGill 7 0 0 0

2008

Key: UFA - unrestricted free agent; FA - free agent; RFA - restricted free agent; CFA - college free agent; W- waivers.

SPECIALISTS: Mike Priefer (Special Teams); Brent Salazar (Asst. Strength and Conditioning); Cedric Smith (Strength and Conditioning); NateWainwright (Manager of Football Operations).

HEAD COACH: Herm Edwards (16th Season as NFL Coach, 8th as NFL Head Coach).

OFFENSE: Chan Gailey (Offensive Coordinator.); Bob Bicknell (Offensive Line); Dick Curl (Asst. Head Coach/Quarterbacks); JoeD'Alessandris (Asst. Offensive Line); Jon Embree (Tight Ends); Curtis Modkins (Running Backs); Kevin Patullo (Off. Asst./Quality Control); EricPrice (Wide Receivers).

DEFENSE: Gunther Cunningham (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers); David Gibbs (Defensive Backs); Michael Ketchum (DefensiveAsst./Asst. Linebackers); Tim Krumrie (Defensive Line).

(As of November 10, 2008)

OFFENSEWR 82 Dwayne Bowe 85 Will Franklin 14 Kevin RobinsonLT 76 Branden Albert 75 Herb Taylor 71 Andrew CarnahanLG 54 Brian Waters 74 Wade SmithC 64 Rudy Niswanger 74 Wade SmithRG 73 Adrian Jones 74 Wade SmithRT 77 Damion McIntosh 75 Herb Taylor 67 Barry RichardsonTE 88 Tony Gonzalez 87 Brad Cottam 45 Michael MerrittWR 83 Mark Bradley 81 Devard Darling 80 Jeff WebbQB 4 Tyler Thigpen 8 Quinn GrayFB 42 Mike CoxRB 27 Larry Johnson 25 Jamaal Charles 29 Dantrell Savage 26 Jackie Battle

DEFENSELE 91 Tamba Hali 70 Alfonso Boone 94 Wallace GilberryLT 93 Tank Tyler 70 Alfonso Boone 95 Ron EdwardsRT 72 Glenn Dorsey 95 Ron EdwardsRE 70 Alfonso Boone 97 Brian Johnston 94 Wallace Gilberry 90 Turk McBrideLOLB 59 Donnie Edwards 53 Demorrio Williams 50 Rocky BoimanMLB 55 Pat Thomas 57 Weston DacusROLB 56 Derrick Johnson 50 Rocky Boiman 52 Erik WaldenLCB 39 Brandon Carr 34 David Macklin 23 Patrick SurtainRCB 24 Brandon Flowers 31 Maurice Leggett 34 David Macklin 30 Ricardo ColcloughSS 49 Bernard Pollard 38 DaJuan Morgan 35 Oliver CelestinFS 44 Jarrad Page 47 Jon McGraw

SPECIALISTSP 2 Dustin ColquittK 5 Connor Barth 2 Dustin ColquittKO 5 Connor Barth 2 Dustin ColquittPC 48 Thomas GaffordKC 48 Thomas GaffordH 2 Dustin ColquittPR 14 Kevin Robinson 29 Dantrell Savage 25 Jamaal CharlesKR 29 Dantrell Savage 14 Kevin Robinson 25 Jamaal Charles

Rookies Underlined Injured Players in Italics

PRONUNCIATION GUIDERocky Boiman BOY-manDwayne Bowe BO Ricardo Colclough COKE-leeBrodie Croyle CROY-ulWeston Dacus DAY-cusBrian De La Puente DAY-la-PWEN-tayJean-Philippe Darche zhon-phil-EEP darshTamba Hali TOM-bah HA-LEEMaurice Leggett Leg-GETRudy Niswanger NIZE-wong-erJarrad Page JaredDantrell Savage DAN-trelPatrick Surtain SIR-tanDemorrio Williams duh-MARIO

2008 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART