Patience. Perseverance. And a salary that doesn’t do much harm to the Kansas City Chiefs’ salary cap.

Those are three things former Iowa quarterback Ricky Stanzi either has or needs with the Chiefs.

Since every team carries three quarterbacks, Stanzi needn’t have been shaken by Monday’s news that the Chiefs signed free agent Brady Quinn, a 5-year NFL veteran formerly of the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos. Kansas City  declined to tender exclusive rights free agent Tyler Palko, sending him to unrestricted free agency.

Palko was the Chiefs’ No. 2 quarterback in 2011. He started Games 11 through 15 after starter Matt Cassel was lost for the rest of the season with a hand injury that required surgery. Palko was replaced late in the season by Kyle Orton, whom the Chiefs signed after Denver let him go. Orton was a free agent after the season, and hooked on with the Dallas Cowboys.

Through all of the 2011 season, Stanzi was a clipboard guy. Not one big of regular-season action. That’s not unheard of for an NFL rookie quarterback, especially those drafted in the fifth round. He was still drawing from his four-year, $2.25 million salary.

It’s now Year 2, and the Chiefs have a new head coach in Romeo Crennel. The Chiefs never got a whiff of interest from free agent Peyton Manning, so Manning is now a Bronco and Cassel is still K.C.’s No. 1 guy. Who’s No. 2, vet Quinn or still-green Stanzi? That’s what training camp will tell us. The Chiefs were in a pickle when Cassel got hurt last season, and surely want someone a little more reliable than Palko was.

But Quinn didn’t throw a pass in his two years in Denver as he watched the Orton era fade into the Tim Tebow carnival there. Quinn had 10 touchdown passes and 9 interceptions over his three unremarkable seasons in Cleveland. Quinn got a 1-year, $1.5 million deal.

Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli said this in a Kansas City Star story:

“It’s something we were very clear with Brady about and something that’s abundantly clear to Matt and Ricky: The best players that give us the best chance to win on Sunday are going to be the ones to play. I think we have three quarterbacks on our roster that certainly have the potential and the ability to be starting quarterbacks in the NFL. So there is competition here. Brady has started and played in the National Football League. Ricky hasn’t done that yet, but I also think Ricky has some upside.’’

The Chiefs don’t have a Peyton Manning or Eli Manning or any kind of Manning. If Stanzi’s got what it takes to be a top-shelf NFL quarterback he’ll get his chance to show it at some point. If he doesn’t, that will be apparent in time, too.

But had Kansas City signed Manning, Stanzi would have little hope of playing in Year 2. It sure would have been better for the team, though.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eric Winston usually gets about 50 mentions on his Twitter feed after a game. When he visited the Kansas City Chiefs during the start of free agency, the veteran right tackle got hundreds of them from random fans trying to court him.

“I loved it. I thought it was really cool,” Winston said. “I thought it was great they were so into it. They knew everything was going on; they knew who I was. They knew what I could do. It was just another piece of the puzzle.”

All the pieces added up to a $22 million, four-year deal.

On the same day word spread that Winston had agreed to terms, the Chiefs announced that they had signed former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn to back up Matt Cassel at quarterback.

Winston will take over at right tackle for Barry Richardson, who struggled mightily last year and became a free agent. Winston helped Houston become the NFL’s second-leading rushing team.

“We are very happy to add a quality right tackle like Eric to our team,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said. “He is a smart lineman who is going to bring passion, intelligence and toughness to our offense.”

Winston was in the fourth year of a $30 million, five-year deal when he was cut by the Texans to save salary cap space. He also visited the Miami Dolphins.

Turned out that Kansas City was the most active.

“They did so much more than any other organization,” Winston said. “Most organizations the GM calls and says, ‘Hey, we’re excited to have you.’”

and says, ‘We’re excited.”‘

Instead, Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel logged multiple calls, along with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. The Chiefs may have ultimately sealed the deal when they took Winston to an upscale barbecue joint, which left such an impression that Winston tweeted about it.

Winston said he was not very familiar with the Chiefs. He’s bumped into Cassel a couple times, and he knows running back Jamaal Charles by reputation.

“To be honest, Kansas City wasn’t somewhere that if I had to pick off the top of my head, ‘Where would you want to go?’ Kansas City wasn’t that place,” Winston said.

“It was just choosing the right situation for me and my family,” he said. “Tell you the truth, I thought it was more of a rust-belt city, but when you get there, it’s far from it.”

Quinn started 12 games over three seasons with Cleveland, where Crennel once served as the head coach and Daboll was the offensive coordinator.

The former Notre Dame star completed 52 percent of his passes for 1,902 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions in Cleveland. He spent last season as a backup in Denver.

“I’m just looking forward to getting back to playing under Romeo,” Quinn said of why he chose the Chiefs. “I think he’s a smart choice. I think he definitely knows how to take care of players and put us in the best possible position to win.”

That familiarity is the biggest reason Quinn said he turned down a more lucrative offer from the Broncos to sign with the Chiefs. He also alluded to Denver’s courtship of Peyton Manning.

“If you look at the Denver situation, there’s a lot of unknowns,” he said. “It’s a great organization, having been a part of it for two years and all that, but I felt like for me personally, it was a better situation to go to Kansas City.”

Quinn said that he’d been told Cassel was the starting quarterback, but Pioli and Crennel have both said they want the incumbent to experience a challenge in training camp.

“Obviously there is going to be competition, like there should be on every team in every room,” Quinn said. “Competition makes everyone better. That’s just how the league is.”

KANSAS CITY — Eric Winston usually gets about 50 mentions on his Twitter feed after a game. When he visited the Kansas City Chiefs during the start of free agency, the veteran right tackle got hundreds of them from random fans trying to court him.“I loved it. I thought it was really cool,” Winston said. “I thought it was great they were so into it. They knew everything was going on; they knew who I was. They knew what I could do. It was just another piece of the puzzle.”All the pieces added up to a $22 million, four-year deal.On the same day word spread that Winston had agreed to terms, the Chiefs announced that they had signed former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn to back up Matt Cassel at quarterback.Winston will take over at right tackle for Barry Richardson, who struggled mightily last year and became a free agent. Winston helped Houston become the NFL’s second-leading rushing team.“We are very happy to add a quality right tackle like Eric to our team,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said. “He is a smart lineman who is going to bring passion, intelligence and toughness to our offense.”Winston was in the fourth year of a $30 million, five-year deal when he was cut by the Texans to save salary cap space. He also visited the Miami Dolphins.“They did so much more than any other organization,” Winston said. “Most organizations the GM calls and says, ‘Hey, we’re excited to have you,’ or the coach calls and says, ‘We’re excited.’”Instead, Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel logged multiple calls, along with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.Winston said he was not very familiar with the Chiefs. He’s bumped into Cassel a couple times, and he knows running back Jamaal Charles by reputation.“To be honest, Kansas City wasn’t somewhere that if I had to pick off the top of my head, ‘Where would you want to go?’ Kansas City wasn’t that place,” Winston said.“It was just choosing the right situation for me and my family,” he said. “Tell you the truth, I thought it was more of a rust-belt city, but when you get there, it’s far from it.”Quinn started 12 games over three seasons with Cleveland, where Crennel once served as the head coach and Daboll was the offensive coordinator.The former Notre Dame star completed 52 percent of his passes for 1,902 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions in Cleveland. He spent last season as a backup in Denver.“I’m just looking forward to getting back to playing under Romeo,” Quinn said of why he chose the Chiefs.That familiarity is the biggest reason Quinn said he turned down a more lucrative offer from the Broncos to sign with the Chiefs.He also alluded to Denver’s courtship of Peyton Manning.“If you look at the Denver situation, there’s a lot of unknowns,” he said. “It’s a great organization, having been a part of it for two years and all that, but I felt like for me personally, it was a better situation to go to Kansas City.”Quinn said that he’d been told Cassel was the starting quarterback, but Pioli and Crennel have both said they want the incumbent to experience a challenge in training camp.“Obviously there is going to be competition, like there should be on every team in every room,” Quinn said. “Competition makes everyone better. That’s just how the league is.”

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KANSAS CITY — Eric Winston usually gets about 50 mentions on his Twitter feed after a game. When he visited the Kansas City Chiefs during the start of free agency, the veteran right tackle got hundreds of them from random fans trying to court him.

“I loved it. I thought it was really cool,” Winston said. “I thought it was great they were so into it. They knew everything was going on; they knew who I was. They knew what I could do. It was just another piece of the puzzle.”

All the pieces added up to a $22 million, four-year deal.

On the same day word spread that Winston had agreed to terms, the Chiefs announced that they had signed former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn to back up Matt Cassel at quarterback.

Winston will take over at right tackle for Barry Richardson, who struggled mightily last year and became a free agent. Winston helped Houston become the NFL’s second-leading rushing team.

“We are very happy to add a quality right tackle like Eric to our team,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said. “He is a smart lineman who is going to bring passion, intelligence and toughness to our offense.”

Winston was in the fourth year of a $30 million, five-year deal when he was cut by the Texans to save salary cap space. He also visited the Miami Dolphins.

Turned out that Kansas City was the most aggressive.

“They did so much more than any other organization,” Winston said. “Most organizations the GM calls and says, ‘Hey, we’re excited to have you,’ or the coach calls and says, ‘We’re excited.’”

Instead, Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel logged multiple calls, along with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. The Chiefs may have ultimately sealed the deal when they took Winston to an upscale barbecue joint, which left such an impression that Winston tweeted about it.

Winston said he was not very familiar with the Chiefs. He’s bumped into Cassel a couple times, and he knows running back Jamaal Charles by reputation.

“To be honest, Kansas City wasn’t somewhere that if I had to pick off the top of my head, ‘Where would you want to go?’ Kansas City wasn’t that place,” Winston said.

“It was just choosing the right situation for me and my family,” he said. “Tell you the truth, I thought it was more of a rust-belt city, but when you get there, it’s far from it.”

Quinn started 12 games over three seasons with Cleveland, where Crennel once served as the head coach and Daboll was the offensive coordinator.

The former Notre Dame star completed 52 percent of his passes for 1,902 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions in Cleveland. He spent last season as a backup in Denver.

“I’m just looking forward to getting back to playing under Romeo,” Quinn said of why he chose the Chiefs. “I think he’s a smart choice. I think he definitely knows how to take care of players and put us in the best possible position to win.”

That familiarity is the biggest reason Quinn said he turned down a more lucrative offer from the Broncos to sign with the Chiefs. He also alluded to Denver’s courtship of quarterback Peyton Manning.

“If you look at the Denver situation, there’s a lot of unknowns,” he said. “It’s a great organization, having been a part of it for two years and all that, but I felt like for me personally, it was a better situation to go to Kansas City.”

Quinn said that he’d been told Cassel was the starting quarterback, but Pioli and Crennel have both said they want the incumbent to experience a challenge in training camp.

“Obviously there is going to be competition, like there should be on every team in every room,” Quinn said. “Competition makes everyone better. That’s just how the league is.”

Eric Winston usually gets about 50 mentions on his Twitter feed after a game. When he visited the Kansas City Chiefs during the start of free agency, the veteran right tackle got hundreds of them from random fans trying to court him.
     “I loved it. I thought it was really cool,” Winston said. “I thought it was great they were so into it. They knew everything was going on; they knew who I was. They knew what I could do. It was just another piece of the puzzle.”
     All the pieces added up to a $22 million, four-year deal.
     On the same day word spread that Winston had agreed to terms, the Chiefs announced that they had signed former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn to back up Matt Cassel at quarterback.
     Winston will take over at right tackle for Barry Richardson, who struggled mightily last year and became a free agent. Winston helped Houston become the NFL’s second-leading rushing team.
     “We are very happy to add a quality right tackle like Eric to our team,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said. “He is a smart lineman who is going to bring passion, intelligence and toughness to our offense.”
     Winston was in the fourth year of a $30 million, five-year deal when he was cut by the Texans to save salary cap space. He also visited the Miami Dolphins.
     Turned out that Kansas City was the most aggressive.
     “They did so much more than any other organization,” Winston said. “Most organizations the GM calls and says, ‘Hey, we’re excited to have you,’ or the coach calls and says, ‘We’re excited.’”
     Instead, Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel logged multiple calls, along with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. The Chiefs may have ultimately sealed the deal when they took Winston to an upscale barbecue joint, which left such an impression that Winston tweeted about it.
     Winston said he was not very familiar with the Chiefs. He’s bumped into Cassel a couple times, and he knows running back Jamaal Charles by reputation.
     “To be honest, Kansas City wasn’t somewhere that if I had to pick off the top of my head, ‘Where would you want to go?’ Kansas City wasn’t that place,” Winston said.
     “It was just choosing the right situation for me and my family,” he said. “Tell you the truth, I thought it was more of a rust-belt city, but when you get there, it’s far from it.”
     Quinn started 12 games over three seasons with Cleveland, where Crennel once served as the head coach and Daboll was the offensive coordinator.
     The former Notre Dame star completed 52 percent of his passes for 1,902 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions in Cleveland. He spent last season as a backup in Denver.
     “I’m just looking forward to getting back to playing under Romeo,” Quinn said of why he chose the Chiefs. “I think he’s a smart choice. I think he definitely knows how to take care of players and put us in the best possible position to win.”
     That familiarity is the biggest reason Quinn said he turned down a more lucrative offer from the Broncos to sign with the Chiefs. He also alluded to Denver’s courtship of Peyton Manning.
     “If you look at the Denver situation, there’s a lot of unknowns,” he said. “It’s a great organization, having been a part of it for two years and all that, but I felt like for me personally, it was a better situation to go to Kansas City.”
     Quinn said that he’d been told Cassel was the starting quarterback, but Pioli and Crennel have both said they want the incumbent to experience a challenge in training camp.
     “Obviously there is going to be competition, like there should be on every team in every room,” Quinn said. “Competition makes everyone better. That’s just how the league is.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Eric Winston usually gets about 50 mentions on his Twitter feed after a game. When he visited the Kansas City Chiefs during the start of free agency, the veteran right tackle got hundreds of them from random fans trying to court him.

”I loved it. I thought it was really cool,” Winston said. ”I thought it was great they were so into it. They knew everything was going on; they knew who I was. They knew what I could do. It was just another piece of the puzzle.”

All the pieces added up to a $22 million, four-year deal.

On the same day word spread that Winston had agreed to terms, the Chiefs announced that they had signed former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn to back up Matt Cassel at quarterback.

Winston will take over at right tackle for Barry Richardson, who struggled mightily last year and became a free agent. Winston helped Houston become the NFL’s second-leading rushing team.

”We are very happy to add a quality right tackle like Eric to our team,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said. ”He is a smart lineman who is going to bring passion, intelligence and toughness to our offense.”

Winston was in the fourth year of a $30 million, five-year deal when he was cut by the Texans to save salary cap space. He also visited the Miami Dolphins.

Turned out that Kansas City was the most aggressive.

”They did so much more than any other organization,” Winston said. ”Most organizations the GM calls and says, ‘Hey, we’re excited to have you,’ or the coach calls and says, ‘We’re excited.”’

Instead, Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel logged multiple calls, along with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. The Chiefs may have ultimately sealed the deal when they took Winston to an upscale barbecue joint, which left such an impression that Winston tweeted about it.

Winston said he was not very familiar with the Chiefs. He’s bumped into Cassel a couple times, and he knows running back Jamaal Charles by reputation.

”To be honest, Kansas City wasn’t somewhere that if I had to pick off the top of my head, ‘Where would you want to go?’ Kansas City wasn’t that place,” Winston said.

”It was just choosing the right situation for me and my family,” he said. ”Tell you the truth, I thought it was more of a rust-belt city, but when you get there, it’s far from it.”

Quinn started 12 games over three seasons with Cleveland, where Crennel once served as the head coach and Daboll was the offensive coordinator.

The former Notre Dame star completed 52 percent of his passes for 1,902 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions in Cleveland. He spent last season as a backup in Denver.

”I’m just looking forward to getting back to playing under Romeo,” Quinn said of why he chose the Chiefs. ”I think he’s a smart choice. I think he definitely knows how to take care of players and put us in the best possible position to win.”

That familiarity is the biggest reason Quinn said he turned down a more lucrative offer from the Broncos to sign with the Chiefs. He also alluded to Denver’s courtship of Peyton Manning.

”If you look at the Denver situation, there’s a lot of unknowns,” he said. ”It’s a great organization, having been a part of it for two years and all that, but I felt like for me personally, it was a better situation to go to Kansas City.”

Quinn said that he’d been told Cassel was the starting quarterback, but Pioli and Crennel have both said they want the incumbent to experience a challenge in training camp.

”Obviously there is going to be competition, like there should be on every team in every room,” Quinn said. ”Competition makes everyone better. That’s just how the league is.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Eric Winston usually gets about 50 mentions on his Twitter feed after a game. When he visited the Kansas City Chiefs during the start of free agency, the veteran right tackle got hundreds of them from random fans trying to court him.

“I loved it. I thought it was really cool,” Winston said. “I thought it was great they were so into it. They knew everything was going on; they knew who I was. They knew what I could do. It was just another piece of the puzzle.”

All the pieces added up to a $22 million, four-year deal.

On the same day word spread that Winston had agreed to terms, the Chiefs announced that they had signed former first-round draft pick Brady Quinn to back up Matt Cassel at quarterback.

Winston will take over at right tackle for Barry Richardson, who struggled mightily last year and became a free agent. Winston helped Houston become the NFL’s second-leading rushing team.

“We are very happy to add a quality right tackle like Eric to our team,” Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli said. “He is a smart lineman who is going to bring passion, intelligence and toughness to our offence.”

Winston was in the fourth year of a $30 million, five-year deal when he was cut by the Texans to save salary cap space. He also visited the Miami Dolphins.

Turned out that Kansas City was the most aggressive.

“They did so much more than any other organization,” Winston said. “Most organizations the GM calls and says, ‘Hey, we’re excited to have you,’ or the coach calls and says, ‘We’re excited.’”

Instead, Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel logged multiple calls, along with new offensive co-ordinator Brian Daboll. The Chiefs may have ultimately sealed the deal when they took Winston to an upscale barbecue joint, which left such an impression that Winston tweeted about it.

Winston said he was not very familiar with the Chiefs. He’s bumped into Cassel a couple times, and he knows running back Jamaal Charles by reputation.

“To be honest, Kansas City wasn’t somewhere that if I had to pick off the top of my head, ‘Where would you want to go?’ Kansas City wasn’t that place,” Winston said.

“It was just choosing the right situation for me and my family,” he said. “Tell you the truth, I thought it was more of a rust-belt city, but when you get there, it’s far from it.”

Quinn started 12 games over three seasons with Cleveland, where Crennel once served as the head coach and Daboll was the offensive co-ordinator.

The former Notre Dame star completed 52 per cent of his passes for 1,902 yards and 10 touchdowns with nine interceptions in Cleveland. He spent last season as a backup in Denver.

“I’m just looking forward to getting back to playing under Romeo,” Quinn said of why he chose the Chiefs. “I think he’s a smart choice. I think he definitely knows how to take care of players and put us in the best possible position to win.”

That familiarity is the biggest reason Quinn said he turned down a more lucrative offer from the Broncos to sign with the Chiefs. He also alluded to Denver’s courtship of Peyton Manning.

“If you look at the Denver situation, there’s a lot of unknowns,” he said. “It’s a great organization, having been a part of it for two years and all that, but I felt like for me personally, it was a better situation to go to Kansas City.”

Quinn said that he’d been told Cassel was the starting quarterback, but Pioli and Crennel have both said they want the incumbent to experience a challenge in training camp.

“Obviously there is going to be competition, like there should be on every team in every room,” Quinn said. “Competition makes everyone better. That’s just how the league is.”

By
Erik Matuszewski
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Thu Mar 15 14:50:40 GMT 2012

The Kansas City Chiefs signed
former Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis, seeking to
improve an offense that scored the second-fewest points in the
National Football League last season.

The signing reunites Hillis with Chiefs offensive
coordinator Brian Daboll, who held the same role in Cleveland in
2010, when the 250-pound Hillis rushed for 1,177 yards and 11
touchdowns while catching 61 passes out of the backfield.

Hillis’s breakout season led him to be selected by fans as
the cover athlete for Electronic Arts Inc.’s Madden NFL 12 video
game, beating Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles in fan
balloting. Hillis was limited to 10 games because of injuries
last season, finishing with 587 rushing yards and three
touchdowns as the Browns went 4-12.

“Peyton is a big, strong, physical back with a lot of
talent and he should fit into our system well,” Chiefs coach
Romeo Crennel said in a statement.

Terms weren’t disclosed.

A former seventh-round draft pick, Hillis joins a backfield
that includes Jamaal Charles, who rushed for 1,467 yards in 2010
before missing 14 games last season with torn knee ligaments.
Charles might not be ready for the start of the season, the
Kansas City Star said.

The Chiefs had a 7-9 record last season and their 212
points scored was more than only the 2-14 St. Louis Rams.

The Jacksonville Jaguars signed former Miami Dolphins
quarterback Chad Henne, the Florida Times-Union reported. Henne,
26, was a second-round draft pick of the Dolphins in 2008 and
had a 13-18 record as a starter, losing all four of his starts
last season before being replaced by Matt Moore.

The New Orleans Saints signed former Baltimore Ravens guard
Ben Grubbs to a five-year, $36 million contract, ESPN said, one
day after losing All-Pro guard Carl Nicks to the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers as a free agent.

To contact the reporter on this story:
Erik Matuszewski in New York at
matuszewski@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Sillup at
msillup@bloomberg.net

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Before the fear of injury and the prospects of a loss of a season by a valued team member took priority, the pro football off-season was highlighted by a host of appearances by what was termed, “the Chiefs basketball team.”

In 1965, the Chiefs basketball team, comprised of a number of familiar names, finished with a 16-8 record capped by a closing flourish of 11 straight victories.

Buck Buchanan (1963-65) topped the individual statistics averaging 24.1 points per game. Dave Hill (1963-74) was second in scoring with a 15.4 average followed by Bobby Hunt (1962-67) chocking up 11.3 points per contest.

In a day when 6’7” was considered big even in basketball and seven foot was a rarity, the Chiefs front line averaged 6’6” and 298 pounds with Buchanan topping the list at 6’7” and 295 pounds. Joining him were Jim Tyrer (1961-73) at 6’6” and 290, Dave Hill (1963-74) at 6’6” and 280 and Curt Merz (1962-68) at 6’4” and 270. To no surprise they were seldom outrebounded.  Other players lending a hand were Bobby Hunt, Al Reynolds (1960-67), Denny Biodrowski  (1963-67), Bobby Ply (1962-67) and Chris Burford (1960-67).

That year the team traveled over 8,000 miles to play in 21 different cities, was seen by approximately 18,000 people, and produced $9,000 in profit for various charities and quarterback clubs.

The Chiefs continued to floor a basketball team up through the early 1990s when it stopped after a few scary injuries.  The highlight of the off-season was a game between the Chiefs and the Denver Broncos players and later with the Kansas City Royals.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that 12-time Pro Bowl guard Will Shields is the newest inductee into the team’s hall of fame.

The Chiefs selected Shields’ out of Nebraska with their third round pick in the 1993 NFL Draft.

He played in 224 regular-season games during a team-record 14-year career. His 224 games played with the Chiefs ranks first in team

Shields was elected to 12 consecutive Pro Bowls, earning his first trip to the NFL’s annual all-star game following the 1995 season. His 12 career Pro Bowls stand tied for sixth all-time in NFL history for most career Pro Bowl appearances by an NFL player.

The Fort Riley, Kan., native helped pave the way for five individual 1,000-yard rushers during his time with the Chiefs.

Shields was recognized for his extensive work off the field when he was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 2003.

Shield will become the 42 ^nd member of the Chiefs Hall of Fame.

He will be enshrined into the Chiefs Hall of Fame during the Chiefs Alumni Weekend this fall and will be honored in a ceremony at halftime of that weekend’s game, which has not been announced.

Shields was a candidate to be inducted into the 2012 class of the NFL’s Hall of Fame, but was not selected.