A Team In Need Of a Face: The Kansas City Chiefs

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Published: June 3, 2009

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... during my lifetime, and I fully expect them to rebound from their recent struggles in the near future. 

From the year I was born in 1973, until 1986, the Chiefs enjoyed only two winning seasons.

Mediocrity continued until the arrival of Martyball to Arrowhead in 1989.  In a ten year stretch through 1999, the Chiefs compiled a record of 101-58-1 and made the playoffs seven times.

Gunther Cunningham followed Marty Schottenheimer and compiled a .500 record in two seasons at the helm for the Chiefs before giving way to Dick Vermeil in 2001.

Vermeil broke the mold of the Chiefs' tradition of the '90's by winging the ball around and relying on a premiere offensive line and solid ground game.  Defense was optional.  Vermeil recorded forty four wins vs. thirty six losses in five seasons with the Chiefs.

Herm Edwards inherited a playoff caliber, though rapidly aging team, in 2006 and struggled to a 15-33 record i...

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