AFC West - Kansas City Chiefs

Trent Green, QB – Got his game together last year to earn top ten status. The question is can he do it again? On the plus side he has an offensive line that protects him better than Donald Trump protects his money. On the minus side, he is on the same team as TD machine Priest Holmes, and he has a receiving corps that rivals the quality of the Ford Pinto. Despite his numbers last year, I’m going to rank him no better than a high #2 Fantasy Football QB.

Todd Collins, QB – The good news – has connected on 77.3% of his passes over the last three years (vs. Green’s 60.2%). The bad news, that includes all 22 total passes attempted during that period (vs. Green’s 1516). If Green stays healthy, Collins will be lucky to reach double-digit attempts.

Priest Holmes, RB – Worship with the Priest. Should be everyone’s first Fantasy Football draft pick.

Larry Johnson, RB – Fighting with Derrick Blaylock for the opportunity to backup Holmes. As long as Priest is healthy neither one will be worth anything.

Derrick Blaylock, RB – Fighting with Larry Johnson for the opportunity to backup Holmes. As long as Priest is healthy neither one will be worth anything.

Eddie Kennison, WR – Eddie has been pretty consistent the last two years. Unfortunately, that is consistently average. His 56 receptions ranked only 34th among all WRs last year. Add this to his current wrist injury and Eddie is a #3 Fantasy Football WR at best.

Johnnie Morton, WR – 34 is an important number for the KC WRs. Why? Not only did Kennison earn a 34th ranking, Morten garnered two more (34th in Receiving yards and 34th in TDs). My recommendation is to draft him to fill the 34th slot on your team.

Dante Hall, WR – Burned a lot of Fantasy Football owners last year who equated kick return abilities with receiving potential. Depending on how the current Kennison/Morton injury situation progresses he might get more touches, but don’t count on it.

Marc Boerigter, WR – Had an 8 TD 2002 and was listed as the “Super Sleeper” for 2003 by many Fantasy Football publications. We give him our “Titanic” award for the fastest sinking career.

Samie Parker, WR – Sleeper Alert. Fast, unlike most of the rest of the KC receiving corps. Samie could work his way into the top 3 (or 2) as the season progresses. Watch him.

Tony Gonzalez, TE – This Tony award winner should be everyone’s first choice for your Fantasy Football TE slot.

Morten Andersen, K – If Morten Anderson married Johnny Morton would he be Morten Morton? (Disclaimer: No T. Owens-type inferences being made) A great kicker with not so great range anymore. He’s still good enough to be ranked as a solid backup Fantasy Football Kicker.

KC Defense – Another example of Doc’s rule #1. Real Season value and Fantasy Football value frequently have no relevance to each other. Last Year KC’s D was below average, ranking 29th out of 32, yet they put up great Fantasy Football numbers. A good part of this was due to Dante Hall’s kick returns. With teams kicking away from Dante more and more, the Chief’s D might not put up similar numbers this year. I would rank them a medium #2 defense.