Tribute to Ryan Sims

Posted Jan 31, 2007 11:05AM By Phil Yoon (RSS feed)

Sometimes, you just hate to see a player leave the team with whom he started his professional career. In New York, Yankees' fans are languishing over the fact that Bernie Williams is unlikely to return. In Detroit, Steve Yzerman leaves as one of the biggest legends in a city full of legends.

And then there is Ryan Sims.

Longtime Chief, yes. Bigtime bust, definitely.

Sims' whopping statistics as a Chief:
2002 thru 2006: 59 games, 64 tackles, 10 assisted tackles, 5 sacks, 1 interception.

Ryan Sims makes a rare tackle

Yup, these are the numbers of a 6th overall pick. Barely a tackle per game, one sack per season. Granted, defensive tackles rarely have sexy stats, but it's hard to put a good spin on these numbers. Especially when that player signed a $25 million contract before his rookie year. Especially when the Chiefs traded up to get him.

True, the Chiefs have not officially cut Sims, but the writing is on the wall, and they just started etching the letters. With the solid play of Ron Edwards, the rise of Jimmy Wilkerson, and the likelihood of the Chiefs drafting or obtaining a defensive tackle, Sims has virtually no role left on the team. It's hard to imagine that the Chiefs will miss him very much, either. You don't really hear about what a great teammate he is, or that he sacrifices his numbers to help the others do their jobs. That's not to say he's a bad guy either; I don't recall hearing any reports about his being a bad guy (other than a fight with Eric Hicks once), and he was always a pretty solid player on the Madden NFL games. But when you're a player with huge expectations, and you play as, for lack of a better word, "mediocrally" as he did, you just cannot expect any favors, or a fond farewell, when your time is up.

So here's to you, Mr. Sims. Hopefully Jesus, and another NFL team, loves you more than you will know.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-31-2007 @ 6:24PM

r reed said...

i want to know if mr sims and mr black would car pool out of town that would the least they could after they both got paid and have not done a damn thing

2-01-2007 @ 11:33AM

drum said...

well now you see King carl has to raise ticket prices he says because the chief's were a playoff team last season(sorry i must have missed something!!) but everyone knows it's because of lousy signings like ryan sims. And trent green's hefty salary.Also did anyone read todays paper? Larry johnson pretty much threw old Hermie under the bus for the Indy offense collapse. And to be honest with you I agree with Larry 100 percent. Imagine that!!