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Romeo Crennel Rejoins Weis, Pioli in Kansas City

By Chris Burke 1/13/2010 11:59 AM ET

Romeo CrennelThe band is back together. Former Browns head coach Romeo Crennel agreed to become the Chiefs' defensive coordinator Wednesday, reuniting him with K.C. general manager Scott Pioli and recently hired offensive coordinator Charlie Weis.

Crennel, Pioli and Weis were all instrumental cogs in New England's run to three Super Bowl wins in four seasons between 2001-04.

Both Crennel and Weis had rough head-coaching stints after leaving the Patriots in 2005 -- Crennel went 24-40 in four years with Cleveland, while Weis finished 35-27 in five years at Notre Dame. It's hard to dispute either coach's work as an NFL coordinator, though, and Pioli deserves credit for putting a stellar staff in place in Kansas City.
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Charlie Weis to Join Chiefs' Staff

By Michael David Smith 1/06/2010 6:35 PM ET

Charlie WeisThe Chiefs confirmed to FanHouse that former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis will become the offensive coordinator in Kansas City.

Chris Mortensen of ESPN was first to report that Weis has agreed to take the job. Weis could be officially announced as Kansas City's new offensive coordinator within 24 hours.

In Kansas City, Weis will work for head coach Todd Haley, an old friend who was a fellow assistant coach in the 1990s. Weis and Haley share a similar offensive philosophy, and at his press conference Wednesday Haley praised Weis as a great coach.

Haley is in the process of shaking up his coaching staff and has said that neither offensive line coach Joe D'Allessandris nor defensive line coach Tim Krumrie will return for the 2010 season.
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Home Loss Completes Denver Meltdown

By Matt Snyder 1/03/2010 8:00 PM ET

After seven weeks, the Denver Broncos were the toast of the NFL. They were watching Week 7 from home, on their bye week, with a 6-0 record. They had a new head coach (Josh McDaniels) and new quarterback (Kyle Orton). Because of the way things were conducted in the offseason, they were seriously maligned at every turn before the season started -- which had to have made their 6-0 start even more satisfying.

Fast-forward to Sunday, and you have pretty much the same thing Denver fans witnessed last season. The Broncos had blown a significant division lead. This time around they actually blew a huge Wild Card lead as well. In their final 10 games, the Broncos won just two. They lost to the 4-12 Redskins, the 5-11 Raiders and the 4-12 Chiefs. The latter two were at home. The Chiefs loss was an embarrassing 44-24 bloodbath Sunday.

Judging from the way many Broncos fans talk about Jay Cutler, they must have thought they were watching him again on Sunday. Orton lit up the stat sheet to the tune of a whopping 431 yards passing (easily a career high, and he'd only previously topped 300 yards twice), but he also threw three interceptions. Two of them were taken all the way back for touchdowns by the Chiefs defense.
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Bengals Survive Scare, Clinch AFC North

By Matt Snyder 12/27/2009 4:45 PM ET

After Week 13, the Cincinnati Bengals knew they would clinch the AFC North the next time they won or the Baltimore Ravens lost. Surely they didn't think the division would still be hanging in the balance come a home tilt with the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 16, but that's how things stood after two consecutive losses (and two Ravens' wins). Sure, the Ravens lost Sunday -- meaning the Bengals would have clinched the division championship even with a loss -- but Cincy needed a morale boost after losing two games and a teammate in the past three weeks.

Kansas City didn't make it easy, but, in the end, the Bengals took care of business on their home turf and won the game, 17-10. They did it as they've done much of the season, with good defense and on the back of Cedric Benson. Benson, behind solid offensive line play, gained 133 yards on 29 carries. It was his sixth time topping the century mark this season, which sets a new Bengals franchise record.
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Jerome Harrison Threatens Single-Game Rushing Record

By Matt Snyder 12/20/2009 5:00 PM ET

Jerome HarrisonIn a game that featured 75 points, over 900 yards in total offense and Josh Cribbs' record-setting kick return touchdowns, a surprising star emerged -- shining brighter than anyone else in Kansas City: Browns running back Jerome Harrison. The Browns won the game, 41-34, but they only had 66 yards passing. Sure, the two Cribbs kickoff return touchdowns (his seventh and eighth in his career -- which is the most ever for kickoffs) helped, but the Browns won the football game on the back of Harrison.

Harrison, who entered the game with just 301 rushing yards on the entire season, ran for a whopping 286 yards on 34 carries. The NFL record for rushing yards in a single game is 296, held by Adrian Peterson of the Vikings. But Peterson's a superstar. Harrison's game -- which also included three rushing touchdowns -- was simply shocking.

In his previous 43 career games, he had run for more than 100 yards just once. He gained only nine yards on seven carries last week against the Steelers. He hadn't had more than 35 yards rushing since Oct. 4.
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Cribbs Runs Two Kicks Back for TDs, Sets NFL Record

By Bruce Ciskie 12/20/2009 2:40 PM ET

Cleveland's trip to Kansas City was a wild one.

The struggling Chiefs hosted the Browns for a game that didn't even sell out in Kansas City. It's hard to blame the fans -- neither team has done much this season, and there was plenty of reason to think they'd combine for some bad December football.

However, you can never assume such things. Fans who didn't show up have missed quite a show. The teams have combined for three touchdowns of 100 yards or more in the first half. Two of those huge plays were made by Browns special teams ace Josh Cribbs, who made history on Sunday.
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Coach Killers, Week 11: The Steelers

By Tom Mantzouranis 11/25/2009 4:13 PM ET

Every week, NFL FanHouse hits the lowlights from Sunday's action, looking at those players who did the most to move their head coaches that much closer to returning to the Bed and Breakfast business.

You're the Pittsburgh Steelers. You won the Super Bowl last year. You're a big-game-ready team that has matched up against the likes of the Patriots and Colts in recent history. The Chiefs are the very definition of a rebuilding project, with 29 players on the active roster having three or less years of experience. Before you stepped on the field with them, they had only beaten two teams -- the Redskins and Raiders. You just lost to the Bengals. You were angry and had something to prove.

So to walk off the field at Arrowhead, 27-24 in overtime to a team far less talented, is not the sign of one player or one coach bringing the team down. It's the sign of an organizational fail.
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Steelers' Special Teams Flop Again

By JJ Cooper 11/22/2009 7:30 PM ET

Jamaal CharlesIt's fair to blame the Steelers defense for Sunday's shocking loss 27-24 overtime loss to the Chiefs -- Kansas City simply shouldn't be able to drive the length of the field in overtime to beat Pittsburgh. It's also fair to point fingers at a Pittsburgh offense that piled up over 515 yards of offense, but squandered all of it with two interceptions, a fumble and three costly sacks.

But as the Steelers' fans try to figure out what happened in one of the more embarrassing losses in recent Steelers history, the group that once again is most to blame is Pittsburgh's kick coverage unit -- easily one of the worst group of special-teamers in NFL history.

In fact, only one of the Steelers' four losses -- their first loss to the Bengals -- can not be blamed, at least in large part, on poor special teams play.
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Steelers Should Survive Polamalu's Absence This Week

By JJ Cooper 11/21/2009 10:54 PM ET

Troy PolamaluPittsburgh has several easy games on the schedule over the final seven weeks of the season, but it's hard to think of a better week for strong safety Troy Polamalu to miss than this week's game against the Chiefs.

Polamalu will miss the game with a knee injury, although the Steelers are saying he should be back before too long. But even without Polamalu, the Steelers' secondary should be able to handle the Chiefs.

Kansas City is without wide receiver Dwayne Bowe, who was suspended four games for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug rules. Without Bowe, Kansas City lacks a viable No. 1 or No. 2 receiver. Chris Chambers, who becomes the team's No. 1 receiver, has only been a Chief for three weeks--he was picked up off the waiver wire when San Diego waived him. No. 2 receiver Lance Long was promoted to the active roster until three weeks ago as well. Tight end Sean Ryan is a true journeyman--he's playing for his fourth team in the past two years.

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Dwayne Bowe Suspended Four Games

By Will Brinson 11/17/2009 3:00 PM ET

Dwayne Bowe Suspended Four GamesDwayne Bowe has been suspended four games by the NFL for violation of the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances, according to the Kansas City Star's Kent Babb.

The suspension was announced by NFL spokesperson Corry Rush and then confirmed by the Chiefs, although they have yet (and may not) comment further on the matter.
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