With E.J. being done for the year and Herron going down last week, the Chiefs cutting Harris couldn’t have happened at a better time for the Vikings. My fear is that he has lost a step or two and that’s why he didn’t see the field in KC. My hope is that he just didn’t fit in the Chief’s scheme and plans for the future. They are obviously rebuilding. Even if he has lost a step, he is a veteran who will know the D and can make the correct defensive calls. He won’t be the beast E.J. was, but he should be able to pull us through.

this signing affect and or mean for teh Dontarius signing. Who starts, and who rides the pine, plays special teams?

what other slouches has chilly brought from philly? SO if Harris is not playing this week then, does this mean that Vinny C. is taking that spot. i hope not. and a little off subject but is there a chance madeiu williams is playing this sunday.

 we gave the eagles hank baskett for mcmullen. i did not know that.

Most Chiefs fans and sports radio personalities were not excited about Napoleon Harris, especially since he cost more than K. Mitchell. Herm had made a statement that he liked Harris because he had experience as a cover-2 MLB.

Carl Peterson’s signing of Demorrio Williams was a bit of a head-scratcher this year on several levels. First, the team had so many glaring needs, and this marginal starter was the biggest move of the Chiefs’ offseason. It also felt like an admission that they had erroneously let go of Mitchell and signed Harris. Kansas Citians have been calling for King Carl’s firing for a decade now, and the Harris signing and release with almost 5 years left on a huge contract will not help him or the team. There has been speculation at times that Peterson’s huge contract cuts are insurance policies for his job security while performing poorly so that nobody else wants to inherit the impending cap problems.

This blog states that Harris had had a knee injury in the preseason. This one called him self-absorbed and soft during the preseason. Here is yet another opinion from the blogosphere that Harris wasn’t very well regarded in Kansas City.

Hank Baskett for Billy McMullen was one of the worst trades ever. Baskett had experience returning in college, and the Vikings needed help in that area in Chilly Year 1. Billy McMullen was a teaching aide, I suppose. Why trade for a young, versatile guy who is only marginally useful for one year?

It’s a tough year to love both of these teams. Every game is preceded by “dummmmb, dumb-dumb, dumb” theme music from each front office.