bbacker51
08-12-2010, 04:20 PM
The Chiefs have been noticeably lacking in locker room leadership in recent seasons, and they're making a concerted effort to rectify that short-fall. How? Well for starters, six of the seven players they drafted this season were team captains in college. They have prioritized finding leaders in the draft, and in signing veteran free agents such as Thomas Jones, Ryan Lilja, Mike Vrabel and Casey Wiegmann.
One quick byproduct of the improved leadership quotient in Kansas City: Recent first-round picks like Dwayne Bowe, Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert didn't come to camp overweight like they all did in 2009.
Read more: AFC West, NFC West endure long stretches of ineptitude - Don Banks - SI.com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/08/12/snaps/index.html#ixzz0wQPOr1pF)
One quick byproduct of the improved leadership quotient in Kansas City: Recent first-round picks like Dwayne Bowe, Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert didn't come to camp overweight like they all did in 2009.
Read more: AFC West, NFC West endure long stretches of ineptitude - Don Banks - SI.com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/08/12/snaps/index.html#ixzz0wQPOr1pF)