Peterson out

Finally. Carl Peterson is finally out as General Manager of the Kansas City Chiefs. I think that Peterson earned the 20 years as GM of the Chiefs, but these past 3-4 years have not been good- almost to the point that it appeared that the game had moved past him. While there were no Super Bowl appearances in that time, what Peterson (and owner Lamar Hunt) did during these 20 years of re-building the franchise was a task to which he should be satisfied and quite proud of.

For my wife's sake, I can only hope that Jerry Angelo is next- I mean, he took a lucky 13-3 season from Dick Jauron and turned it into a contract that he didn't deserve. Then fired Jauron the next season, brought in Lovie Smith, and still hasn't drafted a quality quarterback, a position that everyone in Chicago knows they need. Instead, he insisted that QB's like Jonathan Quinn, Cade McNown and Rex Grossman were sufficient. A trip to the Super Bowl, on the back of the defense, seemed to only blind him further. Finally, the best of what the Bears have, Kyle Orton, was allowed to start. And I haven't even gotten into the failures of their wide receivers. So, the Bears have a middling quarterback and no wide receivers.

Yet, the Bears are 8-6 and the Chiefs are 2-12. I should note that it is entirely plausible that the Chiefs could be 5-9, and be 5-1 in its division. Since Divison records don't count, except for tie-breaking purposes, how amazing would that have been to have a team only lose one division game, but not win any of their other games.