Ned Yost must be asking himself how bad has it gotten for the Kansas City Royals. The KC manager was out doing his daily jog when he came across one of the practice fields for the Kansas City Chiefs. Apparently feeling a bit curious, Yost attempted to take in the practice and was immediately surrounded by security guards.

"I ran today and almost got arrested for a taking a peek at the Chiefs doing their minicamp. They surrounded me with their security," Yost said good-naturedly. "I'm not going to sell any secrets."

It's funny that Ned Yost thinks the problem is that the security guards were afraid he was going to sell any team secrets. I think its a rather safe bet that the reason the guards stopped the major league manager was because they didn't want any of his stink getting on the Chiefs. There is quite a bit of hope surrounding Andy Reid and his boys this year. 

Meanwhile, the Kansas City Royals are looking like one of the worst teams in the major leagues these days. The team just got handed their 12th defeat in their last 13 games and went homerless yet again. The Royals have now hit two homers in the last 16 games.

Andy Reid is hoping that his team can be a squad that hits the home run on the football field, what with Alex Smith and Jamaal Charles happy and healthy. Would you want Ned Yost's loser juice on you?

Super Bowl Sunday. The biggest day in the NFL's year. The pomp, the circumstance, the hoopla and of course the big game. The Chiefs are about as far away from this game as humanly possible, having the first pick in this year's NFL draft. But oh, what might have been. There was a time when people actually thought this team was a Super Bowl contender.

While its painful enough to think about what might have happened this season, we can even go farther back and really look at what might have been.  A recent report shows that the Chiefs actually talked to Jim Harbaugh about their open coaching position back before they eventually landed on Todd Haley.

The report says that the Chiefs were actually a day late when contacting Harbaugh about their opening (it appears that Scott Pioli mistakes were more numerous than we knew) and he had already signed an extension with the Stanford Cardinal. Harbaugh wasn't anywhere near the hot commodity he is now but he was plenty in demand, having already talked to the Lions and the Jets earlier that offseason.

Obviously, Pioli couldn't have known that just four years later, Harbaugh would be leading his team into the Superbowl, nobody could, but you still have to wonder what might have been had the team made that call earlier. Would Matt Cassel have been his quarterback? Would Jamaal Charles be the back he is today? Would he have been able to take a team that was talented enough on paper to be a darkhorse to get to the Super Bowl, and actually taken them to the Super Bowl?

We'll never know, but its an interesting thing to ponder as we get ready to watch two teams we don't have any rooted interest in, do battle for the top prize in professional sports.

Considering that neither Geno Smith, nor Tyler Wilson the Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback who has put up some big numbers look like sure things, should the Chiefs throw a Hail Mary in this year's draft and go with something other than Quarterback in the first round? A couple of months ago it seemed a foregone conclusion that Geno Smith was going to be a Chief. For whatever reason, the luster has worn off that pearl and it seems like more and more people are thinking the Chiefs could go get someone like Alex Smith and use their #1 overall pick to help the team in another area.

There are also still plenty of mock drafts who see the Chiefs ending up with Geno Smith, but while I was really excited about getting this kid a few weeks ago, I've started to doubt myself. Is he really worthy of that #1 pick, or is he simply the best of a mediocre bunch. I will say that I don't believe the #1 pick should be spent on an offensive lineman, no matter how good he is. Luke Joekel has certainly been one that has been rising up the ranks, but I just can't see myself getting that excited about a lineman with this draft.

I realized the other day, that part of the problem I'm having with Wilson and Smith is that they seem to be openly campaigning to be picked first. Maybe other prospects have done this in the past, but I don't remember Andrew Luck having to sell himself to the Colts. We all simply knew that's where he was going. With Smith and Wilson, there have been interviews where they've been talking about how much they'd love to come to KC. It would seem to me that if you've got to tell a team what a great fit you'd be for them, maybe you're not all that great a fit.

Having someone who is going to be available like an Alex Smith is certainly a temptation. On the other hand, we already tried the retread "certainly not great, but could be better once he gets here" quarterback plenty of times in Kansas City with the latest being Matt Cassel. It would be nice to draft a quarterback that we could develop and who would be the face of the franchise for years to come. Is that Geno Smith? Or is this destined to be another Brody Croyle or Tyler Thigpen?

I guess that's why its so hard to know what to do with this first pick. The Chiefs have had some truly terrible luck with quarterbacks and you just get worried that they're going to blow it yet again. The fact that Andy Reid and John Dorsey are very new to us probably doesn't help my lack of confidence. At this point, you've got to trust the Chiefs and see what happens, but 2013 certainly isn't lacking in drama or excitement already that's for sure.

If there is any indication that the Chiefs have more talent than a 2 win team, take a look at the number of players from Kansas City that made the Pro Bowl. Tamba Hali, Eric Berry, Derrick Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Dustin Colquitt and Justin Houston (as an alternate) all made the game that is supposed to highlight the best players in the NFL.

So how did a team have this many of the top players in the game, that was so bad when they had to play other teams? Obviously, the Chiefs felt that a large part of that was the coaching staff. I have to agree. Certainly the inability to find a quarterback was a problem as well, but there should have been ways to make better do than they did.

This also indicates what I said the other day about the Chiefs' cupboard not being bare. There is talent on this roster and the right mix could make this team one of the big reclamation stories in the NFL. There is talent on the roster and that really is evidenced by the number of players who will be going tonight.

No this isn't really a Kansas City Chiefs post. But there is very little doubt that every single Chief player's life is better of because of the man that we celebrate today. His efforts did more than most could ever understand when it comes to ridding this country of a great evil.

I'm beginning to sound a little too pompous and a little holier than thou, so without further ado...

The video is a bit long, but if you can't take 15 minutes to celebrate the man today, then I really can't help you.

Now that the Chiefs coaching staff is all but complete, I find myself wishing it were August or September. I want to see what these guys can do with a team that had quite a bit more talent than their 2-14 record indicates.

New head coach Andy Reid didn't waste much time in putting his staff together, and I have to say I like the fact that he didn't just bring guys he knew from Philly to fill every position. Reid announced that he has kept Emmitt Thomas as defensive backs coach and Gary Gibbs as linebacker's coach. Both are holdovers from the Haley/Crennel era.

Reid also did bring in quite a few of his own guys.  Eugene Chung will be the assistant offensive line coach (a job he did for 3 years previous for the Eagles. Chung is apparently pretty happy about his new gig, since he just recently put up this blog post.

Tommy Brasher will be brought in as defensive line coach. A 25 year veteran in the NFL, Brasher is considered one of the best around and will be a big help to new defensive coordinator Bob Sutton. Sutton has served as an assistant coach with the New York Jets in the previous 13 seasons.

On the offensive side of the ball, Doug Pederson will be the offensive coordinator, having served the last several years as the Eagles' quarterbacks coach.  Eric Bieniemy was named the running backs coach (as a Husker fan I can't help but hate this move a little bit for personal reasons) and Matt Nagy was named the quarterbacks coach.

The blending of guys means that this isn't just a retreads list for Reid. Sure quite a few of the names on this list are ones he's worked with before, but other names indicate that he went out and got the guy he thought fit the role best. I'm excited to see what this group can do.