i would kill to have DT right now

Comment by chefs — November 25, 2008 @ 10:05 pm

He is the reason that I am a life long Chief fan. I do not care what anybody says. He is the best pass rusher to ever play the game.

Comment by Chief Brad — November 25, 2008 @ 10:12 pm

And whoever edits this website can you please take Brodie Croyle off of the header on the top of the website. His picture bothers me every time I log onto this site.

Comment by Chief Brad — November 25, 2008 @ 10:15 pm

hahaha it was like that with trent green for a long time too.

Comment by FatDaNn — November 25, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

Derrick Thomas is THE MAN. PERIOD END OF STORY. I will never forget when he died in his ford explorer(i believe) and how sad i was. He was a great man, a great part of a football team, and an intricate part of the community. If he doesn’t make it into the HOF it is solely because the chiefs get shit on by the media and get a minimal amount of media coverage because Kansas City doesn’t happen to be a media giant. R.I.P. DT, and if justice exists in this society, we’ll see you in canton.
And Chief Brad, i couldn’t agree with you more about removing Brodie Croyle off of the header. It’s like slipping into a catatonic nightmare every time i see his picture. Also, he might get injured if too many people click on his picture. It’s remarkably sad that outside of kansas city, dt doesn’t seem to get the recognition that he deserves. One of my most fond memories of growing up as a young buck in kansas city, was watching him, neil smith, deron cherry, and all those guys just annihilate opposing offenses. And when DT and others quickly removed the other teams offense, Christian Okoye was there to p0wn the other teams d. DERRICK THOMAS will forever be loved and cherished and if he doesn’t make the HOF, i personally will spearhead a movement (hopefully backed by my fellow chief family) to take all means necessary to make sure this great man ends up in canton.

Comment by dbowe82 — November 25, 2008 @ 10:33 pm

It baffles me to see some of the players who made it in before him. If he gets snubbed again this year I’LL BE PISSED. I’ll be right in line with dbowe82′s movement.

Comment by TD47 — November 26, 2008 @ 12:29 am

In case you missed them, here are some stats I posted on Oct 29th comparing DT with Lawerence Taylor. It really disturbs me that Andre Tippett made it last year before DT. His stats are way below DTs. But the media really runs the show and until the KC media can make an impact, DT won’t get in.

DT: 169 games, 126.5 sacks, 3 safeties, 45 FF, 16 FR, 1 INT, best year–20 sacks

LT: 184 games, 132.5 + *9.5 sacks, 0 safeties, 33 FF, 10 FR, 9 INT, best year–20.5 sacks

* His first year in NFL they didn’t count sacks, I will give them to him –142 total

DT: Defensive Rookie of the Year, 9 pro bowls, NFL records–7 sacks one game and 45 forced fumbles, very active in community, 3rd and Long Foundation.

LT: 3 time Defensive Player of the year, 10 pro bowls, NFL records–NONE, community service-drug problems.

Both were members of an all-decade team.

If LT was the standard, then DT definately measures up.

Comment by Jeff in VA — November 26, 2008 @ 7:42 am

ALL HAIL THE GREAT 58………….. PISSES ME OFF THAT HE HASN’T BEEN INDUCTED YET. MY FIRST K.C. JERSEY WAS A #58 .R.I.P. DT

Comment by calichiefsfan74 — November 26, 2008 @ 9:02 am

i miss that man..i went to riverfalls and watched him and n.smith…i have pictures of him signing my hat ,which i still have ..he was a great pass rusher…and would have been a great LB coach…R.I.P. DT

Comment by kevin — November 26, 2008 @ 11:09 am

I remember actually wanting to see the defence get on to the field cause we knew we were in good hands.

Comment by GoogleyMoogley — November 26, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

I think we agree on something googley, happy thanksgiving btw

Comment by dbowe82 — November 26, 2008 @ 7:36 pm

I have been a Die Hard Chiefs Fan since 1990. DT was the Man and I dont care what anybody says! This has been a rough year as we faithful fans are hurting in 2008. If he doesnt make it this year than I personaly think the NFL voting system needs to do a complete study of NFL Linebackers in history. Derrick Thomas was the best to ever play the position (the proof was in the puddin) and when Derrick Thomas died a part of me died and so did a little bit of the Chiefs organization. Put the man to Final Rest by putting him peace with honoring him in the Hall of Fame where he needed to be 8 years ago!!!!!!!

Comment by Adam Meyer — November 26, 2008 @ 10:11 pm

DT is/was the bomb! When an opposing quarterback got under center to start his cadence, he wasn’t really scanning the defense to see what scheme they were in…… he was scanning to see where #58 was lined-up.
Then at least he knew which direction the ass kicking was going to come from!
It would be a travesty if he doesn’t get inducted into the hall.
It’s been a tough year (or two), but I’ll still say, “Go Chiefs”.
Happy Thanksgiving to all you fellow Chiefs fans…..”Land of the free…and home of the……”

Comment by Johnny 5 — November 26, 2008 @ 11:33 pm

So
Do you all think that we have good defensive personal? The young guys like dorsey, flowers, car etc. I know its early to tell but has anyone seen great improvement on our defense? We seem to have zero pass rush. Do you see it as a lack of talent or coaching or both? I think both corners show promise but they are on a huge island with opposing qbs having all day to throw.
I guess only time will tell.

Comment by GoogleyMoogley — November 27, 2008 @ 12:01 am

DT is the Man!

RIP 58

2009 HOF

Comment by Carl P. Needs to die — November 27, 2008 @ 12:45 am

DT was and always be my favorite player, end of list. As far as our current defense… Look at what we have, what these guys did is college. We have the tallent but a serious lack of quality coaching and leadership on our team. We are currently on pace to set the all-time record for least sacks for a season, but yet, all these new additions we have this year says that we should be doing much greater than that. I am a die-hard KC fan, win or lose. we could go undefeated or winless.. I DON’T CARE… I am a Chiefs fan.

Comment by Wulf_8811 — November 28, 2008 @ 12:49 am

I was in the insurance industry for years, and I used to use his death as an example when explaining the importance of seatbelts to young drivers, and explaining that the only survior of that accident was the only one wearing a seatbelt, andwas treated and released! True fact, see below:

Chiefs’ Thomas dead at 33

Apparent heart attack claims 9-time Pro Bowl star

Posted: Tuesday February 08, 2000 04:12 PM

MIAMI (AP) — NFL star Derrick Thomas died Tuesday in a hospital where he
was being treated for injuries from a car crash that left him paralyzed from
the chest down.

The Kansas City Chiefs said he died of a heart attack. Jackson Memorial
Hospital called it “cardio-respiratory arrest,” and doctors were expected to
elaborate later in the day.

Team president Carl Peterson said he was with the 33-year-old linebacker
Monday. “He was upbeat, he was positive, he was Derrick,” a tearful
Peterson, wearing a button with Thomas’ No. 58, said from Arrowhead Stadium
in Kansas City.

“He was in a wheelchair. … I said ‘Son, you’re mobile.’ He said, ‘Father,
I am. I’ve got wheels.’”

Thomas was injured Jan. 23 when the speeding car he was driving flipped on
an icy road. A friend was killed in the crash.

Thomas, a nine-time Pro Bowl player and one of the game’s most feared pass
rushers, had been heading to the Kansas City airport with two companions to
fly to St. Louis for the NFC title game.

Thomas was one of the most popular athletes in Kansas City, and Peterson
called the death a “devastating tragedy.”

“Derrick Thomas leaves a tremendously positive legacy that will permanently
enrich everyone whose life he touched,” NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue
said.

Flags were lowered to half staff at Arrowhead Stadium. The Missouri
Legislature paused for a moment of silence. Thomas’ death was announced by
Bill Kenney, a state senator and former Chiefs quarterback.

“Derrick Thomas was a true hero,” said Kenney, who urged lawmakers to
support a bill for spinal cord research in Missouri.

Thomas broke his spine and neck in the crash and was flown to Miami, his
hometown, for surgery and rehabilitation.

Doctors decompressed his spinal cord and stabilized the spinal column with
screws, rods and hooks and implant bone grafts from Thomas’ hip.

The hospital is the home of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the world’s
largest spinal cord injury research center, and its surgeons have operated
on race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi and other athletes.

Thomas and passenger Michael Tellis, 49, of Kansas City, Kan., were not
wearing seat belts and were thrown from the car, police said. Tellis was
killed instantly and a third passenger who was wearing his seat belt was treated and released.

“Our entire family has lost our loved one, so we greatly sympathize with
Derrick Thomas’s upon his passing,” Tellis’ family said Tuesday.

A clearly shaken Chiefs coach Gunther Cunningham recalled telephoning Thomas
from the Pro Bowl, after seeing several players and fans honoring the
linebacker by wearing his number.

“Derrick said, ‘Coach, be strong.’ He never told me how strong I needed to
be,” Cunningham said.

The coach said that after a game, Thomas would always walk across the field
“with a smile on his face — not because the Chiefs won, but because that’s
the way he was. And that’s the way I’ll always remember him.”

Thomas holds the NFL one-game record of seven sacks and ranks ninth on the
career list. His seven sacks against Seattle in 1990 came on Veterans Day.
He dedicated his effort to his father, an Air Force pilot killed in Vietnam
in Operation Linebacker II.

“He had so much love for the game, for his teammates and for our town. … A
light has gone out,” Peterson said.

NFL union leader Gene Upshaw called Thomas a “great humanitarian.”

“We will not only miss his Sunday afternoon blitzes … but his commitment
to the sport and his community.”

Mike McCown, an employee at a sporting goods store in Kansas City’s Crown
Center, said many customers were asking about Thomas. Jerseys of the
linebacker were selling for $150.

“He was definitely a crowd pleaser,” McCown said. “Not only on the field but
off.”

All-Time Sack Leaders
Player Sacks
Reggie White 192.5
Bruce Smith 171
Kevin Greene 160
Chris Doleman 151
Richard Dent 137.5
Lawrence Taylor 132.5
Leslie O’Neal 132.5
Rickey Jackson 128
Derrick Thomas 126.5
Clyde Simmons 114

Derrick Thomas’
Team Records
Record Number
Sacks, career 126.5
Sacks, season 20 (1990)
Sacks, game 7*
Fumble recoveries 19
Safeties 3
Pro Bowls 9
Playoff appearances 10
*NFL Record — Nov. 11, 1990 vs. Seattle

Comment by Mike Noonan — November 29, 2008 @ 11:29 pm

IF DT IS NOT IN THE HALL IS SAY WE THE CHIEFS FANS GET A PEITION GOING TO GET HIM IN THE HALL OF FAME

Comment by Michael Diedrich — November 30, 2008 @ 9:39 pm

hey whoever edits this website also can you take the patrick surtain picture down too? he sucks and BRANDON FLOWERS is the balls

Comment by mike41 — December 1, 2008 @ 10:54 am

HEY THERE MIKE NOONAN,,,,,,,,,,
I MUST SAY,,,,YOU HAVE SAID IT BEST,,,PERIOD,,,AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU BROUGHT OUT THE GOOD INFORMATION AND FACTS OF ALL THE EVENTS AS THEY HAPPENED AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!! “”DT”" IS AND SHOULD BE COSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER PLAY THE GAME! I MYSELF AS A LIFELONG CHIEFS FAN AND #58 FAN,,,WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT HE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN IN THE “”HOF”"
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!

Comment by VEGAS CHIEF — December 2, 2008 @ 8:11 pm