[KC Chiefs.com] Chiefs President Carl Peterson announced on Tuesday that the club will honor retired Chiefs T Willie Roaf at the Chiefs home game vs. San Diego on December 14th. Roaf is slated to be honored at the 50-yard line during a halftime ceremony that will consist of a highlight video recapping his Chiefs career, along with an opportunity for Roaf to address the Arrowhead Stadium crowd.
Roaf announced his retirement from professional football on July 28, 2006. The 11-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle started all 58 games he appeared in during a four-year career in Kansas City, in addition to starting one postseason contest. He earned four Pro Bowl berths with Kansas City after joining the Chiefs in a 2002 trade. An almost certain candidate for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Roaf’s 11 Pro Bowl nominations tie Bengals Hall of Fame T Tony Munoz as the most ever received by an offensive tackle in NFL history.
That’s awesome. We could really use a guy like Roaf right now.
Comment by Stich — December 9, 2008 @ 10:45 am
Yes that is awesome! Good thing Herm wasn’t coach when he came here or we would have never had the pleasure of seeing him in a Chiefs uniform (too old and slow). Great free agent pickup from a past regime. We were a top ranked offense while he was here.
Comment by Jeff in VA — December 9, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
yeah we were good when he was here. But let me tell you this. He screwed us over right before the 2006 season. As you can see above, it says he retired July 28th 2006. The Chiefs knew it was possible that he was going to retire after the ’05 season so they wanted an answer from him shortly after the season was over (for preperation of free agency and the NFL draft).
Will Shields said that he would only return if Roaf would return too. Roaf said that he would, and so Shields agreed to return that year too. Then came training camp, and people just thought that he was retiring because he didn’t want to endure another training camp (common among older veterans). He never said that he was ruling out returning. Time went by, and still no Roaf. Then when asked about returning again right before the season, he got all pissed off at the media in K.C. and the Chiefs Orginization saying that he wasn’t returning and to stop bothering him about it.
He screwed us because we could have picked up an O-Lineman in free agency or in the draft had he announced his retirement earlier. Our O-Line was total shit on the left side because of that. We had Jordan Black protecting our QB and it wasn’t pretty. Plus he left Will Shields high and dry by promising that he was going to play the ’06 season and then bailing at the last minute.
Comment by Chief Tom — December 9, 2008 @ 8:55 pm
lol roaf knew herm was a terrible coach thats why he retired.
Comment by chefs — December 9, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
GOT THE HELL OUT OF DODGE, LOL I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME.
Comment by calichiefsfan74 — December 9, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
Thanks for the info Tom. Regardless of how he left (I agree he could have handled it better), I am very glad he came. My point was Herm would have never brought him in. I did misspeak in saying he was a free agent, we picked him up in a trade.
Comment by Jeff in VA — December 10, 2008 @ 9:09 am
your right chief tom he did screw us i remember that too and lol jordan black was the worst LT we have had that i can remember
Comment by mike41 — December 10, 2008 @ 10:26 am
chief tom, ur such a bitch. Leave it to a herm supporter to bash roaf. I bet you sit down when you pee huh? And, if ur boy herm was sooo great, how come his big FA acquisition THAT VERY NEXT YEAR to replace roaf, and whom we spent THE MOST MONEY ON in FA was……….DAMIAN MACINTOSH. That’s worked out really well. Roaf new what was coming and got the fuck out of here. I remember it being VERY CLEAR and stated on NUMEROUS FUCKING occasions that roaf said he wouldn’t commit to another season. Everyone knew that. On ESPN everytime they’d mention the chiefs it was a, well they’ll have to see about roaf’s decision. He never committed. Would you have had him bret favre us? At least he gave us loyal service for several years, and when he did retire, he was honest. he said, “i wont know until the summer.” If tom and his hairy beaver took that as a commitment, u must support carl peterson adn herm edwards or something…..oh wait. Love the Roaf. Sure as hell enjoyed watching the chiefs a hell of a lot more when we had him and DIDN’T HAVE HERM.
Comment by dbowe82 — December 12, 2008 @ 9:59 pm
So if we are talking about needing OTs for next season… who would everyone like to have out of the top 3?
Andre Smith (my vote)
Michael Oher
Eugene Monroe
Smith is a huge dude who can move. This would be our line most likely if this happened:
LT – Smith
LG – Waters
C – Niswanger (I guess)
RG – Albert
RT – Taylor (should be, or someone better.. HWY 77 BLOWS)
Comment by RednGold4LIFE — December 13, 2008 @ 10:42 am
i like smith, that dude’s a monster; but we have to see what our draft pick will be cuz he’ll definitely be a top 3 pick
Comment by pj — December 14, 2008 @ 4:55 pm