At first when I first went to the Chiefs, there was a huge transition from what we had done in New England to a team that was rebuilding.
I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.
My first season with Pittsburgh was 1969. We were still in the old NFL. My second year, we moved to the AFC when the leagues merged. I went to the Pro Bowl that season, and there must have been nine Raiders and nine Chiefs. I got to know all those guys.
Jamaal Charles is one of the finest running backs that's ever put on a Kansas City Chiefs uniform.
I love the AFC West.
I was a San Francisco fan when Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott and those guys where there. And I watched Joe Montana get cut and go to K.C. and still ball.
I'm so proud to have been a part of the Chiefs for 12 seasons and will always feel like a part of their family.
There's nothing else like playing at Arrowhead Stadium.
When you play the Oakland Raiders when you're the Kansas City Chiefs, you know they're going to come out with that mentality that they're going to win. They're going to come out fighting. It's a rivalry game.
I love Kansas City. I love the coaching staff, the players.
When you're in Kansas City and it's game day, there is nothing going on but game day.
To a lot of people, I might just be the guy who went No. 1 in the draft. Or the guy who lost his job to Colin Kaepernick. Or the guy who helped turn a 2-14 Chiefs team into a back-to-back division champ... but then couldn't put them over the top.
I have more of an identity with Cowher than I do Tomlin. I knew Cowher when he came over from Kansas City as a defensive coordinator, and his teams were tough. Tomlin came in from Minnesota, and I didn't know anything about him. So maybe it's unfair for me to make the comparison.
I own 60 retro jerseys. I've got everybody - the late Derrick Thomas, a lot of people.
You want to be drafted high, but to be drafted high into an organization like the Kansas City Chiefs, it's like a dream to me.
I understand Pat Mahomes is off to a good start. I'm not ready to crown him four games into his career, but he's definitely playing well.
When I got interested in football, nobody was cheering for Kansas City. Kansas City was trash. I said, 'That's my team.' Then what happens? We get Joe Montana and Marcus Allen.
With the Chiefs, you can't live in Kansas City and not like the Chiefs. To go catch a game at Arrowhead is a pretty great experience. I haven't had the chance to go to games anywhere else, but, from what I'm told, I don't really need to.
