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Although Romeo Crennel's proven track record against Payton Manning may make Chiefs fans cautiously optimistic when the team meets the Broncos this season, it may well be KC's first found draft pick Dontari Poe that enables Crennel to work his magic.

The Kansas City Chiefs drafted Dontari Poe 11th overall in the 2012 NFL draft. Poe entered the draft as the leading candidate to be the biggest bust in the draft.

These are not Dick Vermeil's Chiefs, where Trent Green threw for 4,000 yards while the other side of the ball was always a liability.

When the Chiefs practiced regular down-and-distance situations earlier in the week, rookie nose tackle Dontari Poe was a backup behind veteran Amon Gordon.But when the Chiefs worked mostly on passing situations in practice Thursday, Poe suddenly became a central figure.

It's that time of year - the time of year when there's not really much to talk about in football, but we're all the more starved for content about it.

Kansas City Chiefs DE Glenn Dorsey has the very best performance of the 2011 NFL season when it comes to run-stopping defensive ends in a 3-4 defense.

The Kansas City Chiefs have had a couple of months of free agency, hit the NFL draft, signed undrafted players and circled back around to free agency again.

The Kansas City Chiefs defensive line turned in a few gems last season and a few dogs too.

Draftniks like myself hate projects in most cases, because it requires us to have something we hate:A an attention span, and patience.A We like to know right away how good a draft class is going to be.A 2010's draft classA was fantastic for that, 2011 was brilliant.A The 2012 draft class, however, is a head scratcher.A The truth is, we simply won't ... (more)

For a team so close to contention, drafting a project that plays a position of glaring need makes no sense, and that's why the Chiefs made an error when they drafted Dontari Poe .

Dontari Poe speaks to reporters after being selected as the 11th pick overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 26, 2012, in New York.

The Alabama man accused of committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship football game is being sued.

Over the years, the Kansas City Chiefs have invested a great deal of premium draft picks in defensive linemen.

With their 2012 NFL draft now complete, it's time to make my early predictions for the Kansas City Chiefs roster for the upcoming season.