The best NFL players who hail from Kansas City and the surrounding area need your help, Chiefs Kingdom. Our all-star Homegrown Legends team features players such as the late Gale Sayers, Barry Sanders, Jordy Nelson, Justin Smith and other NFL legends. They’ve been pit against 32 other NFL teams in a bracket-style tournament.
In the first round, our heroes will face a Jacksonville Jaguars team quarterbacked by Tim Tebow and featuring NFL greats like Jack Youngblood and Brian Dawkins. Here’s what Doug Farrar’s power rankings had to say about the team’s from Jacksonville and Kansas City:
23. Kansas City
“The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs are led by their quarterback in the real world, but although John Hadl was no slouch, you’d certainly want to hand the ball off as much as possible if Barry Sanders and Gale Sayers were your running backs. Also, quarterbacks will not enjoy throwing the ball against a secondary featuring Roger Wehrli and Nolan Cromwell, two of the most underrated defensive backs of their eras.”
12. Jacksonville
“There really isn’t a weak spot on this team outside of the obvious quarterback problem; perhaps the virtual Jaguars could play T-formation as their base offense and hope to surprise their opponents.”
The Chiefs are already at a disadvantage based on Touchdown Wire’s power rankings, but so far they’re leading the Jaguars in the poll. Voting for the first round of the tournament ends at Noon ET on Friday, Sept. 25. You can vote for Kansas City to take down Jacksonville at the link below:
