41 Quotes by Carl Peterson

The other suggestion was to play in Kansas City at noon Sunday, ... We don't expect any hurricanes here. That was considered, but the league made its decision. It creates some real problems for us with travel, and with trying to squeeze a Thursday, Friday and Saturday practice all into Thursday. But we have to do what the league orders us to do.

There are some similarities to what the Packers are going through and what we did,

We have received permission to interview and possibly sign Herman Edwards as the next head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. If an agreement is reached with the coach, then we will give the New York Jets our fourth-round draft choice in 2006. The NFL has approved the compensation if or when we come to an agreement with Herm.

Since he joined us in 1999, he's been an exemplary player on and off the field.

Mike Maslowski has been an extremely important player for this franchise since '99. He has grown with the Chiefs from his days as an NCAA Division III player, through NFL Europe, to starting linebacker and the most prolific tackler in a single season for this team. I don't think it's a coincidence that our defense began to decline when we lost Mike to injury in 2003.

If we had to start today, right now, the doctor would not clear him for contact. But we don't have to start today.

I can't remember a regular-season game where a decision was made at the end of game to go for a win and not a tie, especially at home. Obviously, my head coach made the right decision.

He was the highest rated guy on our board without any question. We were looking for defensive backs and players who can set the tone.

There are special people in your life that you meet along the way. You can see they're going places.