Todd Haley's Workouts Have the Pounds Melting Off the KC Chiefs

By now, most people have heard that Todd Haley is a no-nonsense guy. We saw this last year during the Cardinals Super Bowl run when Haley was arguing with star wide receiver Anquan Boldin on the sideline. We heard about his combative nature from the media when he was hired as head coach in February, and we saw this again when Pro Bowl guard Brian Waters had a bumpy first meeting with his new head coach. Brandon Albert saw Haley's no-nonsense approach as soon as he got to Kansas City this year. "The first day I got here," Albert said on Sunday, "when I weighed in, he said, 'Oh, no, no, no, no.' " Albert weighed in at 341 pounds that day in March, about 25 pounds heavier than his listed weight last year during an impressive rookie season in which he made the switch from guard to tackle, and did it quite well. Haley made his presence felt right away for Albert when his new head coach gave him another big goal and asked him to drop more than 35 pounds to a playing weight of 305 for the ... (link)