Arizona Cardinals News: Looking Ahead to the 2010 Off Season (Part II)
Arizona Cardinals Community Blog - Fanster.com - Voice of the Cardinals — ... , Leonard Pope and Duece Lutui, that could be the difference between free agent freedom or another year under the control of the Cardinals. With that being said, lets take a look at the possible free agents on the offensive side of the ball for next summer...... ...

Arizona Cardinals News: Looking Ahead to the 2010 Off Season (Part II)
Fanster.com — ... , Leonard Pope and Duece Lutui, that could be the difference between free agent freedom or another year under the control of the Cardinals. With that being said, lets take a look at the possible free agents on the offensive side of the ball for next summer...... ...

NFC West Position-by-Position: Tight Ends
Niners Nation — ... improved offensive line he'll get to do what he does best more often, while the other guys fill the roles. Arizona Cardinals Blogger: cgolden After struggling to find an adequate and healthy starter last year, the Cardinals seem to be taking the Jon Gruden QB approach, with their tight ends this off season. During last season four different players started multiple games at tight end for the Cardinals, Ben Patrick, Leonard Pope, Jerame Tuman and Stephen Spach. If you could ...

NFC West Position-by-Position: Tight Ends
Arizona Cardinals Community Blog - Fanster.com - Voice of the Cardinals — ... been anything but a strength for this team and we enter the 2009 season with just as many question marks as answers, but how does the rest of the position look? Arizona Cardinals After struggling to find an adequate and healthy starter last year, the Cardinals seem to be taking the Jon Gruden QB approach, with their tight ends this off season. During last season four different players started multiple games at tight end for the Cardinals, Ben Patrick, Leonard Pope, Jerame Tuman and Stephen Spach. If you could ...

NFC West Roundtable: Tight End
Field Gulls — ... league know of. With an improved offensive line he'll get to do what he does best more often, while the other guys fill the roles. Arizona Cardinals Blogger: cgolden After struggling to find an adequate and healthy starter last year, the Cardinals seem to be taking the Jon Gruden QB approach, with their tight ends this off season. During last season four different players started multiple games at tight end for the Cardinals, Ben Patrick, Leonard Pope, Jerame Tuman and Stephen Spach. If you could ...

Golden Nuggets: A mish mash of news for June 16, 2009
Niners Nation — ... Leonard Pope is listed as the starting tight end but Patrick is a very talented backup option. I don't expect it to destroy the ...

An Average Joe's Playbook: The Spread Offense
Big Cat Country — ... on shorter and crossing routes. As their third receiver, they have another burner type in Joey Galloway. Tight ends must be decent blockers, as with any team. But if they are utilized in their respective system, they must have good speed and size to create matchup problems, as well as good ball skills to make the catch. Teams like the Saints use their tight ends, like Billy Miller and Jeremy Shockey. Other spread teams don't, like the Cardinals rarely using Leonard Pope on passing downs. The offensive line really depends ...

Arizona Cardinals Pre-Training Camp Roster Projections: Tight End
Arizona Cardinals Community Blog - Fanster.com - Voice of the Cardinals — ... Three of the four guys previously mentioned return this year, with Jerame Tuman being the only exception, and the team did bring in a couple new faces in an attempt to breed some competition and sustain some level of effectiveness. It'll likely be towards the end of camp before we have any kind of clarity at this position but we'll try to wade through the possibilities. Locks Stephen Spach, Ben Patrick On the Bubble Leonard Pope, Anthony Becht, Dominique Byrd, Alex Shor ...

Arizona Cardinals Pre-Training Camp Projection: 53 Man Roster
Arizona Cardinals Community Blog - Fanster.com - Voice of the Cardinals — ... Quarterback: (none) Running Back: LaRod Stephens-Howling Fullback: Dan Kreider, Tim Castille and Justin Green Wide Receiver: Jerheme Urban, Sean Morey, Lance Long and Michael Ray Garvin Tight End: Leonard Pope, Anthony Becht, Dominique ...

Pour Some Sugar On Me - Preseason Wrap-up: Can We Build a Team That Can Beat the Raiders? Yes We Can!
Hogs Haven — ... the now famous Statue of Liberty play against Oklahoma a couple seasons ago. Vakapuna is a guy I picked because I need a blocking fullback and I have been watching HBO's Hard Knocks this season featuring the Bengals. He is a big, athletic dude, and we are going to need a Samoan presence in the backfield on this team. Redman had a great preseason in Pittsburgh but the numbers game beat him. We are lucky to have him and Vakapuna muscling up in our backfield. TE (4): Leonard Pope, Alex Smith, Bear Pascoe, Garrett Mills ...

Report: Chiefs Worked Out TE Leonard Pope
Arrowhead Pride — ... Here's a quick one for you. Former Arizona Cardinals TE Leonard Pope recently worked out for the Kansas City Chiefs according to the National Football Post. Former Arizona Cardinals third-round draft tight end Leonard Pope visited the Cincinnati Bengals, according to a league source. Pope had recently tried out for the Kansas City Chiefs, too. He was cut by the Cardinals during their final major roster cutdown. ...

Game Day Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills Links, 9/20
Buffalo Rumblings — ... coffee cups. Power rankings: Mark Gaughan : The Buffalo News 22 Buffalo Bills. Welcome back, all-time Bills. (Last Week: 22) Checking the Numbers: Bills-Patriots Game " Checking the Numbers Pretty thorough look at the stats from the MNF tilt. Bills Tweets Twitter / Adam Schefter Buffalo had a busy Friday, working out RBs Lorenzo Booker and De De Dorsey, as well as TEs Tony Curtis, Joe Klopfenstein and Leonard Pope. Twitter / Thurman Thomas not only does buggs ...

Web Rumblings: Buffalo Bills Links, 9/21
Buffalo Rumblings — ... RB Fred Jackson has been spectacular for the second week in a row in place of Marshawn Lynch, rushing for a career-high 163 yards. McKelvin's injury appears to be the least serious, as he was seen walking out of the locker room. Nelson says shoulder is okay – Inside The Bills He expects to play vs. the Saints. TE possibilities – Inside The Bills Adam Schefter reported the Bills had tight ends Joe Klopfenstein, Leonard Pope, and Tony Curtis in for workouts this week. Chris ...

Kansas City Chiefs Sign Two, Release Three
Arrowhead Pride — There's been a lot of movement in the last hour so scan the front page to get caught up but here we go... The Kansas City Chiefs officially announced the arrival of former Arizona Cardinals tight end Leonard Pope.  They also announced that the team has added T Chris Patrick to the practice squad. Patrick was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2007.  He's had stints with the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions, San Francisco ...

Chiefs Fantasy Outlook: Week Four vs New York Giants
Arrowhead Pride — ... This pick is predicated on the assumption that Leonard Pope will not force Sean Ryan to be inactive or keep him on the bench if he is active. Haley does like his new toys. With that said, a consistently productive TE is a rare find in fantasy football. Last week Ryan caught 4 passes for 39 yards. Nothing specatacular, but Cassel is looking for another option to throw the ball to. If Cassel has enough time for a 1 step drop Ryan may (and I stress MAY) have a chance to put up solid bye week replacement TE numbers. He's certainly going to get looks from ...

Digging a Little Deeper on the Chiefs New Tight End Leonard Pope
Arrowhead Pride — ... I'll be the first to admit that I know very little about the Kansas City Chiefs new tight end Leonard Pope.  He's coming from the Arizona Cardinals where his career highs hovered around 23 receptions, 238 yards and five touchdowns.  But, he's been consistently inconsistent since he's come into the NFL according to our friend Charles Golden of Revenge of the Birds. "Well first, I would caution Chiefs' fans that Leonard Pope will not remind you of Tony Gonzalez at any point this year or beyond, unless Gonzalez ...

Chiefs Coach Talks About Incoming and Outgoing Players
Arrowhead Pride — ... Todd Haley talked about some of the activity that took place at Arrowhead yesterday afternoon.  First things first.  Here's what he said about Ryan O'Callaghan now being listed as the first team right tackle: "We practiced O’Callaghan first today," Haley said.  "You can’t hold me to what we’re going to do on Sunday. It’s going to be determined on how we practice and how the guys practice." Onto the new Chief, Leonard Pope, previously with Haley and the Arizona Cardinals: ...

New Chiefs TE Leonard Pope: 'Man I love Todd'
Arrowhead Pride — ... was introduced to the media today in the locker room after practice.  Leonard Pope sounded excited to be here and "blessed" to have the opportunity to play for his old coach Todd Haley. ...

Notes on New Chiefs Plus Pollard to Texans' First Team
Arrowhead Pride — I've got a few notes on a few of the new Kansas City Chiefs players.  We've already covered Leonard Pope, the new tight end but haven't talked much about Chris Patrick, Mike Richardson and David Herron. I've also got a nugget on former Chief Bernard Pollard. Pollard taking first team reps Former Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard was without a job for several weeks.  He had a workout with the Houston Texans and eventually signed with them ...

Are the Chiefs Becoming the New England Cardinals?
Arrowhead Pride — ... It's interesting to note that five of the recent acquisitions the Chiefs made had some experience with one of those two teams: Leonard Pope, ...

Kansas City Chiefs Week Three Storylines
Arrowhead Pride — ... We had quite a bit of news over the last week concerning the Kansas City Chiefs. After the jump, here's what I'm talking about: Dwayne Bowe's status Starting right tackle Where TE Leonard Pope may fit in today National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Roster moves this week Click Continue Reading to check out the rest. Will Dwayne Bowe play? Bowe didn't play against the Eagles last week because of a hamstring injury. He didn't practice on ...

After Less Than a Week, Leonard Pope the Chiefs No. 2 Tight End
Arrowhead Pride — ... The one off the street, Leonard Pope, has in five days vaulted to the second tight end spot on the team behind Ryan. ...

Arrowheadlines: Chiefs News 11/4
Arrowhead Pride — ... (Photo above: Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and tight end Leonard Pope helped load some of the 30,000 pounds of protein products donated by Tyson Foods. The players, and other volunteers, transferred the food to vehicles from approximately 60 area relief organizations.) ...

Arrowheadlines: Chiefs News 11/9
Arrowhead Pride — ... and Fans kb_kcstar Of all the reasons for the Chiefs' offense to be good, it seems that only desperation can motivate this group. dussery: @goatboytim the chiefs tried the last three minutes of the game BrentMichael06: @Adam_Schefter funny play Chiefs Leonard Pope gave a first down sign when he was 10yds short on 3rd ...

Leonard Pope Now the Chiefs No. 1 Tight End
Arrowhead Pride — ... According to the Kansas City Chiefs latest depth chart, Leonard Pope is now the No. 1 tight end on the roster.  He passed Sean Ryan, who was inactive in yesterday's 16-10 victory over the Oakland Raiders. Pope has been more of a blocker than a receiver in his few games here.  Yesterday he caught three passes for 11 yards in his first start for the Chiefs. Will this change anything?  Doubtful.  The Chiefs haven't featured the tight end much in the last few games. Savage demonted at punt ...

This is the Song That Never Ends
Arrowhead Pride — ... I arrived at after looking at each third down: 8 were because the team didn't execute properly, either on first, second or third down; 2 were near the end of the first half and were time-influenced; 2 were obviously doomed by penalties; 2 were poor play calls; and, 1 we actually converted! It's all there, after the jump. Have at it. #1 3rd and 12 Q1, 11:59, KC 13-yard line Leonard Pope's false start and a two-yard loss by Kolby Smith put ...

The Chiefs Offensive Ineptitude and What To Do About It
Arrowhead Pride — ... 3. Re-think the importance of the tight end. It's been noted several times (here and other places) that Haley simply doesn't care too much for the tight end position - at least in the ways the Chiefs have been used to it. And you can afford to have Leonard Pope-like levels of stats at that position when you have ...

Breaking Down the Chiefs and Steelers Tape - O-Line
Arrowhead Pride — ... Leonard Pope did very good as the run blocking TE.  He made some good second level blocks and although he did not dominate his defender...his defender rarely made the play. ...

Chiefs Fantasy Outlook: Week Twelve vs San Diego Chargers
Arrowhead Pride — ... Big plays happen when their is a defensive break down. There's no way to predict, especially in the passing game, which offensive player will be the beneficiary. How many of you started Leonard Pope last week? ...