You’re 2-12 and you have a second-year quarterback who cost you a fifth-round draft pick in 2011. You haven’t let him take a snap in a regular-season game, ever. You’re the Kansas City Chiefs, and you might as well throw former Hawkeye Ricky Stanzi to the wolves, er, Indianapolis Colts, on Sunday. Brady Quinn [...]

Ricky Stanzi didn’t take a regular-season snap in his rookie season with the Kansas City Chiefs. If he takes one in this, his second season with Kansas City, it may require significant improvement on his part. Or an injury glut at that position. Or both. Stanzi’s showing in the Chiefs’ 31-17 preseason loss to the [...]

  I covered many things and wrote many columns and stories before this blog was born. Since I’m on vacation and out of America for the week (my Dobermans are staying at home with my house-sitter, a burly fellow who has wild mood swings and a nasty temper), I’m going to try keep the blog [...]

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Rick Stanzi left Iowa about 15 months ago for the Kansas City Chiefs but there’s little to suggest the NFL life has changed either his personality or his priorities. After a scrimmage Tuesday against the Arizona Cardinals, Stanzi was one of the last players to leave the autograph line on the [...]

  Sports writer Scott Dochterman and I travelled to St. Joseph, Missouri, for the annual Kansas City training camp at Missouri Western State University. Former Iowa Hawkeyes quarterback Ricky Stanzi, tight end Tony Moeaki and center Rob Bruggeman are on the training camp roster.        

Two rookies from Iowa are on the Washington Redskins, and both were subjects Monday for Redskins beat writer Mike Jones of the Washington Post. I’m just excerpting. You should click on the aforementioned link to get Jones’ full statements about Adam Gettis, a fifth-round draft pick, and Jordan Bernstine. ●(Offensive lineman Adam) Gettis has actually [...]

  It happened to him as a rookie with the Miami Dolphins in 2010, and it’s happened to him this week with the Indianapolis Colts. Linebacker A.J. Edds of Iowa suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in training camp and will miss the season. Edds tore the ACL in his left knee on Sunday. Two [...]

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Rick Stanzi’s reputation as a workaholic transferred from his playing days at Iowa to his professional era in Kansas City. Nobody stayed on the field later than Stanzi after a grueling 3-hour Tuesday morning practice. He was the last to leave, then stayed late signing autographs for fans before he was [...]

IOWA CITY — For the second straight year, Iowa had six players selected in the NFL Draft — tying for the most under Coach Kirk Ferentz. Saturday, five Iowa players were picked in rounds four through six. Defensive lineman Christian Ballard was drafted in fourth round by Minnesota. Three former Hawkeyes — defensive lineman Karl [...]