Will You Be My Valentine (free agent)?

Today, of course (unless you honestly forgot and are now shutting your laptop and hustling towards the nearest Wal-Mart), is Valentine's Day. It's a day to celebrate your already established love, or perhaps, find a love. So, there's no better day than Valentine's Day to talk about free agency.

Love. It is a simple yet complicated word. In sports, as in life, this four letter word can make all the difference. Remember in high school, when the girl you used to have a crush on was with some other guy. You resented him; and, if they were together for long enough, you might have even started to resent her. But then, they would break up, or he would move off to college, and all of a sudden, she was available.

That is what free agency is. You see a player on another team that performs spectacularly and you wish he was on your team. It could even be a player that you hate from a division opponent that you hate even more, but you know in a heart beat if he was available you would beg for him to now be on your team.

Well, all's far in love and free agency.

So, on Valentine's Day, I will be sending valentine's to the free agents that I would like to see playing for the Chiefs next season. Free agents (due to the collective bargaining agreement, these listings of free agents is going to be a little sketchy and there classifications may change soon, but bare with me), just like anybody, can accept or refuse my valentine; but, unlike women, they don't care that I will be sending valentines to multiple people. Here we go:


No Vincent Jackson, I cannot keep my adoration for you a secret. Although you may act like a diva sometimes (not to mention holding out when you were supposed to perform), you have incredible hands and can make big plays out of a simple completion. Although my affection will probably go without reward because the Chargers will almost certainly use the franchise tag on you, just know that if they don't, I'll be here waiting for you. Will you be my free agent?


Steve Breaston, you may be the most likely to come to KC, and that doesn't bother me one bit. You've been used to being overshadowed by more well-known receivers, but that doesn't mean that you're not something special. You know our head coach well, and that might be all that you need. You wouldn't have to be second fiddle to Larry Fitzgerald anymore, just Dwayne Bowe. But if Bowe starts dropping passes again, who knows how many throws you'll get your way. Will you be my free agent?



With Vrabel most likely gone after this season and Andy Studebaker still unproven as far as I'm concerned, why not bring in a beauty and a beast. LaMarr Woodley is both. He is only 26 years old, a young stud, and has averaged over 11.5 sacks over the last three seasons. He is everything we could ask for lining up on the other side of Tamba Hali. This seems like a match made in heaven; but really, it only requires a little free agency. Our defense will be like the old flame we once knew well (Smith and Thomas). Will you be my free agent?


I'm going to stop at three, but if you have anymore free agents that you would like to see get valentine's, leave them in the comment box so you don't have to keep your love a secret anymore.