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**Basel** · 05-15-2009, 02:32 AM

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While growing up and attending college in Louisiana, rookie wide receiver Quinten Lawrence didn’t get much of a chance to watch or learn a lot about the Chiefs.

One recent player he does know about is Dante Hall. That’s no coincidence because Lawrence, a sixth-round draft pick, is trying to be the first Chiefs player to adequately replace Hall as the kick-return specialist since Hall was traded two seasons ago.

Lawrence is part of the Chiefs’ plan to upgrade their feeble special teams. They also drafted a kicker, Ryan Succop, in the seventh round and a cornerback, Donald Washington, in part for his special-teams skills, in the fourth.

Including the re-signing of their best special-teams player, Jon McGraw, and the addition of veterans like Monty Beisel, the Chiefs appear serious about becoming competitive in the kicking game.

“We want competition,” coach Todd Haley said, “in as many positions as we can.”

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/chi...y/1194224.html

ChiefLee · 05-15-2009, 02:59 PM

Head coaches always talk about the importance of special teams. Under Vermeil with Dante, our return game was good. But our coverage teams were poor. Then Dante lost his spice. Herm came in. Seems like coverage got better, then was poor again last year. (I'd have to track down the stats.) Last year, they had nothing going on special teams at all. We'll see if Haley can change that mentality. Pioli seems to be looking for special teams players.

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