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Cunningham Darwin Thompson Jersey nfl draft ,, was 72."WhiteSeries Stagner ThingsLottery Tickets ’19Summer of SpagsMailbagFanposts Fanshots Community Community GuidelinesContactAbout StubHub ✕Former Chiefs head coach Gunther Cunningham has diedNew,38commentsCunningham, who spent 11 total years in some capacity with the Chiefs, was 72.CDTShareTweetShareShareFormer Chiefs head coach Gunther Cunningham has diedFormer Kansas City Chiefs head coach Gunther Cunningham has died.Cunningham died over the weekend after a bout with cancer.He was 72.An NFL coach for more than three decades, Cunningham had two coaching stints with the Chiefs.He served as defensive coordinator (and then head coach) from 1995 through 2000, and then returned as defensive coordinator from 2004 through 2008.Born in Munich, Germany, just after World War II — his father an American serviceman and his mother a German citizen — Cunningham came to the United States at the age of 10.He spoke no English when he arrived and had to endure bullying from schoolmates over his German accent and heritage.He found a passion in playing American football in Lompac, California, and won a scholarship to the University of Oregon, where he was a placekicker and linebacker under George Seifert, who would eventually win a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers.Seifert encouraged Cunningham to become a coach, and he took his first coaching job (as defensive line coach) with the Ducks in 1969.After stints with Arkansas, Stanford and California, he spent a year with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL before taking his first NFL coaching job with the Baltimore Colts in 1982, when he followed head coach Frank Kush from Hamilton to Baltimore.Starting in 1984, Cunningham spent 17 years coaching in the AFC West — first as a position coach for the San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Raiders, and then becoming defensive coordinator of the Chiefs in 1995.Through 1998, Cunningham’s defenses allowed an NFL-best 16.4 points per game.When Marty Schottenheimer resigned as head coach after the 1998 season, Cunningham was named head coach.Cunningham remained head coach for two seasons, compiling a record of 16-16.But Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson — despite expressing public confidence in Cunningham — felt the Chiefs could do better. He coaxed Super Bowl-winning head coach Dick Vermeil out of retirement to take over the team after the 2000 season.The famously short-tempered Cunningham heard of his dismissal not from Peterson himself, but from news reports.In 2001, an Arrowhead source told me that when he heard the news, Cunningham punched a hole in the hallway wall outside the stadium’s coaching offices.Cunningham spent three seasons as linebackers coach of the Tennessee Titans under head coach Jeff Fisher before being asked to return the Chiefs as defensive coordinator in 2004 Replica Darwin Thompson Jersey , after three years of poor defensive performances under Vermeil’s first defensive coordinator Greg Robinson.Vermeil told the Lawrence Journal-World that Cunningham was his first choice to replace Robinson and that he worked hard to make Cunningham’s return easy on him.“He’s only human,” Vermeil said. “I think it takes a heck of a man to respond like he did, to accept an opportunity to come back and not be over-sensitive about it.It also shows the organization has a lot of respect for him.”It took some time, but Cunningham eventually restored the Chiefs defense to respectability, if not greatness; the team ranked 11th in points allowed in 2006.And the players were happy to have “Gun” back.“He’ll scream at you, but for a reason,” Eric Hicks told the Journal-World.“There’s definitely sincerity there. When he’s cussing you he really means it. But when he’s putting his arm around you, he means that, too.”“This is about coaching players,” Cunningham said upon his return to Kansas City. “That’s what I am, a football coach. I’m glad that I’m back. I missed this place, and I missed these people.”But by 2008 under head coach Herm Edwards, the Chiefs defense had again fallen to near the bottom of the league, and the team finished the season 2-14.The front office and coaching staff were all turned over, and Cunningham moved on to become defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, in which capacity he would serve for five seasons before becoming a senior defensive assistant there from 2014 through 2016.It was during this time with the Lions that Cunningham would begin to see the value of advanced analytics.He told ESPN that it was Lions staff counsel Jon Dykema introduced him to the data compiled by analytics site Pro Football Focus, and he became a believer in its approach.”I’m an NFLer for life — that’s the best way I can say it,” Cunningham told ESPN. “Until they put me in the ground, I’ll still be a part of the NFL.I’ll never be separated from that life, and I think PFF was the closest thing that I could find that would keep me involved in the NFL.”As it turned out, the tough coach with the yellow-tinted aviator glasses was right.Cunningham is survived by his wife Rene’ Michel— with whom he would have celebrated his 50th anniversary next month — and by his son Adam, daughter Natalie Firman, her husband Lee and their son Grant.Chiefs owner Clark Hunt issues a statement on the passing of Gunther CunninghamTwitter reacts to the passing of Gunther Cunningham KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots did what they’ve done for the better part of two decades.Make plays when the game is on the line.The most accomplished quarterback in NFL history led the Patriots downfield in overtime, surgically converting a trio of third-and-10s Stitched Darwin Thompson Jersey , and gave Rex Burkhead a chance to score the touchdown that gave New England a 37-31 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game Sunday night.It was the 12th time in Brady’s postseason career that he engineered a game-winning drive, and this one came in the face of all those critics who claimed the 41-year-old quarterback was nearing the end.That the Patriots’ dynasty was about to be usurped by the up-and-coming Chiefs.“He’s been there so many times before it’s like second nature to him,” said Burkhead, who also scored a touchdown in a back-and-forth fourth quarter. “He’s had the pressure, he’s been in those moments before and all your trust and confidence is in him to get the job done, which he did.”The Patriots led 14-0 at halftime, but watched as Patrick Mahomes and the NFL’s highest-scoring offense roared back to take a 21-17 lead with 7:45 left in the fourth quarter.Brady and his veteran playmakers got down to business.He first led a 10-play, 75-yard drive that Sony Michel capped with a 10-yard run on fourth down to retake the lead. Then, after the Chiefs jumped back ahead on Damien Williams‘ TD run, Brady led the Pats downfield with a crucial third down completion to Rob Gronkowski to set up Burkhead’s score.The Chiefs managed to get the field goal they needed to force overtime, but the Patriots won the coin toss and defensive lineman Trey Flowers knew that the game was all but over.“I mean, I was ready to go out there if we had to,” Flowers said with a grin, “but you know, (Brady) put it away for us. It’s just a blessing.”Now the Patriots (13-5) are off to Atlanta to face the Los Angeles Rams, who survived their own overtime thriller in New Orleans thanks in part to a blown call by the officials.“I can’t say enough about the effort that our players gave today, and the coaching staff, just an awesome job by all of them,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “They deserve it, and they earned it.”As for the Chiefs? Well, another postseason begins in heartache.Mahomes capped a masterful first year as the starter with a dazzling second half, throwing three touchdown passes and leading his team back time after time. But he rued a slow start that put the Chiefs in a 14-0 halftime hole, and an overtime in which he never got a chance with the ball.“I thought if we got the chance we’d score,” he said.Chiefs coach Andy Reid likewise lamented an opportunity to scribble over a series of postseason letdowns on his own resume. His defense, which had struggled all season Darwin Thompson Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , crumbled down the stretch, and a team that won its third straight AFC West title was left trying to get over the hump.“This gave us a little of what we have looking forward to us in the future, and that’s where we’ll go when we’re done aching here,” Reid said,” and it’s a bright future. We have great players. And we’ll get over the hump here, the big hump, that’s this game here.”As the Pats prepare for Atlanta and the Chiefs prepare for the draft, here are some key takeaways from a wild AFC championship game, the first ever played at Arrowhead Stadium:WEAK WALL: The Chiefs’ defense allowed the Patriots to pile up 524 yards in 94 plays, going 13 of 19 on third down and 4 of 5 in the red zone. New England also possessed the ball for 43 minutes, 59 seconds, all while keeping Brady from getting sacked once.RUNNING WILD: The Patriots dominated one of the NFL’s worst rush defenses, piling up 176 yards on the ground. Sony Michel led the way with 113 yards and two touchdowns, while Burkhead added 41 yards and two more scores.” We went out there and just executed our game plan. Guys did their jobs and it helped us drive the ball down the field,” Michel said. “That’s what we needed.”COIN TOSSES: Reid’s decision to defer after winning the opening coin toss proved unwise as the Patriots marched downfield and chewed up most of the opening period. Then, the Chiefs lost an even more important toss before overtime, effectively ending their season.WHAT ROAD: The Patriots were just 3-5 on the road in the regular season, and they hadn’t won a road playoff game since 2006. Meanwhile, the Chiefs had lost just once at Arrowhead Stadium all season, and that came when they blew a late lead to the Los Angeles Chargers.PLAYOFF NUMBERS: The Patriots improved to 11-4 in AFC championship games, while the Chiefs are still seeking their first trip to the Super Bowl since January 1970. “You have to take in the hurt. You have to accept the hurt. It’s supposed to hurt,” Mahomes said. “You’re doing everything you can to get to the Super Bowl and you fall short, it’s going to hurt.”

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