Carl Peterson
Carl Peterson
Carl D. Peterson grew up in Long Beach, California, and is an alumnus of University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a bachelor's, master's and doctorate of education. He is best known as the former president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Peterson served in those roles from 1989 to 2009 and hired four head coaches for the Chiefs during his tenure: Marty Schottenheimer, Gunther Cunningham, Dick Vermeil, and...
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He was the highest rated guy on our board without any question. We were looking for defensive backs and players who can set the tone.
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I asked Dick if they'd asked him if he was interested in the (Redskins) job, ... Dick said they did, and then he said, 'But I couldn't work for a guy like Dan Snyder.'
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There was one guy out there with a football after a Saturday walk-through and it was Priest, ... He's practicing scoring a touchdown, catching the football, turning and running to the pylon in slow motion. The next game he catches a pass, runs to the pylon and I say to myself, 'I've seen this play before.'
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I think it's only smart to retain your own best players first, and then if you have the money and the cap dollars (remaining) to go after free agents. You don't want those guys to ever get to the last year of their contract for fear that you might lose them to free agency.
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There were other times when people tried to count him out and then he shocked and surprised everybody, so it's too early to say. I would just say right now, if he had to start the football season, he couldn't because the doctors have not cleared him for contact. But we don't have to start right now. We'll see where we are in June or July.
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Because of his efforts, a situation which could have been pretty volatile was not. There were no charges filed, no arrests.
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I'm very pleased to have Casey join the Chiefs. He's a very talented, experienced quarterback from the CFL who was the MVP of that league in 2004.
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I don't want to get into that because it's a pretty sensitive issue. I've done it before.
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I've been doing this a long time, and he's as impressive a cornerback prospect as I've seen. We had him at 4.37, and he was just outstanding in his workout.
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Everyone's concern is the safety of the players and the coaches and the fans. And that's what most paramount. Obviously, I've never watched the Weather Channel as I have in the last 24, 48 hours.
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I can't remember a regular-season game where a decision was made at the end of game to go for a win and not a tie, especially at home. Obviously, my head coach made the right decision.
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If one of them is in for a three-and-out, that's a pretty short series.
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Patience is some times a good virtue, knowing what you want, and what you think is fair in terms of compensation,
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At this time, we do not consider this a career-threatening injury. The doctors have told us that with rest he will get better and he will be able to play again.