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Kansas City Chiefs: Best Offense of All Time

April 10, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

Quarterback: Len Dawson
When it comes to the greatest Kansas City Chiefs of all time, Len Dawson’s name has to come up in the argument. As far as impacting the team and the community of Kansas City, maybe only Derrick Thomas has done more than Dawson.
Dawson played 14 seasons for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs. In that time he compiled 28,500 yards passing, 237 touchdown passes and a QB rating of 83.2. 
During his first season for the Texans, in 1962, Dawson led the league in touchdowns, yards per attempt and was named the AFL MVP.  Dawson threw more touchdown passes from 1962 through 1969 than any other quarterback.
Dawson led the Chiefs to AFL tiles in 1966 and 1969, which led to the Chiefs playing in Super Bowl I and IV. After winning Super Bowl IV, the only Super Bowl in team history, Dawson was named the game’s MVP. 
 
Halfback: Priest Holmes
In 2001, Priest Holmes left the Baltimore Ravens and joined the Kan...

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