Nice little clip to watch from this afternoon. Mortensen mentions that he did a bit of digging and found the rumor that Pioli was making extreme demands to be false.

Can we please hire a GM? I'm dying over here.

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Reports have said that Clark Hunt and New England Patriots VP of Personnel Scott Pioli met sometime on Monday to discuss the Kansas City Chiefs' general manager position.

It's now Wednesday and we have...nothing new to report.

Is this lack of news right after the meeting an indicator that things didn't go well? Or are the two sides hammering out the details of a deal as we speak that would bring Scott Pioli to the Chiefs?

I'm guessing the latter. The Browns have all but moved forward with their decision to hire Eric Mangini as their next head coach. Ravens Director of Pro Personnel George Kokinis will likely follow Mangini to Cleveland as the GM.

Scott Pioli's best opportunity and apparently his only formal one right now is in Kansas City.

Chiefs' fans patiently await their new general manager.

The post-mortem on an ugly body continues with my grades for various Chiefs' rookies. This grade is tempered with preseason expectations and other circumstances that may have affected a player's production this year beyond what the box score indicates.

This grading is far from any exact science, or even a serious intellectual exercise. Still, there is nothing simpler and more direct than slapping a big fat "F" next to a player who has continued to disappoint you all year long (Which I didn't do this year).

Grades are after the jump. Make sure to leave your own in the comments.

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