The New Look for Tamba Hali and Kansas City Chiefs

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Published: August 14, 2009

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... things easier.

By the end of the last season, it became very apparent that the team's No. 1 need was a pass rushing DE. With the switch in defensive schemes, this specific position is no longer needed. Instead, the need for a pass-rushing linebacker arose.

Lucky for the Chiefs (and the fans), Tamba Hali took the challenge head on to drop weight and work on his linebacking skills, and Mike Vrabel came in a package deal with Matt Cassel from the Patriots for our second round pick. 

Hali has indeed been hard at work dropping the necessary weight to play on his feet instead with his hand in the dirt.

Hali commented back in May about losing the weight, "I don't really need to be 275 pounds. I don't even need to be 260. Maybe I can be 250 like James Harrison or Shawne Merriman. I'm more comfortable at that weight anyway. Right now, We're looking for speed."

"I went to the (weight machine) the other day," head coach Todd Haley said, "and there was a...

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