arrowhead 1,070 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Will Svitek is hanging up his cleats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,220 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 From the nfl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,220 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I didn't know he was still playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowhead 1,070 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I didn't know he was still playing. Playing is a relative term. West spent quite a bit of time talking with him at camp one year. Stanford guys, ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West 6,713 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 He gave it all he had .....Now he will go be a founder of some hemorrhoid reduction cream and make a gazillion $$$ w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkie 1,518 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Remember how the Chiefs publicity machine was building up this guy until Whitlock posted an article saying Svitek was a fraud? I guess the guy was huge and that made up for the fact that he had no football skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West 6,713 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 No, I think you are imaging that......He was a 6th round pick that the Chiefs moved from Defense to OL.....He made a career out of it from 2005 to 2015. Svitek in the 2013 NFL postseason. No. 71, 74, 76 Position: Offensive tackle / Offensive guard Personal information Date of birth: January 8, 1982 (age 33) Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Weight: 305 lb (138 kg) Career information Will Svitek (born January 8, 1982) is a former American football offensive tackle & offensive guard that played for the National Football League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Stanford. Svitek has also played for the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals & Tennessee Titans. College career He played in 88 games (18 starts) at Stanford University, where he played defensive end and tight end. He recorded 60 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble and an interception. Graduated in 2004 with a degree in political science. Professional career Kansas City Chiefs Svitek joined the Chiefs as the first of the club’s two sixth-round selections (187th overall) in the 2005 NFL Draft. 2005—Sixth-round Kansas City draft choice played in one game, Nov. 6 vs. Oakland, and was on roster as game day inactive for the other 15 contests ... Was converted to OL after playing DE in college. 2006—Played in spring for Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe, helping team to World Bowl championship and league rushing title ... Played in two games for Kansas City before being played on Reserve/Injured list with knee injury on Oct. 28. 2007—His four starts came in the season’s last four games... First career start was Dec. 9 at Denver Atlanta Falcons Svitek was signed by the Atlanta Falcons on February 12, 2009. Signed a 2 year extension in 2011 with a $1.26 million signing bonus, making $2 million in 2011 and $1.75 million in 2012. 2009—Signed with Atlanta as free agent and played in 13 games with two starts for 9-7 team. 2010—Played in all 16 games for Atlanta’s 13-3 NFC South championship team, and credited with a start in Divisional playoff vs. Green Bay when he took opening snap as an extra blocking TE. 2011—Played in every game, with 10 starts at LOT, for Falcons team that earned Wild Card playoff spot with 10-6 record ... Started at LOT in playoff at N.Y. Giants ... Took over as starting LOT as an injury replacement on Oct. 23 at Detroit and did not relinquish the spot, credited in coaches’ statistics with allowing only 1.5 sacks on 376 pass plays as a starter ... Aided QB Matt Ryan’s performance of 29 TD passes with just 12 INTs. 2012—Spent entire season on Atlanta’s Reserve/Injured list, due to arm injury. New England Patriots On March 17, 2013, Svitek signed with the New England Patriots. He signed a one-year contract for $1 million [1] 2013: Signed with New England as unrestricted free agent (from Atlanta) and helped Patriots to a 12-4 season and berth in AFC Championship game (lost to Denver) ... Inactive for Games 1-3 due to injury and played in last 13 regular-season games, plus both postseason contests ... Patriots were winners in his two starts at ROT as an injury replacement, averaging 30.5 points in wins Dec. 1 at Houston and Dec. 8 vs. Cleveland ... Also saw significant action at ROT in 34-31 win Nov. 24 vs. Denver. Cincinnati Bengals On June 11, 2014, Svitek signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. Ninth-year pro joins Bengals as a free agent in 2014 ... Played in 13 games with two starts for New England last season, and also played in both of the Patriots’ postseason games ... Has played in 74 NFL games with 18 starts in regular season and four games with two starts in postseason ... Prior to 2013, played with Kansas City (2005-07) and Atlanta (2009-12). Tennessee Titans On October 14th, 2014 he was signed by the Tennessee Titans to replace the roster spot of Michael Roos who was put on IR. [2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,220 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Remember how the Chiefs publicity machine was building up this guy until Whitlock posted an article saying Svitek was a fraud? I guess the guy was huge and that made up for the fact that he had no football skills. Nobody frauds their way through 10 years in the nfl. This isn't kansas football. You can't just make the team by showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkie 1,518 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nobody frauds their way through 10 years in the nfl. This isn't kansas football. You can't just make the team by showing up.Boomer Grigsby did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefsfan1963 1,101 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Boomer Grigsby did.Actually he only played for 3 years so again your argument fails to hold water.⛲ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,220 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Boomer Grigsby did.I would bet money boomer didn't play for 10 years. Hell I doubt he lasted half that. Edit... 63 says it was 3. That sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkie 1,518 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 It was a wisecrack not an argument. But hey...thanks for pointing that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,220 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 No problem. That's what I'm here for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kychief 239 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Will Svitek is hanging up his cleats. God he was so good...on the line...so awesome... him and willie bartee...on defense..wow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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