Corey Mays

After an offseason that brought about great uncertainty for the entire NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs enter 2011 in a situation that's been rather unfamiliar for the franchise in recent times.It's a position the team will gladly take, however, after emerging as one of the surprise stories of the 2010 campaign.Following three straight years of languishing among the league's bottom feeders, last season's Chiefs engineered a dramatic turnaround as the extensive rebuilding plan employed by general manager Scott Pioli began to pay big dividends. Kansas City won 10 games -- two more than its entire victory total from the dark 2007-09 era -- and ended San Diego's four-year reign as AFC West champions by edging out the Chargers in the final standings.That major leap forward has in turn established a new set of goals for the upcoming season, with the Chiefs out to prove their 2010 success wasn't simply the combination of a favorable schedule and an off year by the division's perceived kingpin."Mak...

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