Kansas City Chiefs: 15 most explosive offensive weapons of all time

Most explosive players in Kansas City Chiefs history: 15. Fred Arbanas

Some of these players’ stats might not pop off the page like guys’ stats do now, but it was a different time in football and people need to remember that. Fred Arbanas is a prime example of that.

While Arbanas’ stats aren’t mind-blowing (3,101 receiving yards and 34 touchdowns through nine years), he’s one of the best tight ends in franchise history. He’s also a four-time champion (three AFL titles and a Super Bowl title) and still sits 12th all time in receiving yards for the franchise, even four decades after having retired.

Arbanas’ best season came in 1964 when he hauled in 34 receptions for 686 yards and found the end zone eight times. He averaged 20.2 yards per reception that season, which goes to show why he’s included on this list. Arbanas was tough to bring down!

The Chiefs were the team to be scared of in the 1960s and Arbanas played a huge part in that. He won’t be the only guy from that decade on this list, but he still goes down as one of the best tight ends in Chiefs history.

Most explosive players in Kansas City Chiefs history: 14. Stephone Paige

Chiefs fans didn’t have much to cheer for in the 1980s, but Stephone Paige was one of the few bright spots during a horrid decade in the franchise’s history. Paige finished his nine-year career totaling 6,341 receiving yards and 49 touchdowns.

The reason Paige is this low is that his fellow teammates let him down. He should have been a Pro Bowl-caliber wide receiver, making catches in playoff games. Instead, he sniffed the playoffs just twice in nine years and never made it to a single Pro Bowl.

Paige could have been a much bigger name in the NFL, but a bad team prevented him from becoming a household name, which is a downright shame. Still, he was one of the few good players on the Chiefs in the 1980s and one of their best receivers decades later.