Kansas City Chiefs: 15 Scariest Chiefs of All-Time
By Shade Piper
SCARIEST KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OF ALL-TIME
NUMBER 9 – TAMBA HALI, DE (2006-2017)
Tamba Hali made this list by being a consistently relentless pass rusher for years in Kansas City. He might not have been as feared at his peak as someone like Justin Houston was, but he was consistently on opposing quarterbacks’ minds throughout his career in Kansas City.
Hali wasn’t as physically scary as a lot of pass rushers, but he excelled at hand fighting and backed those skills up with a motor that never ran out of gas. Hali terrorized AFC West offensive linemen and quarterbacks for years and earned the second-most career sacks in Chiefs history at 89.5.
NUMBER 8 – LEN DAWSON, QB (1962-1975)
Len Dawson, in his time, was one of the best quarterbacks in the league and will always be listed as one of the top few Chiefs players ever. He didn’t put up eye-popping numbers as compared to today’s quarterback stats, but once again, in his day, you better believe he was a scary dude for opponents.
Dawson led the league in passing touchdowns four times, adjusted yards per attempt five times, passer rating six times, and completion percentage eight times. He was also the MVP of Super Bowl IV and was the AFL MVP in 1962.
The story of Dawson battling through a knee injury in 1969 to lead the Chiefs to a victory in Super Bowl IV has been floating around a lot lately. This story only adds to his legacy.
NUMBER 7 – DANTE HALL, WR (2000-2006)
Dante Hall was a scary dude.
Looking back on it, there were a lot of punters and kickers who were much braver than they should’ve been. You know most punters and kickers were scared of him, but why would you ever give a guy with the nickname “Human Joystick” a chance to return the football… ever?
He did get some opportunities and he made the most of them. He led the league in punt return touchdowns twice and in the 2003 season, he led the league in both punts and kick return touchdowns with two each. He also led the league in all-purpose yards twice.
He had at least one punt or kick return touchdown for the Chiefs in five straight seasons. That’s a guy I would’ve been scared to death to kick to if I were an NFL punter/kicker, and Hall almost always made them pay.