
December 3
Siler assumes role in a way he never expected
As Chiefs middle linebackers, Brandon Siler sat next to Jovan Belcher in daily meetings.
Thursday, May 9, 2013

As Chiefs middle linebackers, Brandon Siler sat next to Jovan Belcher in daily meetings.
To play or not to play? With regard to the Chiefs home game Sunday against Carolina, which took place roughly 28 hours after linebacker Jovan Belcher shot himself outside the Arrowhead Stadium practice facility, that was the question.
Kansas City is still in shock over the murder-suicide of Kansas City Chief's player Jovan Belcher and Kasandra Perkins. We all know, Belcher shot Perkins multiple times and killed her before driving to Arrowhead Stadium and shooting himself
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt found himself in the role of grief counselor in one of the most tragic weekends in franchise history.
With its Chiefs party bus nestled into the corner of Lot C inside the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot Sunday morning, a group of tailgaters chose to stick to its usual routine.
By his own admission, Chiefs outside linebacker Justin Houston was not ready to play on Sunday.

But for the location of Jovan Belchers suicide and his status as a Chiefs linebacker, his death and the murder of his girlfriend are just more of the tireless drumbeat of senseless violence in Kansas City.
Despite the tragedy Saturday morning involving Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, the Chiefs will play the Carolina Panthers at noon Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium as scheduled.
Tailgating seemed typically festive Sunday morning on the west side of the Truman Sports Complex, but the day was anything but typical. Some 24 hours earlier, a few hundred yards away, Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher killed himself after fatally shooting his 22-year-old girlfriend at their home. The events of Saturday morning turned Sunday into something surreal.

So how tainted is Kansas City by Jovan Belchers despicable acts over the weekend?