Could This Guy Be Our FS After June 1st?...

[CaptainAmerica]

....read some rumors regarding KC and their salary cap issues and it was mentioned that Jerome Woods could be a salary cap, June 1, cut.

Woods is a 10 year vet that might be a bridge until a youngster like Bullocks or Poole, if drafted, would be ready to step into a starting role.
What do you know about his play last year?

Here's his bio...
http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/jerome_woods/

Jerome Woods
Position
Safety
Height
6-2
Weight
210
Years Experience
10
Birthdate
3/17/1973
Hometown
Memphis, TN
College
Memphis
Current status
Active
Games Started
95
Games Played
111
JEROME WOODS #21
Pro Career
Fearless free safety made a remarkable comeback in 2003 ... After missing the entire 2002 campaign with a broken right leg, returned to the lineup to start all 16 games a year ago, becoming the first Kansas City safety to earn a Pro Bowl berth since Chiefs Hall of Fame inductee Deron Cherry did it following the ‘88 campaign ... A mainstay in the Kansas City secondary, enters his ninth season with the franchise in 2004, joining DT John Browning as the longest-tenured defensive player on the club’s roster. Both players joined the team in the ‘96 NFL Draft ... Regarded by opposing players and coaches as one of the most tenacious tacklers in the game today ... Tough performer who has shown no ill effects of a broken right leg suffered at Seattle (8/24/02), the first major injury of his stellar pro career ... Has seen duty in 111 regular season contests (95 starts), joining G Will Shields (176), FB Tony Richardson (131) and TE Tony Gonzalez (111) as the only other active player on the Chiefs roster to own at least 100 regular season appearances for the club ... With five more starts, would become just the 29th player in the history of the franchise to open 100 regular season games ... Has started all 16 games in five of his previous eight pro campaigns ... Is the latest in a lineage of stellar Kansas City safeties that includes the likes of Chiefs Hall of Famers Lloyd Burruss, Deron Cherry and Johnny Robinson ... Owns a reserved personality off the field, but specializes in producing highlight-quality hits once he gets between the stripes ... Arguably the toughest player on the entire Kansas City squad, frequently turns his body into a human projectile in order to bring opponents to the ground ... Has been compared by some to a heat-seeking missile once he gets an opponent in his crosshairs ... Has consistently ranked among the club’s leading tacklers, producing four 100-tackle campaigns, as well as a 99-tackle effort a year ago ... Already ranks seventh on the club’s all-time tackle chart with 661 career takedowns ... With just 82 tackles in 2004, would move into fifth place in team history ahead of LB Derrick Thomas (728) and LB Donnie Edwards (742) ... Blessed with an astounding pain threshold, played over half of the ’98 season with six screws and a metal plate inserted into a broken right hand ... Despite that injured appendage, still started all 16 games and finished third on the squad with 124 tackles that year ... Endowed with extremely long limbs and excellent leaping ability which only serve to complement his tremendous range and reach ... Shared the club’s KO return chores with WR Tamarick Vanover as a rookie in ’96 and also served as a reserve cornerback before moving to his natural free safety spot in ’97, where he has remained ever since ... Has seen action in 111 regular season games (95 starts), producing 15 INTs with 282 return yards and two TDs ... Owns 661 tackles (447 solo), four fumble recoveries and 11 forced fumbles ... Has also racked up 4.0 sacks (-23.0 yards), 48 passes defensed, 28 QB pressures and 24 special teams stops ... Recovered a blocked FG attempt in ’98 ... Returned 25 kickoffs for 581 yards (23.2 avg.) with a long of 66 yards as a rookie in ’96 ... In two postseason starts has recorded 10 tackles (seven solo) and a forced fumble.
Transactions: Signed a six-year contract with Kansas City (3/3/04) ... Signed a five-year contract with Kansas City (2/10/00) ... Signed a five-year contract with Kansas City (8/12/96) ... Entered the NFL as Kansas City’s first-round choice (28th overall) in the ’96 NFL Draft.

2003
Started 16 games at free safety, earning his initial Pro Bowl berth ... Registered 99 tackles (68 solo), a team-high three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery ... Also had four QB pressures and nine passes defensed ... Had three INTs (125 yards) with two TDs ... His two INT return TDs were the most by a Chiefs player since S Charles Mincy had two in ‘92 ... Produced one tackle, two QB pressures and one pass defensed vs. San Diego (9/7). It was his first regular season game action since 2001 after missing all of 2002 with a broken right leg ... Returned an interception off Tommy Maddox for a 46-yard TD vs. Pittsburgh (9/14), his first NFL score. Also forced and recovered a RB Verron Haynes fumble ... Forced a RB Tony Hollings fumble at Houston (9/21) ... Was a key figure in the club’s 40-34 OT win at Green Bay (10/12), returning an INT off Brett Favre for a 79-yard TD and forcing a RB Ahman Green fumble in overtime that was recovered by LB Mike Maslowski to set up the Chiefs winning touchdown on the next play ... Combined with S Greg Wesley to stop WR Tim Brown at the one-yard line as time expired to preserve a 17-10 victory at Oakland (10/20) ... Intercepted an Alex Van Pelt pass vs. Buffalo (10/26) ... Registered nine tackles at Denver (12/7) ... Contributed 10 tackles vs. Detroit (12/14) ... Started an AFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Indianapolis (1/11/04), posting six tackles and one QB pressure.
2002
Missed the entire regular season after suffering a broken right leg in the second quarter of the season’s third preseason game at Seattle (8/24) ... Was placed on injured reserve on August 26th.
2001
Started all 16 games at free safety ... Finished fourth on the team with 115 tackles (73 solo) ... Ranked second on the team with three INTs for 48 yards and also had a sack (-6.0 yards), five tackles for loss, three passes defensed, a forced fumble and four QB pressures ... Made seven stops vs. the N.Y. Giants (9/23) ... Produced eight tackles at Denver (10/7) ... Racked up a team-high 12 tackles vs. Indianapolis (10/25) ... Intercepted a Doug Flutie pass (25 yards), in addition to producing a sack and strip of Drew Brees at San Diego (11/4) ... Tallied five tackles at the N.Y. Jets (11/11), marking his 500th career takedown ... Recorded nine stops vs. Seattle (11/25) ... Collected a season-high 13 tackles vs. Philadelphia (11/29) ... Intercepted a Rich Gannon pass at Oakland (12/9) ... Had a 23-yard return of a Mark Brunell INT at Jacksonville (12/30).
2000
Started 16 games at free safety, registering 79 tackles (65 solo), two INTs (0 yards), 2.0 sacks (-5.0 yards), a forced fumble, six passes defensed and a QB pressure ... Collected a team-high 10 tackles vs. Indianapolis (9/3) ... Intercepted a Jon Kitna pass at the Chiefs 11-yard line vs. Seattle (10/2) with 0:21 remaining in the game to seal a 24-17 win ... Collected a sack of Kurt Warner vs. St. Louis (10/22) ... Had a sack of Kitna at Seattle (10/29) ... Compiled eight tackles and a pass defensed at New England (12/4) ... Got an INT off Steve Beuerlein vs. Carolina (12/10) ... Poked the ball loose from RB Mike Anderson following a 25-yard run vs. Denver (12/17). That forced fumble on Denver’s initial drive drastically changed the momentum of the game in a 20-7 Chiefs victory.
1999
Started 15 games at free safety, registering 106 tackles (76 solo), one INT (five yards), a career-best eight QB pressures, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and five passes defensed ... Also had one stop on special teams ... Produced a team-high 12 tackles at Chicago (9/12) ... Intercepted a Brian Griese pass vs. Denver (9/19) ... Missed the first game of his NFL career when he was inactive at San Diego (10/3) due to a quadriceps injury, snapping a streak of 35 consecutive starts dating back to the ’97 season-opener ... Started vs. New England (10/10) ... Recovered a FB Mike Alstott fumble at Tampa Bay (11/4), adding 11 tackles ... Forced a TE Derrick Walker fumble that was picked up by CB Cris Dishman and returned for a 40-yard, game-tying TD in a 37-34 win at Oakland (11/28) ... Credited with a pivotal pass defensed in the fourth quarter at Denver (12/5) when he delivered a bone-jarring hit on WR Rod Smith ... Tallied 12 tackles vs. Pittsburgh (12/18).
1998
Started at free safety in all 16 games ... Was third on the team with 124 stops (72 solo) and added a career-high 13 passes defensed, as well as four QB pressures ... Had two INTs for 47 yards, three forced fumbles and three tackles on special teams ... Registered 10 tackles at Jacksonville (9/13) ... Tallied a fumble recovery vs. Seattle (10/4) ... Despite suffering a broken bone in his right hand at New England (10/11), still recorded a season-high 15 tackles, the second-best tally of his career ... Had six screws and a metal plate inserted in his hand and started the next contest vs. Pittsburgh (10/26) ... Tallied 12 stops and a forced fumble at Seattle (11/8) ... Picked off a Craig Whelihan pass for a 19-yard return at San Diego (11/22) ... Forced a RB Terrell Davis fumble at the goal line and recovered the ball after DE Leslie O’Neal blocked a Jason Elam FG attempt at Denver (12/6) ... Picked off a Troy Aikman pass for a 28-yard return vs. Dallas (12/13) ... Had a career-best four passes defensed at the N.Y. Giants (12/20).
1997
Started all 16 games at free safety, finishing third on the club with a career-high 132 tackles (85 solo) to go along with four INTs (57 yards), two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and seven passes defensed ... Also added a sack (-2.0 yards), seven QB pressures and four special teams stops ... Recorded eight tackles, a pair of passes defensed and a special teams stop in his first NFL start at Denver (8/31) ... Had a career-high three QB pressures vs. Buffalo (9/14) ... Picked off Kerry Collins in the end zone at Carolina (9/21) for his first career INT (27 yards) ... Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors vs. Seattle (9/28) after recording a team-high 11 tackles, adding a pass defensed and his first career sack in that contest. Picked off Warren Moon in OT, setting up the Chiefs game-winning FG ... Recovered a QB Tony Banks fumble at St. Louis (10/26) ... Got a 17-yard INT return off Kordell Stewart vs. Pittsburgh (11/3) ... Posted 11 tackles at Jacksonville (11/9) and followed that up with a career-best, 17-tackle performance vs. Denver (11/16) ... Forced a fumble which he recovered at Seattle (11/23) ... Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Month honors for his efforts in November ... Had 10 tackles and an INT of Billy Joe Hobert in the end zone vs. New Orleans (12/21) ... Started the club’s playoff contest vs. Denver (1/4/98), totaling four tackles, a forced fumble and a sack of John Elway.
1996
Saw duty in all 16 games, primarily on special teams ... Played on defense in five contests ... Ranked second on the squad with 25 KO returns for 581 yards (23.2 avg.) with a long of 66 ... Finished fourth on the team with 16 special teams stops and added nine tackles on defense ... Had a season-high three special teams tackles and five KO returns for 108 yards at Houston (9/1) ... Was credited with four KO returns for a season-high 159 yards vs. San Diego (9/29), including a career-best 66-yard runback ... First NFL action on defense came vs. Pittsburgh (10/7) when he recorded two tackles and two passes defensed ... Posted a season-high five tackles vs. Seattle (10/17) ... Saw duty as a nickel corner vs. San Diego (11/24), at Oakland (12/9) and vs. Indianapolis (12/15).
College Bio
Spent two seasons at Memphis after transferring from NE Mississippi Community College ... In two campaigns with the Tigers, he tallied 219 tackles (125 solo), 10.0 tackles for loss, seven INTs, 17 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries with one TD ... Started 11 games at strong safety as a senior, leading the club with 120 tackles (67 solos) and ranking seventh in the nation with six interceptions for 110 yards with one TD ... Also had 10 pass deflections, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery with one TD as well as six kickoff returns for 182 yards (30.3 avg.) ... Earned second-team All-America recognition from Football News and was a first-team All-Independent selection by AP ... Opened 11 games as a junior, finishing third on the club with 99 tackles (58 solo), seven pass deflections, as well as a fumble recovery ... Started 11 contests at NE Mississippi in Booneville, Mississippi in ’93, racking up 109 total tackles (77 solo), 15 pass deflections, two INTs, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... Returned 16 KOs for 285 yards (17.8 avg.) and also brought back 16 punts for 152 yards (9.5 avg.) ... Majored in Communications at Memphis.
Personal Bio
• Prepped at Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee where he served as both a defensive back and a wide receiver.

• Caught 20 passes for 584 yards (29.2 avg.) and scored eight TDs as a senior.

• Was a first-team All-Shelby Metro selection.

• Named to the Memphis Commercial Appeal Super 24 team as well as the sportswriters’ all-state team.

• Cites former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Jack Lambert as the player he emulated as a youth.

• Full name: Jerome Harlan Woods.

• Nicknamed “Romey”.

• Married, wife Dana with a daughter Jada (7) and a son Dylan (2).

• The Woods’ reside in Overland Park, Kansas.

[starfrombirth]

Do you really want anybody from KC's defense from the past couple of years???? Come on now and take your medication.

[LA=Pancakemaker]

NO no No No No No.....is that clear enough!

[jterrell]

I wouldn't mind him if they decide to cut him but you do have to wonder why they would do that if he was a pro bowler in 2003.

[CaptainAmerica]

Do you really want anybody from KC's defense from the past couple of years???? Come on now and take your medication.

That's an ignorant response. I don't know if he's any good anymore, but he made the pro Bowl in 2003.
Just because the team defense is awful doesn't mean there aren't good players on the defense.
Take a look at our defense. Glover, Williams, Ellis.
I just stated what I read about the rumor and wonder if anyone knows how Woods played, not the entire KC defense.

[LA=Pancakemaker]

That's an ignorant response.

Actually it isnt, the Chiefs D Was the worst,

[k19]

I wouldn't mind him if they decide to cut him but you do have to wonder why they would do that if he was a pro bowler in 2003.

Looks like he rode the bench the last 6 games of 04 was replaced by a player 5 years younger in Wesley

[k19]

From nflplayers.com

Safety Woods Fighting For Professional Life

Adam Teicher
Kansas City Star
04/03/2005


KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Even now, months after his sins, Chiefs safety Jerome Woods can sit alone in a darkened room watching video from last season and will cringe over what is about to come.

Up on the screen, there's Woods with a chance to knock the head off Houston wide receiver Andre Johnson on a deep pass along the sideline. Instead, Woods is a witness as Johnson makes a spectacular grab, a big play in what would become a narrow Texans victory.

Moments later, there's a cut from the New Orleans game. Woods goes for an interception rather than make the sure play and blast the Saints' Joe Horn after the catch. Horn goes on to make the big play with Woods nowhere in sight.

When the video finally clicks off, Woods is left to wonder the identity of the player in his No. 21 jersey. Who, he thinks, is that impostor?

It simply can't be Woods, a reliable and occasionally spectacular player since becoming a starter for the Chiefs in 1997. He was a Pro Bowler once and has been fined several times by the NFL for his wicked hits.

But reality is that it was Woods. And those were only two plays from a season gone very wrong.

"That's a phase of my game I lost, and I'm going to get it back," he said. "I got a couple picks and a couple of touchdowns a couple of years ago, and I started focusing on making plays. That's not me. That's not my game. I was trying to make myself something I wasn't. I came in as a hitter. Making the big hit, that's just as big as making a pick because you're marking your territory and making guys fear going through there.

"I got away from that. I started listening to people who told me I needed picks and needed to make plays to make the Pro Bowl. I know what my strengths are, but I lost focus and tried to be something I'm not. I was an aggressive safety, and that's what I'm going to be again."

Woods' new focus comes at the right time because he's in a fight for his professional life. The Chiefs signed veteran free agent Sammy Knight to be their strong safety, leaving Woods and Greg Wesley to compete for the other starting job.

The odds have to favor Wesley, who also disappointed the Chiefs last year but who is five years younger than Woods, 32.

The Chiefs wonder privately whether Woods' skills haven't started to erode, as they inevitably do for all players. That's a notion Woods disputes.

"I get up every morning, and I go work out," he said. "That drive and that hunger are still there. The older you get, the more you're going to lose some skills. You've got to face that reality of life. But what makes me know I can still do this, that it's not time for me to hang it up yet, is that I wake up every morning with that desire to make myself to be the best player I can be."

Woods did admit to still struggling with the effects of a broken leg from the summer of 2002 that cost him all of that season. In a preseason game in Seattle, Woods had one of those gruesome, shield-your-eyes incidents where his leg bent in an awkward way legs aren't supposed to bend.

"I still remember lying there on that turf looking at my leg and thinking, `There's no way I'm ever going to come back from this,'" he said.

Woods did come back, as good as ever in fact. He returned and made the Pro Bowl in 2003 for the only time in his career.

Woods said he never felt like himself that season, either.

"I just wanted to get back on the field," he said. "I felt like if I wasn't completely right, I could compensate and overcome it. Last year, it caught up to me."

He both felt like that impostor last season and played like one. At one point, Woods asked friend and former Chiefs teammate Mark Collins to watch some video and critique his play.

"I just told him that from day one, he was not playing with any confidence in his body or his leg," Collins said. "He was playing like he had an injured leg. He was down in the dumps. The team wasn't doing well, and he wasn't doing well.

"You can't play this game scared. You can't play if you're worried about getting hurt or about making an injury you already have worse. You've just got to play."

The battle to get his game back began long before the Chiefs signed Knight. It started in the days after the end of the season when Woods returned to his offseason home in Memphis, Tenn.

His family, including his father, brothers and uncle, sounded the chorus of critics.

"They kept reminding me the strongest part of my game was always my speed," Woods said. "I've never been real strong, so why was I hitting the weights trying to make myself into that kind of player? Then it kind of dawned on me: They were right."

But what to do about it? Woods brainstormed with agent Jimmy Sexton, and they settled on having Woods work with a speed coach. They found one in Memphis in Orlando McKay, who in the early `90s went to camp with the Packers as a wide receiver.

Four times a week, Woods and McKay head to a Memphis gym or track. There, they break down his stride and reconstruct it.

"Sitting out that year with a broken leg, it's almost like you have to learn how to walk again before you can run," Woods said. "I feel like I'm still walking right now. I've got to learn to run again."

Woods was serious enough about working with McKay that he skipped the first week of the Chiefs' offseason conditioning program in Kansas City. Woods said he planned to alternate weeks between Memphis and Kansas City.

The better move politically would be to spend all of his time in Kansas City. Technically, the Chiefs' program is voluntary, but the team frowns on those who don't participate and particularly on players who are fighting for a job.

"I'm not doing this because I don't want to be there," Woods said. "I'm doing this because I think it will make me a better player."

McKay, who has worked with other NFL players including Rams wide receiver Isaac Bruce and Saints cornerback Mike McKenzie, found a motivated client in Woods.

On their first day together, McKay asked Woods to do a drill in which the player would step over a hurdle carrying his leg in a certain manner.

"The first time he does it, his leg goes a little bit to the left, maybe 3 inches from where it's supposed to be," McKay said. "That's very minor. I wouldn't have even asked him to do it again. But he pulled his leg back over the hurdle and said he was starting over. Then he went back and did it again the right way this time. So he's paying attention to the detail.

"This will make a big difference for him when he starts playing football again. What he'll see specifically is if he's backpedaling and somebody throws a fade route and he's got to turn and go get that thing, he'll get there a lot quicker. He'll be able to make plays that maybe he wasn't able to make before. We're trying to eliminate the little bit of a gallop he's got in his stride from that old injury. He's also going to have better balance. He's going to be quicker getting in and out of his cuts.

"I'm really pleased with his progress in just the last three weeks. He's made tremendous leaps and bounds. The Chiefs will see that when he gets back to Kansas City."

That's only part of the problem. Getting his old aggressive attitude back is the rest of it, and brave talk alone won't be enough.

"I think Jerome has another five good years left in him," Collins said. "He's just got to get over that mental part of it. He's got to get his mind right. We're not talking about a guy who lost his skill. We're talking about a guy who got hurt, and he's spending too much time thinking about that.

"There are some guys that you can look into their eyes and tell the fire is burned out. Jerome? No. We talk a lot. I can hear the passion in his voice. He wants to be what he wants to be, and he wants it badly."

Which is why Woods tortures himself watching the video. That serves as motivation that next time, Johnson or Horn or any receiver will go flying, as will the ball.

"I'm coming back," Woods said. "I'm going to go out in camp and show them the old Jerome Woods is back. It's going to be up to me when I want to let this thing go."

[jay cee]

Actually it isnt, the Chiefs D Was the worst,
Yes it was.

Just because a defense is poor does not mean that every player on that defense is a bad player.

The Cowboys had (I believe) the number one defense in 2003. Was Mario Edwards a great player, just because he played on that team?

[LA=Pancakemaker]

Yes it was.

No , it wasn't

The Chiefs suck, period...everyone on that d- was outta position,

[Crown Royal]

No , it wasn't

The Chiefs suck, period...everyone on that d- was outta position,

Indianapolis' defense sucks, but I wouldn't mind having Dwight Freeney. :rolleyes:

[Charles]

Indianapolis' defense sucks, but I wouldn't mind having Dwight Freeney. :rolleyes:

The NewOrleans Saints had the worst statisitcal defense and continued to their late season choke job, but I wouldn't mind having Darren Howard.

[Crown Royal]

The NewOrleans Saints had the worst statisitcal defense and continued to their late season choke job, but I wouldn't mind having Darren Howard.

But somehow this concept doesn't apply to the Cheifs. We don't want their players.

Bah.

[CanadaBoys]

No , it wasn't

The Chiefs suck, period...everyone on that d- was outta position,

WHAT?

so everyone on that D sucks becasue it was in last place? pretty Ignorant comments.

Maslowski has been solid . Barber too. I like David Wesley.

Eric Warfield could be better with some help and better coaching. BArry Sims too.

Whatever.

[LA=Pancakemaker]

But somehow this concept doesn't apply to the Cheifs. We don't want their players

Exactley -

so everyone on that D sucks becasue it was in last place? pretty Ignorant comments

Pretty much. hey Canuck its not a personal attack on you , I just think the chiefs players on d are and have been brutal. Even Fugi boy I once liked, not anymore.
So dont take it personal!

[Charles]

But somehow this concept doesn't apply to the Cheifs. We don't want their players.

Bah. :D

I'd take Ryan Sims and Eric Warfield off their hands too

[CanadaBoys]

Pretty much. hey Canuck its not a personal attack on you , I just think the chiefs players on d are and have been brutal. Even Fugi boy I once liked, not anymore.
So dont take it personal!

I didn't take it as a personal attack. Anyway. I'm just saying that you can't just write off every player on that D because it was terrible. It's a team game... good players can be masked by the fact that they are poor;y copached, in a bad scheme and overshadowed by the bad play of the players around them.

Is it Sims fault they ahve 0 ability to cover the WR? ow is he supposed to get sacks if the QB can throw at any time because everyone is open?

or

How can Warfield be expected to cover when they have no legitiamte pass rush and the Other guys are open anyway?

it's lose-lose.

[dbair1967]

....read some rumors regarding KC and their salary cap issues and it was mentioned that Jerome Woods could be a salary cap, June 1, cut.

Woods is a 10 year vet that might be a bridge until a youngster like Bullocks or Poole, if drafted, would be ready to step into a starting role.
What do you know about his play last year?

Here's his bio...
http://www.kcchiefs.com/player/jerome_woods/

Jerome Woods
Position
Safety
Height
6-2
Weight
210
Years Experience
10
Birthdate
3/17/1973
Hometown
Memphis, TN
College
Memphis
Current status
Active
Games Started
95
Games Played
111
JEROME WOODS #21
Pro Career
Fearless free safety made a remarkable comeback in 2003 ... After missing the entire 2002 campaign with a broken right leg, returned to the lineup to start all 16 games a year ago, becoming the first Kansas City safety to earn a Pro Bowl berth since Chiefs Hall of Fame inductee Deron Cherry did it following the ‘88 campaign ... A mainstay in the Kansas City secondary, enters his ninth season with the franchise in 2004, joining DT John Browning as the longest-tenured defensive player on the club’s roster. Both players joined the team in the ‘96 NFL Draft ... Regarded by opposing players and coaches as one of the most tenacious tacklers in the game today ... Tough performer who has shown no ill effects of a broken right leg suffered at Seattle (8/24/02), the first major injury of his stellar pro career ... Has seen duty in 111 regular season contests (95 starts), joining G Will Shields (176), FB Tony Richardson (131) and TE Tony Gonzalez (111) as the only other active player on the Chiefs roster to own at least 100 regular season appearances for the club ... With five more starts, would become just the 29th player in the history of the franchise to open 100 regular season games ... Has started all 16 games in five of his previous eight pro campaigns ... Is the latest in a lineage of stellar Kansas City safeties that includes the likes of Chiefs Hall of Famers Lloyd Burruss, Deron Cherry and Johnny Robinson ... Owns a reserved personality off the field, but specializes in producing highlight-quality hits once he gets between the stripes ... Arguably the toughest player on the entire Kansas City squad, frequently turns his body into a human projectile in order to bring opponents to the ground ... Has been compared by some to a heat-seeking missile once he gets an opponent in his crosshairs ... Has consistently ranked among the club’s leading tacklers, producing four 100-tackle campaigns, as well as a 99-tackle effort a year ago ... Already ranks seventh on the club’s all-time tackle chart with 661 career takedowns ... With just 82 tackles in 2004, would move into fifth place in team history ahead of LB Derrick Thomas (728) and LB Donnie Edwards (742) ... Blessed with an astounding pain threshold, played over half of the ’98 season with six screws and a metal plate inserted into a broken right hand ... Despite that injured appendage, still started all 16 games and finished third on the squad with 124 tackles that year ... Endowed with extremely long limbs and excellent leaping ability which only serve to complement his tremendous range and reach ... Shared the club’s KO return chores with WR Tamarick Vanover as a rookie in ’96 and also served as a reserve cornerback before moving to his natural free safety spot in ’97, where he has remained ever since ... Has seen action in 111 regular season games (95 starts), producing 15 INTs with 282 return yards and two TDs ... Owns 661 tackles (447 solo), four fumble recoveries and 11 forced fumbles ... Has also racked up 4.0 sacks (-23.0 yards), 48 passes defensed, 28 QB pressures and 24 special teams stops ... Recovered a blocked FG attempt in ’98 ... Returned 25 kickoffs for 581 yards (23.2 avg.) with a long of 66 yards as a rookie in ’96 ... In two postseason starts has recorded 10 tackles (seven solo) and a forced fumble.
Transactions: Signed a six-year contract with Kansas City (3/3/04) ... Signed a five-year contract with Kansas City (2/10/00) ... Signed a five-year contract with Kansas City (8/12/96) ... Entered the NFL as Kansas City’s first-round choice (28th overall) in the ’96 NFL Draft.

2003
Started 16 games at free safety, earning his initial Pro Bowl berth ... Registered 99 tackles (68 solo), a team-high three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery ... Also had four QB pressures and nine passes defensed ... Had three INTs (125 yards) with two TDs ... His two INT return TDs were the most by a Chiefs player since S Charles Mincy had two in ‘92 ... Produced one tackle, two QB pressures and one pass defensed vs. San Diego (9/7). It was his first regular season game action since 2001 after missing all of 2002 with a broken right leg ... Returned an interception off Tommy Maddox for a 46-yard TD vs. Pittsburgh (9/14), his first NFL score. Also forced and recovered a RB Verron Haynes fumble ... Forced a RB Tony Hollings fumble at Houston (9/21) ... Was a key figure in the club’s 40-34 OT win at Green Bay (10/12), returning an INT off Brett Favre for a 79-yard TD and forcing a RB Ahman Green fumble in overtime that was recovered by LB Mike Maslowski to set up the Chiefs winning touchdown on the next play ... Combined with S Greg Wesley to stop WR Tim Brown at the one-yard line as time expired to preserve a 17-10 victory at Oakland (10/20) ... Intercepted an Alex Van Pelt pass vs. Buffalo (10/26) ... Registered nine tackles at Denver (12/7) ... Contributed 10 tackles vs. Detroit (12/14) ... Started an AFC Divisional Playoff Game vs. Indianapolis (1/11/04), posting six tackles and one QB pressure.
2002
Missed the entire regular season after suffering a broken right leg in the second quarter of the season’s third preseason game at Seattle (8/24) ... Was placed on injured reserve on August 26th.
2001
Started all 16 games at free safety ... Finished fourth on the team with 115 tackles (73 solo) ... Ranked second on the team with three INTs for 48 yards and also had a sack (-6.0 yards), five tackles for loss, three passes defensed, a forced fumble and four QB pressures ... Made seven stops vs. the N.Y. Giants (9/23) ... Produced eight tackles at Denver (10/7) ... Racked up a team-high 12 tackles vs. Indianapolis (10/25) ... Intercepted a Doug Flutie pass (25 yards), in addition to producing a sack and strip of Drew Brees at San Diego (11/4) ... Tallied five tackles at the N.Y. Jets (11/11), marking his 500th career takedown ... Recorded nine stops vs. Seattle (11/25) ... Collected a season-high 13 tackles vs. Philadelphia (11/29) ... Intercepted a Rich Gannon pass at Oakland (12/9) ... Had a 23-yard return of a Mark Brunell INT at Jacksonville (12/30).
2000
Started 16 games at free safety, registering 79 tackles (65 solo), two INTs (0 yards), 2.0 sacks (-5.0 yards), a forced fumble, six passes defensed and a QB pressure ... Collected a team-high 10 tackles vs. Indianapolis (9/3) ... Intercepted a Jon Kitna pass at the Chiefs 11-yard line vs. Seattle (10/2) with 0:21 remaining in the game to seal a 24-17 win ... Collected a sack of Kurt Warner vs. St. Louis (10/22) ... Had a sack of Kitna at Seattle (10/29) ... Compiled eight tackles and a pass defensed at New England (12/4) ... Got an INT off Steve Beuerlein vs. Carolina (12/10) ... Poked the ball loose from RB Mike Anderson following a 25-yard run vs. Denver (12/17). That forced fumble on Denver’s initial drive drastically changed the momentum of the game in a 20-7 Chiefs victory.
1999
Started 15 games at free safety, registering 106 tackles (76 solo), one INT (five yards), a career-best eight QB pressures, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and five passes defensed ... Also had one stop on special teams ... Produced a team-high 12 tackles at Chicago (9/12) ... Intercepted a Brian Griese pass vs. Denver (9/19) ... Missed the first game of his NFL career when he was inactive at San Diego (10/3) due to a quadriceps injury, snapping a streak of 35 consecutive starts dating back to the ’97 season-opener ... Started vs. New England (10/10) ... Recovered a FB Mike Alstott fumble at Tampa Bay (11/4), adding 11 tackles ... Forced a TE Derrick Walker fumble that was picked up by CB Cris Dishman and returned for a 40-yard, game-tying TD in a 37-34 win at Oakland (11/28) ... Credited with a pivotal pass defensed in the fourth quarter at Denver (12/5) when he delivered a bone-jarring hit on WR Rod Smith ... Tallied 12 tackles vs. Pittsburgh (12/18).
1998
Started at free safety in all 16 games ... Was third on the team with 124 stops (72 solo) and added a career-high 13 passes defensed, as well as four QB pressures ... Had two INTs for 47 yards, three forced fumbles and three tackles on special teams ... Registered 10 tackles at Jacksonville (9/13) ... Tallied a fumble recovery vs. Seattle (10/4) ... Despite suffering a broken bone in his right hand at New England (10/11), still recorded a season-high 15 tackles, the second-best tally of his career ... Had six screws and a metal plate inserted in his hand and started the next contest vs. Pittsburgh (10/26) ... Tallied 12 stops and a forced fumble at Seattle (11/8) ... Picked off a Craig Whelihan pass for a 19-yard return at San Diego (11/22) ... Forced a RB Terrell Davis fumble at the goal line and recovered the ball after DE Leslie O’Neal blocked a Jason Elam FG attempt at Denver (12/6) ... Picked off a Troy Aikman pass for a 28-yard return vs. Dallas (12/13) ... Had a career-best four passes defensed at the N.Y. Giants (12/20).
1997
Started all 16 games at free safety, finishing third on the club with a career-high 132 tackles (85 solo) to go along with four INTs (57 yards), two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and seven passes defensed ... Also added a sack (-2.0 yards), seven QB pressures and four special teams stops ... Recorded eight tackles, a pair of passes defensed and a special teams stop in his first NFL start at Denver (8/31) ... Had a career-high three QB pressures vs. Buffalo (9/14) ... Picked off Kerry Collins in the end zone at Carolina (9/21) for his first career INT (27 yards) ... Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors vs. Seattle (9/28) after recording a team-high 11 tackles, adding a pass defensed and his first career sack in that contest. Picked off Warren Moon in OT, setting up the Chiefs game-winning FG ... Recovered a QB Tony Banks fumble at St. Louis (10/26) ... Got a 17-yard INT return off Kordell Stewart vs. Pittsburgh (11/3) ... Posted 11 tackles at Jacksonville (11/9) and followed that up with a career-best, 17-tackle performance vs. Denver (11/16) ... Forced a fumble which he recovered at Seattle (11/23) ... Earned AFC Defensive Player of the Month honors for his efforts in November ... Had 10 tackles and an INT of Billy Joe Hobert in the end zone vs. New Orleans (12/21) ... Started the club’s playoff contest vs. Denver (1/4/98), totaling four tackles, a forced fumble and a sack of John Elway.
1996
Saw duty in all 16 games, primarily on special teams ... Played on defense in five contests ... Ranked second on the squad with 25 KO returns for 581 yards (23.2 avg.) with a long of 66 ... Finished fourth on the team with 16 special teams stops and added nine tackles on defense ... Had a season-high three special teams tackles and five KO returns for 108 yards at Houston (9/1) ... Was credited with four KO returns for a season-high 159 yards vs. San Diego (9/29), including a career-best 66-yard runback ... First NFL action on defense came vs. Pittsburgh (10/7) when he recorded two tackles and two passes defensed ... Posted a season-high five tackles vs. Seattle (10/17) ... Saw duty as a nickel corner vs. San Diego (11/24), at Oakland (12/9) and vs. Indianapolis (12/15).
College Bio
Spent two seasons at Memphis after transferring from NE Mississippi Community College ... In two campaigns with the Tigers, he tallied 219 tackles (125 solo), 10.0 tackles for loss, seven INTs, 17 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries with one TD ... Started 11 games at strong safety as a senior, leading the club with 120 tackles (67 solos) and ranking seventh in the nation with six interceptions for 110 yards with one TD ... Also had 10 pass deflections, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery with one TD as well as six kickoff returns for 182 yards (30.3 avg.) ... Earned second-team All-America recognition from Football News and was a first-team All-Independent selection by AP ... Opened 11 games as a junior, finishing third on the club with 99 tackles (58 solo), seven pass deflections, as well as a fumble recovery ... Started 11 contests at NE Mississippi in Booneville, Mississippi in ’93, racking up 109 total tackles (77 solo), 15 pass deflections, two INTs, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... Returned 16 KOs for 285 yards (17.8 avg.) and also brought back 16 punts for 152 yards (9.5 avg.) ... Majored in Communications at Memphis.
Personal Bio
• Prepped at Melrose High School in Memphis, Tennessee where he served as both a defensive back and a wide receiver.

• Caught 20 passes for 584 yards (29.2 avg.) and scored eight TDs as a senior.

• Was a first-team All-Shelby Metro selection.

• Named to the Memphis Commercial Appeal Super 24 team as well as the sportswriters’ all-state team.

• Cites former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Jack Lambert as the player he emulated as a youth.

• Full name: Jerome Harlan Woods.

• Nicknamed “Romey”.

• Married, wife Dana with a daughter Jada (7) and a son Dylan (2).

• The Woods’ reside in Overland Park, Kansas.

all this work for a guy who's a total scrub on the field

waste of a roster spot

David

[dbair1967]

:D

I'd take Ryan Sims and Eric Warfield off their hands too

why? to keep the pine warm?

both those guys suck, epsecially Sims...he's been a huge bust

David

[Future]

i have his rookie card... sign him up

I wouldn't mind signing him if we can get him cheap. I mean the guy was a pro bowler only 2 years ago. At 10 years in the league he should be able to adjust to the boys' defense. If we can get him cheap I'd take a shot.

[jay cee]

Indianapolis' defense sucks, but I wouldn't mind having Dwight Freeney. :rolleyes:
The NewOrleans Saints had the worst statisitcal defense and continued to their late season choke job, but I wouldn't mind having Darren Howard.
That's why I just left it alone. No need in....... :banghead:

[Native Born Fan]

No , it wasn't

The Chiefs suck, period...everyone on that d- was outta position,

You are like a little Badattitude and your statements are never supported with credible or logical facts.

[pgreptom]

yikes.. let's take some spelling classes, please.

[Native Born Fan]

yikes.. let's take some spelling classes, please.
What?

[Natedawg44]

The Patriots just signed Monty Biesel from KC. We all know they only sign crappy players as well.