Because It Wasn't Bad Enough

The Chiefs have had one of the worst seasons in franchise history. Since that apparently wasn't enough, breaking news this morning was that Chiefs' 25 year-old, middle linebacker, Jovan Belcher had killed his girlfriend and them himself. Not many details about the situation have come forth but I'm sure they will eventually. To this point, the young linebacker was having a productive and promising career but this isn't about stats so I won't even discuss them. He and his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, had a 3 month-old daughter. Reports say that after shooting Perkins he traveled to the Chiefs' facilities where he was confronted by general manager, Scott Pioli, and head coach, Romeo Crennel, who tried to prevent him from turning the gun on himself. After thanking them for all that they had done for him in his career he killed himself. Belcher will be remembered as a hard worker who made himself a starter after being undrafted out of the University of Maine.

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R.I.P. Kasandra Perkins and Jovan Belcher