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2009

This column is not intended as a rationalization of Dwayne Bowe&rsquo;s mistake relating to performance-enhancing drugs. Nor is it intended to be a demonization of Chiefs head coach Todd Haley. My perspective on the world is colored by my football-playing experience and my belief that most of the media tend to see the sports world from the perspective of coaches and executives.

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In honor of the 40th-anniversary season of the Chiefs winning Super Bowl IV, The Star each Sunday will revisit every game of the 1969 season and 1970 playoffs, capped by the Super Bowl victory over Minnesota. &bull; &bull; &bull;

It was years ago when Todd Haley got the book, before the pages were creased and stained with highlighter marks. He still consults it a few times a month, searching for a lost proverb, hunting for validation. Where would he find it this time? In &ldquo;The Art of War,&rdquo; where was there an explanation or reason for this?

<i> In honor of the 40th anniversary season of the Chiefs winning Super Bowl IV, The Star each Sunday from its archives will revisit every game of the 1969 season and 1970 playoffs, capped by the Super Bowl victory over Minnesota.</i>

Andy Studebaker has taken a moment to digest this latest step he&rsquo;s about to take in his once humble football career. Two years ago he was a nonscholarship defensive end at tiny Wheaton College in Illinois, but Sunday he will make the first start of his NFL career for the Chiefs at outside linebacker against the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The precipitous view hasn&rsquo;t spoiled the moment for him.

Lance Long can&rsquo;t afford bad days or sick days. Can&rsquo;t deliver a lazy practice or run a sloppy route. Long has to be almost perfect. Otherwise, someone might notice that he doesn&rsquo;t seem to belong as a Chiefs wide receiver.

Chiefs coach Todd Haley has mastered the art of praising the opponent, but it&rsquo;s not hype when he says this week&rsquo;s foes, the Pittsburgh Steelers, are the model for what type of program he&rsquo;s trying to build in Kansas City.

Jamaal Charles gives the Chiefs a big spark in his first start at running back.

Assembling a successful offensive game plan for the struggling Chiefs was going to be difficult enough for Sunday&rsquo;s game against the Steelers. Todd Haley&rsquo;s task has become harder now that he&rsquo;s preparing the Chiefs to play Pittsburgh without leading receiver Dwayne Bowe, who was suspended by the NFL for four games for violation of the league&rsquo;s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

<strong><span class="subhead">Brown wins AFC defensive honor</span></strong> A little more than a week after Chiefs strong safety Mike Brown took the blame for two big plays that led to his team&rsquo;s loss against Jacksonville, he was chosen Wednesday as the AFC defensive player of the week.

With team-leading receiver Dwayne Bowe suspended for four games, the rest of the receiving corps needs to step up, Chiefs coach Todd Haley said Wednesday in his weekly news conference. Also Wednesday, wideout Bobby Wade talked about the changes.

Former Chiefs running back Larry Johnson, the newest member of the Cincinnati Bengals, knows who&rsquo;s coming to town two days after Christmas. And it&rsquo;s not Santa Claus. Asked at an introductory news conference Tuesday about the Chiefs&rsquo; visit to Cincinnati on Dec. 27, Johnson said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;d be lying if I said I ain&rsquo;t looking at that game (as one) I want to definitely play in &hellip; if that happens, it would be the best Christmas gift I could get.&rdquo;