That's become one of the common questions for me during this Chiefs season, second only to: "Wouldn't you sometimes rather flee to Scandanavia than cover this year's team?"

I got the Dorsey question on a radio show yesterday. Got it again from a friend today. People seem curious about whether Dorsey is more Warren Sapp or Warren Beatty, and my answer, generally, is that 11 games just isn't long enough to make a fair ruling on the rookie defensive tackle.

Someone asked Herm Edwards a similar question during his weekly news conference Tuesday, and Edwards said: "It doesn't happen overnight."

Eleven games isn't overnight, and there are folks who thought Dorsey would look more like Sapp by now. So let's take a look at Dorsey's statistics through his first 11 games, compared with Sapp's in 1995.

An important thing to note is that Sapp started eight games during his rookie season; Dorsey already has eclipsed that number, starting each of the Chiefs' 11 games. Nevertheless ...

SAPP
1. At Philadelphia*: Two tackles (one solo), one sack.
2. At Cleveland*: One tackle (one solo), zero sacks.
3. Chicago*: One tackle (one solo), zero sacks.
4. Washington*: One tackle (one solo), one sack.
5. At Carolina*: Two tackles (two solo), zero sacks.
6. Cincinnati: Zero tackles, zero sacks.
7. Minnesota: One tackle (one solo), zero sacks.
8. Atlanta: Two tackles (two solo), one sack.
9. At Houston: Four tackles (three solo), zero sacks.
10. At Detroit: Zero tackles, zero sacks.
11. Jacksonville: Four tackles (two solo), zero sacks.
Totals through 11 games: 18 tackles (14 solo), three sacks.

* = Games that Sapp started. He was in the starting lineup for the Bucs' first five and last three games in 1995.

DORSEY
1. At New England: Two tackles (zero solo), zero sacks.
2. Oakland: Three tackles (three solo), zero sacks.
3. At Atlanta: Five tackles (four solo), zero sacks.
4. Denver: Three tackles (two solo), zero sacks.
5. At Carolina: Two tackles (two tackles), zero sacks.
6. Tennessee: Two tackles (two solo), zero sacks.
7. At New York Jets: One tackle (one solo), zero sacks.
8. Tampa Bay: Four tackles (three solo), zero sacks.
9. At San Diego: Three tackles (three solo), one sack.
10. New Orleans: Four tackles (four solo), zero sacks.
11. Buffalo: One tackle (one solo), zero sacks.
Totals: 30 tackles (25 solo), one sack.

And for added fun, here's Sapp's final stats line in 1995: 27 tackles (17 solo), three sacks. Dorsey is behind Sapp in sacks, but the Chiefs rookies has more tackles through 11 games than Sapp had all season.

One more note that I found surprising and interesting, from Chiefs statistics maven Brad Kuhbander: Dorsey had only 13 sacks in four years at LSU. Seven of those came during his senior season last year.