No matter what the Chiefs do in the draft, a lot of the players already here will be playing significant roles if this team is to make a significant turnaround in a short time frame.

That's why it's necessary for Todd Haley and Scott Pioli to change the culture. The Chiefs have several young players (Branden Albert, Brandon Flowers, Brandon Carr, Glenn Dorsey, Dwayne Bowe, Tank Tyler and Turk McBride, to name just a few) who know nothing but misery as pros.

It wouldn't be surprising for those guys to expect to lose by this point. I recall a late-season conversation with Dorsey last year where I made some reference to "when things turn around." Dorsey just stared at me with that quizzical look as if he had no idea what I was talking about.

So if the Chiefs are turn this thing around quickly, their new general manager and coach will have to find a way to combat that kind of thing.