When Chiefs president/general manager/grand poobah Carl Peterson stepped down last week, it marked what promises to be the first of many significant changes in Kansas City.

In fact, Chiefs coach Herman Edwards told his entire coaching staff last week to start searching for jobs for the 2009 season. One coach said Edwards told them they would not be back in 2009, and some Kansas City assistants immediately began making job inquiries around the league.

Another Chiefs official said this was simply Edwards warning his staff that nothing can be counted on in 2009 and they should start looking around. But the bottom line is, with a new president and general manager coming in, no one on the staff is safe.

Kansas City’s new braintrust ultimately will decide whether to bring back Edwards, who has one year remaining on the four-year contract he signed in 2006. And it is impossible to predict which way it will go, being that no one is sure who will be making the decision.

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