{"id":693696,"date":"2026-01-21T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693696\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:34:14","slug":"chiefs-news-1-21-former-chiefs-vouch-for-eric-bieniemys-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/693696\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs News 1\/21: Former Chiefs vouch for Eric Bieniemy\u2019s return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Schwartz wasn\u2019t the only former Chiefs player to rave about Bieniemy\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Jeff Allen, an offensive lineman who spent six seasons with the Chiefs during his NFL career from 2012-2019, also spoke highly of Bieniemy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe organization, which includes players and coaches, is fully aware of the value EB brings to the team!\u201d Allen wrote on X. \u201cThe stats speak for themselves. Just look at what he accomplished as the offensive coordinator in KC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Former Chiefs tight end Jason Dunn responded to a video that showed Bieniemy showing tough love to running back Adrian Peterson when they were both with the Vikings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Peterson rushed for nearly 15,000 yards in the NFL and was a four-time All-Pro after a standout career at Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThis type of Coaching is what\u2019s necessary for young men coming into this League,\u201d Dunn wrote. \u201cA Truthful and Stern Coach that will never let them be mediocre or allow them to shirk responsibility. Welcome Home EB my Brotha!!! #ChiefsKingdom\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schwartz wasn\u2019t the only former Chiefs player to rave about Bieniemy\u2019s return. Jeff Allen, an offensive lineman who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2063],"tags":[6190,346,7,118,110,922,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-693696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-arrowheadlines","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-news","14":"tag-kansascity","15":"tag-kansascitychiefs","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115933116208550257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}