Kansas City's most popular player helped lure a big-time Mexican star to the U.S. this week. Friday, K.C. signed Ramiro Pruneda out of Monterrey and in the process kept him from going to Europe.
So, is Pruneda going to be a boost to Eddie Johnson and Co.? Well, not exactly.
Pruneda made his name playing futbol americano. The K.C. he signed with is the Chiefs, whose popular tight end, Tony Gonzalez, helped lure Pruneda to the NFL. In fact, Kansas City thought so highly of Pruneda that they did not make him go to NFL Europe and instead inked him to a two-year deal.
Pruneda is an oddity in Mexico. At 6-foot-6 and 317 pounds, Pruneda may as well have been a corn-fed good ol' boy from Nebraska. Instead, he is from Nuevo Leon and made his name leading Monterrey Tech to several Mexican championships (yes, they do play that kind of futbol in Mexico).
But you never know ... maybe he could give Eddie Johnson a boost. He sure needs one right about now.
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