According to NFL Network reporter Adam Schefter, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez could quietly request a trade to a contending team soon. The trading deadline is coming up on October 14, the Chiefs would listen to offers for their veteran players on the current roster to acquire draft choices and rebuild the franchise through the upcoming draft.

Various reports have the Chiefs only considering trade proposals involving first-round choices if they decide to trade Gonzalez. No teams have been identified as possible suitors to acquire him at this time.

Growing up in the shadow of a famous father can be overwhelming for a child, and the challenge of following the footsteps of an older sibling can also be harmful for a kid’s ego. Then, there is Eli Manning’s childhood; his father (Archie Manning) was a football hero in the Deep South and his brother (Peyton Manning) is the advertising face of the NFL with countless commercials. And all he does is become the MVP of Super Bowl XLII, in which he led the New York Giants to an upset victory over the previous undefeated New England Patriots.

While having a successful senior year as a high school football player, Manning was still undecided on which university to attend in the fall. That changed after receiving a call from David Cutcliffe. The Manning family was familiar with him, as Cutcliffe was offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee, and helped older brother Peyton elevate his overall game. He was named Head Coach of the University of Mississippi football team, and was hoping Eli Manning would become his first prize recruit in rebuilding the Rebel program. Upon hearing Cutcliffe’s recruiting pitch; Manning followed his father’s footstep, and became starting QB at Ole Miss.

Manning’s collegiate career was a lot like his personality: quiet but successful. He set or tied 45 single-game, season, and career records at Ole Miss. In his senior year, Manning won the Maxwell Award as the nation’s best all-around collegiate player, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and finished in third-place for the 2003 Heisman Trophy Award behind eventual winner Jason White, quarterback of Oklahoma, and University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

If you go to Yardbarker.com, you can play a pretty cool game where you try and name the last 20 No. 1 NFL Draft picks.

Just click on the link above to play. I got 15 out of 20, but I was stumped from 1989 to 1994. My long-term memory is failing me, I guess.