Arrowhead Pride
It’s been 20 years since the Chiefs added Pro Bowl safety Patrick Surtain.
For the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs, 2025 presents an anniversary opportunity to glance back at the 2005 trade that made Patrick Surtain a household name in the AFC West the first time around.
Expectations were sky-high for Surtain in Kansas City after he had made the Pro Bowl for three straight seasons with the Dolphins. He performed well enough for the Chiefs to start in each of his first three years with the team, but Father Time is undefeated, and Surtain’s prime had been spent in South Beach. In his fourth year with the team, at the age of 32, Surtain missed a pair of games early in the season due to injury, and was demoted to the nickel cornerback role upon his return to the lineup. He retired after the season.
Kansas City used the fifth-round pick it receive from Miami, 147 overall, to draft linebacker Boomer Grigsby out of Illinois State. Grigsby spent a pair of seasons as a backup linebacker for the Chiefs before moving to fullback ahead of the 2007 season. Grigsby saw most of his time playing time with the Chiefs on special teams, but recorded one start and a pair of receptions in his lone season as a fullback.
The Dolphins used the second-round pick acquired from Kansas City, pick 46 overall, to select defensive end Matt Roth from Iowa. Roth was a rotational player for most of his time with the Dolphins, starting just 23 games in his first four seasons in Miami, before being traded to the Cleveland Browns midway through the 2009 campaign.
With the fifth-round selection the Dolphins received, pick 162, Miami drafted Anthony Alabi, an offensive lineman who appeared in 16 games for Miami over two seasons without ever making a start.
The Chiefs certainly did not receive the Pro Bowl-caliber performances they had likely hoped for upon acquiring Surtain, but his performance far exceeded what the Dolphins got with the draft picks they received in return.
WINNER: Chiefs
