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Players don't hate the other teams, except when it comes to game day

It was a TV timeout in 1997 under steely December skies at Arrowhead Stadium. Oakland Raiders defenders gathered in groups, milled about or ambled over to the visitors' sideline.

Not Chester McGlockton.

The 6-foot-3, 334-pound defensive tackle made a beeline for Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer and appeared to shout something.

Turns out, it wasn't an angry remark or a taunt, but a plea.

"Tell your guys to stop going at my knees," McGlockton yelled. "I want to play for you next season."

Imagine that. A hard-hitting Hatfield cavorting with Coach McCoy. It was the kind of disclosure that would make the skin crawl of any fan on one side or the other of that bitter feud. But for the late McGlockton, who

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