Romeo. Oh, Romeo.

ROMEO: Telling it like it is.

Romeo Crennel -- defensive coordinator for the Pats Super Bowl teams -- has another shot at a head coaching job. He left the Pats after the '04 title and ran the Browns for four long seasons. He was let go after a four win 2008. Romeo just didn't catch too many breaks during those four years in Cleveland. Injuries. A tough division. Bad drafting. Angry fans in dog masks. Just not much luck.

Now he has the controls of the Chiefs for the final three games of the season to show what he can do. He starts this weekend against ... the undefeated Packers. His bad luck continues.

Romeo doesn't really seem to be cut out to be NFL head coaching material. He's just too nice. But he's a great defensive coordinator and his players seem to love him. But he's just too nice. And just too honest. Take his press conference today as a good example.

Romeo announced that he was benching Tyler Palko in favor of veteran Kyle Orton. Not exactly a shocker. Palko has been awful. But most coaches don't announce a QB change until the last second. You know, keep the opponent guessing. Keep the media clueless. It's the Belichick way. It's the NFL way. But it's not the Romeo way.

When asked why he decided to announce the QB change, Romeo answered honestly. Nicely.

"I thought about Green Bay not knowing but then I said, "Hey, they don't care who our quarterback is.' When they look at the quarterbacks on our roster, they don't care who plays. They look at Tyler and what he's done the past couple of weeks and they look at Orton and know he's got a finger injury (uh, they do now) and they look at a rookie (whatever his name is). I don't think they are shaking in their boots."

An NFL coach saying "All our QBs suck, so who cares who starts."

Love that Romeo.