If you rely on the local fish wrap for your news about the Chiefs, you are about four days behind.

This past Monday, the local rag made a big headline out of the fact that Carl Peterson was returning in 2008 as the Chiefs head honcho and that Herm Edwards was also coming back as head coach. They were only 80 hours late with the information.

If you had listened the previous Thursday night to the Carl Peterson Show on 101 the Fox, you would have heard this news already. Here’s an excerpt from the show tape:

Question: Carl, will you be the general manager of the Chiefs in 2008?

Peterson: “I’m sure planning on it. I haven’t had anybody tell me different, other than maybe some media. That is definitely the plan, as well as President and as well as CEO.

Question: Will Herm Edwards be the head coach in 2008?

Peterson: “Absolutely, unequivocally yes. There is no concern of question on that.”

Question: The last two years Bill Kuharich has led your personnel efforts in the draft, will he do so again in 2008?

Peterson: “Yes he is. He’s our vice-president of player personnel, which includes both the pro and the college.”

Peterson and Edwards had much more to say that night. They will say many of the same things on Thursday morning when they hold a post-season press conference. If you count on the local newspaper for your news, you’ll read about it Friday morning.

Or, you can read some of their thoughts right now. Here are some other excerpts from the CP Show of last week as they pertain to the future of the team:

Question: Carl, are Clark Hunt, Carl Peterson, Herm Edwards and Bill Kuharich all on the same page when it comes to the future direction of this team?

Peterson: “We have yet to sit down together to finalize some decisions. That will come with the end of the season, but we all know what we want to do. Some decisions have already been made. I will share with you that we are in very good shape with our salary cap for 2008. We have begun to address already the unrestricted free agents and restricted free agents that the Kansas City Chiefs have. We have started a preliminary look at what might be out there in free agency. We haven’t done this with Herm yet, because he’s been very much involved in game planning. We will bring him up to date very quickly next week.

Question: There are two main thoroughfares where talent comes to a football team: free agency and the draft. What is going to be the driving force in the philosophy of this team stepping forward into 2008?

Peterson: “You build through the draft, because you are going to develop those players you want in the system set up by the head coach and his philosophy on offense, defense and special teams. That’s always where the emphasis will be. Free agency can fill in some gaps and if you do it intelligently and smartly and without having to overpay, you can get some very good players to help you.”

Question: What I’m hearing you say is you are going to build, re-build, whatever term you want to use, this football team through the draft?

Peterson: “Yes. This really began three years ago, when we had a pretty good draft in Derrick Johnson and Dustin Colquitt. When Herm came on board (2006) it emphasized it even more. Bill Kuharich took over the personnel department and he’s done a very good job. We’ve had 14 picks the last two drafts (2006-07) and 12 of them are still with us now. It still gets down to getting players that can help you win. We are getting the players. Now, we have to produce more victories.”

Question: Many of the media in this town chattered all through the last two years that Herm’s desire to go young clashes with your desires for this team and organization, that you guys were not on the same page. Is there any truth to that?

Peterson: “Before I hired Herm, I sat down and talked to him about his philosophy. It was a bit different than what I had in the past and I’m not going to denigrate Dick Vermeil, Gunther Cunningham or Marty Schottenheimer. They did a great job when they were here. My job is once the head coach is selected, is to give him everything he needs to be successful. That’s staff, that’s players, that’s facilities, that’s an environment where he can follow his philosophy and make it grow … I’ve said it before and I’ll say it now, I’ve never had a head coach before Herm who was intent on getting young players on the field. I knew that when I hired him and I’m comfortable with that.”

There was much more, but I don’t want to spoil everything that you might read in Friday morning’s paper.