Pioli accepts responsibility, but sidesteps contract talk

Lightning-rod Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli accepted responsibility for the team’s 1-5 record, but side-stepped talk about his contract situation, in a get-right conversation with the local media. Pioli has been pilloried locally, largely because his hand-picked quarterback Matt Cassel has underperformed. But Pioli jumped on the grenade, saying it all comes back to him,…