Kansas City, Mo. ? Once again, the injury-ravaged Kansas City Chiefs are scouring the landscape for usable, unemployed professional football players.

They’re in the market for linebackers and cornerbacks. A safety would also be nice. Recent experience is preferable, but not mandatory.

“You could see some new Chiefs on the horizon,” coach Herm Edwards said Tuesday. “They could be here.”

Edwards said linebackers Derrick Johnson and Pat Thomas, guard Adrian Jones and defensive end Brian Johnston are all out for this week’s game against New Orleans. Questionable are defensive ends Tamba Hali and Turk McBride, cornerbacks Patrick Surtain and Brandon Flowers, safety DaJuan Morgan and running back Jamaal Charles.

Ray Farmer, as director of pro personnel, is in charge of locating and signing players “off the street,” in football parlance, and has become one of the most important men in the entire Chiefs organization. He was busy last week, signing a defensive end and two cornerbacks off the street who all played in Sunday’s 20-19 loss to San Diego.

A few weeks ago, Farmer signed Rocky Boiman, a linebacker who had been out of football.

The injury bug has been biting Kansas City all year. The Chiefs’ top two quarterbacks both went out for the season in the same game. Two weeks ago, running back Kolby Smith sustained a season-ending knee injury.