Turk Wharton having himself a nice year so far

[RunKC]

Low key one of the big parts of the defense this year. Dude has done a nice job pushing IOL into the QB and winning 1v1’s.

🚨Holy shit alert🚨: Tershawn Wharton is currently 3rd among all NFL starting DTs in pass-rush win rate at 16.1%. He's winning at a higher rate than Dexter Lawrence and Vita Vea right now. The KC D-line has desperately needed him to step up and he's more than delivered.

— Adam Best (@Arrowhead_Adam) October 9, 2024

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by JPH83

Yeah that's exactly it. I think he's still mainly winning because his lateral agility is too much for IOLs, but combine that with maybe a little improvement in that swipe timing and the bull rush as a set up and it's enough to see a general improvement.

And if you could add a club/swim combo to it, they'd have to stay centered and can't start anticipating the swipe. And if they do and you have that rip, you can start to use that stutter step to get them moving laterally then beat them back across their body with a rip.

It's an adjustment league - guys will adjust. And he has some tools to deal with those adjustments.

But he ain't gonna live on that swipe forever. The swipe is good, but it ain't Reggie White good. He can't go out there like Trevor Hoffman living off a mediocre fastball to set up one of the best changeups the world has ever seen. He doesn't have THAT kind of change.

He has a good one. A putaway pitch if guys have to stay conscious of other stuff. All he needs is something of a show-me curveball to keep guys honest.

Then he's essentially Michael Wacha. And that'll play for a long time.

[booger]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

So ol’ what’s-his-ass DE that we got from the Cardinals…

He’s like in his 3rd year and needs to be redshirted? Or something?

A couple issues imo. Playing more two point standing up as a 3/4 OLB. His weight was likely lighter for coverage drops. Back to practicing fully with the DL. And of course getting used to the new system. Lots of thinking with the amount of blitzing and bluffing as well as stunts. He’s going to fit in well imo. Herring gets the game day nod because he’s been in the system and has been gradually improving since last year. Long term Cam has a higher ceiling. Marlon Tuipulotu and Thomas being inactive just shows how good of shape the group is in as far as depth goes. Pennel I think they can afford later in the season to give him a game off here and there to manage having him rested for the playoffs.

[booger]

Danna has calf issues every year and it’s likely from playing so much inside on pass downs and his strength being in a technical/effort rusher rather than a speed guy. Going back to college he has a bunch of snaps in the 245-257 lb range and no wonder it leads to these calf pulls and strains. Just the nature of the beast when he’s constantly giving up 50+ lbs to his opponent

[booger]

Major understatement but you have to love how Joe Cullen gets the best out of each individual he coaches. Can’t mention it enough

[jjchieffan]

I was glad to see that we didn't lose him as a free agent. But I wish that they had locked him up for 3-4 years instead of just a one year deal. The way he's playing, he'll leave as a free agent next year. We got a good reminder on Monday night about the last developing young defensive lineman that be let walk. I hated losing Saunders.