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**Official Chiefs 2018 Training Camp Thread**
A new era is born!
Mods please feel free to update this OP. Someone please put the twitter scroll in this post as well.' Tweets from https://twitter.com/RMSWeather/lists/chiefs Last edited by DaFace; 07-23-2018 at 09:07 AM.. |
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07-31-2018, 01:22 PM | #751 |
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I really hate it for the Chargers. I just hope we don’t have these same issues. I know someone will get hurt, likely many, but in July? Sheesh.
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07-31-2018, 01:23 PM | #752 |
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07-31-2018, 01:24 PM | #753 | |
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That being said, I DID complain about the pick when it was made and throughout the regular season last year because it nearly perfectly encapsulated Dorsey's draft strategy and why it could and often did lead to problems. Tanoh had the cards stacked against him for a 2nd round pick, and I don't think that's an unfair statement to make even if he ends up being a great player. When he was drafted, his role was undefined-- people didn't know if he would play DL or OLB or be some worthless tweener. His college production compared to the level of competition he faced was also a huge concern-- people just didn't know what he was being asked to do in college that made those numbers so low. Compared to another freak athlete we drafted high like Poe, we were at least able to point to the tremendous upside and say, "His coaches weren't using him properly and didn't seem to care about getting him to play with leverage." I don't think it was clear what Tanoh was doing "wrong" in college that led to him to not successfully using his Samson strength and Stretch Armstrong length to his advantage. I think it's possible to bemoan a draft pick and not shit on the player, necessarily. |
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07-31-2018, 01:31 PM | #754 | |
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07-31-2018, 01:40 PM | #755 |
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A guy like that with his gifts should be able to make plays all over the LOS. We should move him around a lot.
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07-31-2018, 01:48 PM | #756 | |
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07-31-2018, 01:48 PM | #757 |
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07-31-2018, 02:02 PM | #758 |
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Somehow, fans would still find a way to criticize Dorsey's drafts.
He was outstanding at drafting. Tanoh might very well prove to be another hit for him. I trusted Dorsey all the way when it came to drafting. |
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07-31-2018, 02:09 PM | #759 |
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Was he though? I mean, yeah he definitely had some hits. But is it really that much more than the average?
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07-31-2018, 02:10 PM | #760 |
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07-31-2018, 02:10 PM | #761 |
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He was okay at finding offensive talent, complete shit at drafting defense.
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07-31-2018, 02:11 PM | #762 |
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His hits were big but they were also shortcuts in many ways. Look at Peters. Only got 3 years out of him.
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07-31-2018, 02:17 PM | #763 | |
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The first 2 rds for sure need to be players with decent floors. Unless it’s a QB, get the raw, small school high ceiling guys in the mid rds. |
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07-31-2018, 02:18 PM | #764 | |
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Our safeties don't really have defined roles. Fuller and Nelson are both going to be used to defend outside and in the slot. It's pretty clear that the Chiefs value players who do all kinds of things in all kinds of different formations in order to confuse offenses and mask their intentions when they line up. We've always done that since Sutton got here, but with a pick like Kpassagnon, I can at the very least respect that they don't believe in necessarily taking the player who will play the best in a particular defined position. If they think an important future trend of defense in the NFL is having do-it-all players like Kpassagnon with the physical gifts to be disruptive no matter where they are, then I will be more than willing to chalk up my distrust of picking guys that high to my lack of understanding as a mere fan and not being able to think about things outside the box. |
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07-31-2018, 02:22 PM | #765 |
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