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**Official Chiefs 2018 Training Camp Thread**
A new era is born!
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07-31-2018, 04:28 PM | #841 |
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Chris Jones. Justin Houston. Eric Berry. Kpass. Allen Baily.
#Not much. Veach in his 2nd season mind you, is currently replacing our two ILB's and two outside corners. That's not exactly unheard of roster turnover in two season in the NFL. |
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07-31-2018, 04:28 PM | #842 |
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Another Dorsey mistake there, though. DJ was old for much of his time in KC while Dorsey was around and he also tore 2 Achilles. Dorsey should have been aggressively looking to replace him, at least by 2016.
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07-31-2018, 04:29 PM | #843 |
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KPass hasn’t proven anything and Allen Bailey is maybe, MAYBE slightly above average. Behind the guys you named, the depth was absolute dog shit.
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07-31-2018, 04:29 PM | #844 |
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Veach is smart enough to know that a great CB gets burned all day if you don't have a pass rush
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07-31-2018, 04:30 PM | #845 | |
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Meanwhile...how's that corner position looking for Veach? Crickets. ILB? If Ragland can't go, that's a pretty ugly group. |
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07-31-2018, 04:31 PM | #846 |
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Agreed. Dorsey sucked the big one there. Of course I lay some of that at the feet of Reid and Sutton. Were they screaming to new blood at that position? Sutton was asking for DL's that can cover 50 yards downfield, I'm afraid.
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07-31-2018, 04:32 PM | #847 | |
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That just flat out never happened. ILB was a plagued position for us. Dorsey had Derrick Johnson, but that was it, and whenever he was injured (or in the case of last year, old) then we were screwed. Nothing he threw at the position was good. Nico Johnson never worked. Ramik Wilson never worked. Same goes for all the high-upside low-risk signings of James Michael-Johnson, Justin March, and even Josh Mauga (who we ended up EXTENDING). Akeem Jordan wasn't used much, Joe Mays was a free agent bust that we ended up eating dead money over. DJ Alexander and subsequently Kevin Pierre-Louis just weren't starting material, either. When Veach started the job, the ILB position was a huge weakness. In just over a calendar year and with two transactions, that position is now a strength of the team, and it's deeper than I think I've ever seen it ever since we switched to the 3-4. |
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07-31-2018, 04:32 PM | #848 |
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07-31-2018, 04:36 PM | #849 | |
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But man, o' man, people around here saw a lot of potential in those guys when they were on the roster. Well, not Mauga but i clearly remember all the Wilson, JMJ, KPL, DJL Alexander and March hype trains. No different than the Eligwe hype now. And our ILB group is not something i would call strong right now. Ragland had knee issues, and it's haunting us right now. Hitchens should be good, but that's about all we have. Hitchens is the only real commodity we have there. Ragland was ok last season and his knee problems are rearing its ugly head. |
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07-31-2018, 04:38 PM | #850 |
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You can’t say someone is inheriting a great talent when said player hasn’t even played yet and proven themselves.
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07-31-2018, 04:39 PM | #851 |
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07-31-2018, 04:40 PM | #852 |
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07-31-2018, 04:40 PM | #853 |
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Well yeah but that's neither here nor there.
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07-31-2018, 04:41 PM | #854 | |
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And i like how we chose to remove all the offensive talent that Dorsey left for Veach as if that somehow shouldn't count. "Shhh...lets just focus on the weakest part of the team right now that was going to need rebuilding whether Dorsey was here or not". |
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07-31-2018, 04:42 PM | #855 |
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