The Chiefs must have liked what they saw on the Practice Squad from Wanogho
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> have signed OT Prince Tega Wanogho to a future contract.</p>— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacobs71/status/1354187414802214912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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He's 6'5" 309 pounds. How is that "not near big enough"
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He could use a few cheeseburgers is all I'm saying. About 15-20 lbs. worth. |
Bahktari is 6'4 310
Conklin is 6'6 308 Both All Pros this year. He's perfectly fine where he's at. Trent Brown is about the ****ing last person I want my OL modeling their size after. He ballooned to almost 400 lbs this Offseason and seems to spend most of his time milking injuries instead of playing out of laziness. |
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Never actually advocated bringing Brown to KC, so not sure what your issue is. But the fact remains that he's huge, and when healthy he's basically a stone wall at tackle. Hell, Schwartz is about 325-330?
Denver Broncos' linebacker and Super Bowl MVP Von Miller said, "I feel like Trent Brown has a very bright future in the National Football League. He's 6-foot-8. He knows how to use his arms, knows how to use his wingspan and he has length. So I feel like he's young and people haven’t really seen him, but I feel like he’s one of the better tackles in the National Football League."[10][11][12] On August 16, 2017, Miller made a similar remark about Brown to the San Francisco Chronicle after the Broncos and 49ers had a joint practice, stating, "He's the best right tackle in the National Football League! And he may even be a top-five tackle, period, in the National Football League. There’s not another tackle who’s that tall, that big and can move the way he moves.” Brown started all 16 regular season games for the 49ers in 2016. After playing right tackle during his tenure with the 49ers, Brown became the Patriots starting left tackle in 2018, starting all 16 games. With Brown, the Patriots reached and went on to win Super Bowl LIII. In his first 11 games with the Raiders, Brown allowed only one sack in 326 pass-blocking snaps. On December 17, 2019, Brown was named a Pro Bowl selection for the first time of his career. Bottom line, bigger=harder to get around and tougher to set the edge against. Be nice to be able to run off-tackle consistently and have enough beef on the edge to keep the TJ Watt's of the world off our 500 million dollar QB. Just a thought. |
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Yeah, the problem is he's rarely healty and it's not a stretch to say it mostly stems from him being too big.
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Just putting on weight really doesn't make that much of a difference, and can actually be a major hindrance in some cases. |
anyway, back to the OP-
In Veach I trust. But I will say this- the idea of taking an OT at #32 somehow being a 'reach' isn't true I don't think. Unless all the mocks are wrong, there are some quality OT's that should be available in that range. So taking one wouldn't be a "reach". Also, we've seen Veach "reach" according to experts before, and be right. So you know. In Veach I trust. Carry on. |
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here's the thing: part of the reason our OL gets pushed around by some DLs is that they're smaller. Which should make them more athletic, which Reid likes, I get it, and I don't have a problem with it. But within that, it would be nice if our tackles were just a bit bigger, while still being athletic, like one of those guys you listed, just so they wouldn't get pushed around quite so often, right? Maybe have our Gs eat a few donuts as well (in reality we're talking about muscle mass, but you get the idea). We're talking about 15-20 lbs. Maybe with that extra size and sheer momentum they open a few more holes per game, hold off a few more pass rushes. You know, make things a little bit easier for Patrick. a couple less snaps where he's forced to run for his life. A couple more snaps where CEH gets 2-3 yards instead of zero or minus 1. And all just by stacking on a few more pounds of meat. Instead of having to go find a brand new T in the draft that may or may not turn out to be worth the pick. Came to this idea after watching KO literally knocking defenders backwards early this season. "Wow, what a difference 20 lbs. can make" . . . |
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IDK if he's lazy or not but being w/ the champs who have shown an ability to get the most out of "scrubish" players has to be night and day from the Eagles. To your point, he probably could stand to add some weight. I don't know if 15-20 is needed but adding some lbs to his base wouldn't hurt. |
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