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Chiefs sign Taco Charlton
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05-03-2020, 02:27 PM | #181 | |
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Coming in heavier makes sense if the plan was to play him inside and out, but I’m unsure whether that was Daly and Spags’ intent. Speaks is shaping up to be the worst draft pick of the Veach era. DOD a close second. |
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05-03-2020, 02:52 PM | #182 | |
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Knee injuries happen to all sorts of athletes and NFL players, regardless of weight or body fat percentage. There’s no reason to link Speaks’ injury to his weight. Considering they dropped Kpassagnon inside and talked about Speaks ability to rush inside or outside and versatility when they drafted him, it’s a safe bet they were planning to use him inside at least some times. This year will tell the story on Speaks. Anything we say now is projection. |
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05-03-2020, 02:54 PM | #183 |
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Giving up on Speaks right now is as silly as giving up on Kpass was last season.
One wasted season at OLB, and one season lost to injury. We have no idea what there is there. |
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testing ... 1, 2, 3
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05-03-2020, 03:12 PM | #185 | |
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05-03-2020, 03:20 PM | #186 |
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05-03-2020, 03:27 PM | #187 |
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05-03-2020, 03:49 PM | #188 | |
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But he damn sure better show up (metaphorically) hungry. |
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05-03-2020, 04:03 PM | #189 | |
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05-03-2020, 04:18 PM | #190 |
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The more you mull this one over, the better it looks and feels
A recent first round talent for peanuts, coming to a first class organization where one of his best friends is an undisputed leader... he’s gonna succeed here, get Gay up to speed and our front seven is ****ing dangerous right now |
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05-03-2020, 05:55 PM | #191 |
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Charlton is a solid signing and drafting Gay was an excellent move... I hate to say it...
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05-03-2020, 05:56 PM | #192 |
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05-03-2020, 06:36 PM | #193 |
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I have a feeling that Speaks will end up as a situational pass-rush tackle. It seems to suit his strengths and they can tell him to eat all he wants. Watching him on the outside, it seemed like he was very green or just not naturally adept at rushing from that position. If he beat his guy, he would literally stop and gather himself for that second phase of the rush past the blocker. That's not really going to happen on an inside rush.
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05-03-2020, 06:51 PM | #194 |
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05-03-2020, 06:53 PM | #195 | |
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I don’t think anything negative of Speaks based on year one. He looked over weight and slow at training camp. There seems to be this belief you either think he will be good or a bust. Some of us are just cautious because no part of Speaks game as shown he will be anything more than a average to below average rotational guy. That is based off of what I’ve seen from the guy. I’ve said before and say it again, I’m not saying cut the guy and I hope I’m wrong because if he could just be then Okafor then that could save us like 5-6mil and not make DE a priority next draft. I’ve heard Petro freaking out about the 2021 roster but in reality it’s not in bad shape if a couple guys can be ready to start. So far this staff seems to be developing pretty well and spags does an incredible job of working with what he is given. |
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