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02-06-2021, 02:26 PM | #436 | |
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Considering Reid's mantra about working with guys that live and breathe football, it would be a shock to see a guy like Fisher, who's at the top of the mountain for the second straight season, retire. |
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02-06-2021, 02:30 PM | #437 | |
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I'm INCREDIBLY skeptical. I don't see it, I don't believe it, no-how, no way. I would really LOVE to be wrong. |
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02-06-2021, 02:31 PM | #438 | |
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I can’t really say I’d blame any of them though if they wanna retire early like that. If they’re ok with their decision, who am I to question. Shit if I had 70 million in the bank and was able to spend more time with my family, it’d be tough to keep grinding especially like they have to |
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02-06-2021, 02:32 PM | #439 | |
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I agree, a healthy Fisher and I'm not concerned about the LT position. I'm not sure that's a good bet anymore. |
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02-06-2021, 02:36 PM | #440 | |
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I would think that if he's back to healthy, this would be a REALLY smart pick-up. He's still just 29. He could give you two or three years and at least the first year would be a cheap, prove-it deal. But as of now, it's just a visit. |
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02-06-2021, 02:44 PM | #441 |
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Philly is going full rebuild. Call them up about Dillard ?
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02-06-2021, 02:53 PM | #442 | |
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But seriously, if Reid, the "old offensive line coach" is good with it, then I'm good with it, too. Again, the Chiefs went 5-3 with freaking Cam Erving (and were a couple of possession from 7-1), so I'm sure Rankin will be fine and most likely, a huge improvement over Erving or they would have re-signed him as a Swing Tackle. |
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02-06-2021, 02:55 PM | #443 |
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02-06-2021, 02:55 PM | #444 |
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man, there are two positions extremely high on your must acquire list when you rebuild a football team.
A Quarterback, and a Left Offensive Tackle. Why in world would anyone trade away a quality LT that's under rookie contract for a #32 pick? That will never happen unless they don't like the player, and in that case, we should be skeptical too. Trading away young LT talent just doesn't happen until they get expensive. In which case, yeah, we still will not be able to afford that player and so we're out. |
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02-06-2021, 02:57 PM | #445 |
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Yeah.
My questions about Fisher are not so much that he's getting too old; it's that he'll be over 30 with back problems now coming off an achilles. Honestly, as far as 2022 is concerned, I'm more worried about the back problems. That's not good for 300 pound men. It doesn't get better, and when they start having those issues it's usually an ongoing thing from there on. A healthy Fisher at 31 is fine, I agree. |
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02-06-2021, 02:59 PM | #446 |
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Man, this just isn't the way the Chiefs have built their offensive lines over the years.
They want young, raw guys with enough talent and athleticism to fit their scheme, hence LDT and Fulton (6th round), Allegretti (7th round) and Reiter (former 7th rounder that barely played before joining the Chiefs) and so on. Jason Kelce is another example. I think there's a better than good chance that the Chiefs head into the season with maybe one lineman from the draft a couple of older guys that play for Vet Minimum, with the bulk of the offensive line returning for 2021, sans Fisher and Schwartz (whose status is still in question). |
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02-06-2021, 02:59 PM | #447 | |
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In Reid I trust. But it kind of scares the shit out of me. |
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02-06-2021, 03:01 PM | #448 | |
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Fisher played lights out this season, despite suffering from a sore back, so it's hard for me to believe that his back issues are serious enough to make him retire. |
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02-06-2021, 03:02 PM | #449 | |
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We’ll see what they do. Hopefully they can figure something out. |
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02-06-2021, 03:02 PM | #450 | |
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In terms of OT however, that is NOT the way Reid has approached things. Fisher was #1 overall. Schwartz was a 2nd round pick and is now a handsomely paid RT. NFL level OT play is not the same thing as interior line play. It's a tougher skillset to find, and one that is much more valuable. |
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