(02-19-2022, 10:11 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(02-19-2022, 09:58 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: That could be "coach speak" building him up, so other teams might express interest in trading for him, because anyone that watches him play knows he doesn't fit into a 3-4 scheme. 

I don't think any team in the NFL would give up anything at all for K'Lavon Chaisson. He is a complete "bust." If we could trade him, I would in a heartbeat, but I don't even think any team would even offer their assistant equipment manager for him. Chaisson needs to be cut. Period. He's as useless as teats on a boar hog. 

In the 25+ years I've followed this team people have talked about the need for continuity, even after seasons in which the team performed terribly. You know what that has gotten us? Continued failures. The Chiefs went out and got an entirely new O-Line. No continuity at all and they improved. Continuity is completely overrated and it's unnecessary when you have bad players.

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Trading bad players for anything is better than keeping bad players. At least the picks you trade them for could turn into something. Teams have found valuable starters and backups in the later rounds. I'd rather trade a liability for something, rather than keep that liability.

Did the Chiefs really improve though? They were out of sync a few times all year and had to pull a miracle out of their [BLEEP] to beat Buffalo followed by a let down against the Bengals. There's also reports of a rift between Bieniemy and Mahomes. He's very likely not coming back.

Also. Comparing an Andy Reid coached football team with Hill and Kelce on the offense spearheaded by a QB that's played like an MVP is probably the primary reason that team looks successful.

It's hard to get continuity here because the team [BLEEP] sucks. That's why you get tier III and tier IIII free agents at a tier II contract rate. Again, they're going to have to hit home in the draft and rely on what they already have.

A lot of it's fixing to come down to how quickly and comfortably Pederson and Lawrence can become a successful muscle and brain's operation to get this franchise out of the basement.



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They found a really good LT via trade and Creed Humphrey appeared to be the best rookie Center that was drafted. I think the O-Line looked like it didn't need any continuity from the previous season. As far as them being out of sync, I saw that occurring thanks to an inconsistent run game and when Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce were covered, no other receivers stepped up to get open and it looked frustrate Mahomes at times. He was holding the ball much longer than he had in the past and taking sacks he didn't normally take. I had not heard about there being a rift with Bieniemy. That's interesting given that Bieniemy has not been able to find a head coaching job due to his sketchy past. 

I agree that we absolutely have to hit home runs in this draft. I'm just skeptical of that happening, since "he who shall not be named" is still the top man in the front office at this time. We all know what his draft choices did to San Francisco. 

Unless something changes, Pederson will only have as much to work with as "you know who" gives him.

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(02-20-2022, 12:58 AM)Portofino43 Wrote:

(02-19-2022, 10:04 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: What in God's name makes you think that? He dropped very catchable passes right and left last season. He was nothing short of terrible.

He dropped a lot of passes last year, but the guy can make plays when he does catch it.  Was it just bad hands, or was it the stress of a completely dysfunctional coaching situation?  He isn't costing us that much this year, and I agree with @flgatorsandjags.  His upside is worth keeping him around one more year with a decent coaching staff.

If he lets the stress of that get into his head and effect his play, he has no business being in the NFL.

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