Sojourner

Yeah, I might have misunderstood that. There wasn’t much clarity so apologies on my end. With you on Oliver. He was about the only guy I can give credit to for putting in a shift the whole game. Groot, let down. AJ, let down. Von, let down. A guy that can disrupt the middle will be a remedy to help anyone we have going into next year on that line which in turn should help the secondary. Sadly, it could end up being another season too late.

Very wel said all around! You aren’t relying on the defense. You are relying on Josh. Josh has won the franchise more games than the defenses ever have. Is it actually fair? Probably not lol Is it justified? You bet your a— is it!

Agree with you on the fact they’re not great. They’re ok. But Ok doesn’t get you a Lombardi. However, the bolded isn’t true. It’s just not consistent. If you don’t think Jordan Phillips walking a guard 5 yards backwards into a QB and sacking him in the AFCC isn’t a game changing play in a big moment, I don’t know what to tell you bro lol The Chiefs score a TD there if he doesn’t do that. No ifs ands or buts. Kelce is coming open in the middle of the EZ as JuJu holds out LBs underneath. Who knows wtf Douglas is going to do against Hopkins, the All-22 shows him believing that the play is over before Mahomes is actually even completely on the ground. 😬 We need better, no question. They’re subpar for a Super Bowl aspiring team. But they do show up on occasion, whether the game is big or small. They just don’t do it consistently. Consistency is just as much a player problem as it is management/coaching

The ones that are going to be available when we pick? Right now there’s a few but it depends on their combine/pro days. People that are getting all the talk so far around the end of the first through early second from what I see are: Walter Nolen, Ole Miss Tyliek Williams, OSU Derrick Harmon, Oregon TJ Sanders, USC They all all have question marks but Harmon and Sanders are my favorite out of that group. They’re both pretty solid at stacking and shedding against the run. Something we sorely lack, both however can rush the passer as well. Motor is the big thing for me. A guy who’s constantly trying to bring it on every play. Both can do that but I’d take Harmon personally. He’s got production against quality team over his career whilst Sanders, in terms of potential might edge Harmon for some, lacks top end experience. If we are going on raw ability and measurables then I think Kentucky’s Deon Walker and Texas’ Alfred Collins are guys to watch who could test well and improve their draft stock during the coming months. Still a lot of coaching needed but both are solid against the run. Walker anchors well and plays with great effort but sometimes that’s his downfall as he gets caught out by his technique with leverage and hands. Something at his size effectively wipes him out of the play. Definite refinement needed in that department. Alfred Collins, Texas is in the same area for me. Personally, those two are my favorites after the Michigan duo of Graham and Grant but we realistically aren’t getting a crack at them without trading up in the draft unless something goes horribly wrong for them both.

Is this how you remind us?

Im going to vote they Nix this idea before they have a Whaley of a time. It would how ever be very on Brandon, Donahue think?

The third round pick didn’t warrant the production. Can’t see it being the dramatic difference we need even with an off-season.

Blessings to you too. Appreciate the rationality in looking at the bigger picture in your post. A better WR makes the offense easier and a legit DT in the middle solves a lot more problems for Ed, Groot and AJ. Would still like pass rusher addressed however as the guys we have on the roster don’t show up in the bigger moments. The one who has in his career is past his prime and not a reliable factor anymore. But the needs are really, with who’s projected to leave and who’s projected to stay: (Bold draft, italics FA or trade) a big 1 Tech DT a WR with speed a CB a stud pass rushing DE safety LBs are at an acceptable and decent place imo. That DE I’d rather they acquire who’s experienced in the league but that’ll cost some which is why I put it further down in the order of necessity.

Dude was one of the few who came in that B ready to play, ready to go. So disappointed for Jimbo we didn’t make a superbowl after that TD effort on 4th down by him.

Young MC? The “Bust a Move” Young MC? Might be accurate lol

Aside from Hunter and Johnson in terms of CB, do you think the next group of Revel/Amos/Morrison are who we could be drafting @ 30? If so, who do you like most? I’ve seen Barron translate to a mineable chess piece. Actually like the idea of a player who can play nickel and safety. Revel’s size probably puts him way before 30 imo. Even though he had injury the tape prior suggests he isn’t scheme dependent for success. Great athleticism and instincts at the position. Morrison’s the same as Revel for me in terms of instincts and physical ability. The guys I’m keeping an eye on are Amos, Darien Porter and Denzel Burke. My favorite guy we have a chance to get is Thomas from FSU. If he tests well I think he easily slides into the first round.

If you’re on the field. You’re ready. Call was made in. They knew the play and assignments. 5 guys getting it wrong isn’t coaching. 3 of our best guys getting wiped out by Ju-Ju isn’t coaching. Im not arguing that coaching and Sean are not problems. Some of it is. It’s their players, their system and their calls. But that can only carry over so much. I think you are spot on that when you put the talent on both teams roster for roster, there’s not much different; just different areas of weakness & strength. However, in crunch time their players make little to no errors. Especially in the biggest moments. The failings we had on Sunday were play calling on offense that let us down mostly and vice versa for the defense, the players more than coaching were the failings. There’s a blend for sure. But again, when 5 players mess up on a game defining play, 3 of them your best players on that unit you can’t pin it on coaching. That’s a between the ears moment. Looks like a cal we sent in during my college years called “Down Right Rat”, whatever the terminology is for them I don’t know but it’s a similar alignment and responsibility scheme from what unfolded where essentially 4 guys responsible for 2 players. The 5th is more of a reaction/freelance that plays the box edge (which would be Groot). That play shows players more than no coaching. Again, I’m not stressing you’re wrong or unjustified in coaching errors being an issue. There is. But man, so many plays is just poor execution by a player/s.

There is no explanation lol. I’ve posted this a couple of times but please, as I’m very intrigued that you’re so staunch its coaching, explain the coaching error here…

Ok man. If you want to lump every failing a grown man has for making the wrong play or no play as a “has to be coaching” scenario, you’re very much entitled to. More power to you. I played one year D2 and transferred to a D1 program for two years years before getting my leg snapped in two in summer. I can attest that the step before NFL that the best guys make errors that have nothing to do with the coaching. Missed tackles, blown assignments, wrong reads, seeing something and decide to jump it/break gap integrity… If you think that isn’t common place in the pros, again more power to you. Not implying you’re wrong but putting it all on coaches contains some naivety imo.

Sure, I can see that the gap isn’t massive and kind of agree. However the gap comes to on field product. And not just coaching. Players just don’t show up who are more than capable of high end play.

Agree. Cook showed me he’s elite. Milano has/can be. Benford looks to be of top end quality for stretches. There’s a few pieces. They just unfortunately are consistent with the highest level of their play. Big problem.

It’s a coping mechanism. I bet it was working wel before the reality kicked in from your comment lol

Kelce isn’t elite anymore. But you’re right you need more. The Chiefs have a few of them outside of Pat. A few on their Online alone. The defense? I hate to say it but Karlaftis and McDuffie certainly have shown traits of elite defenders. Especially in the playoffs. GK was their best defender last week.

I always stress and try and stick up for Sean and Brandon but sometimes errors and misses start catching up to you. Double downing on sticking up for them though, for all their misses they’ve still be one of the absolute best teams in football. That is largely due to Josh, sure. But it’s not by random luck the team with all its fallacies plays hard. My issues with them is the resources, financially and draft picks, they’ve invested in fixing just one positional group on the whole team. Like you nicely said, big swings. Those big swings turned into big misses. The whole moves you listed is an absolute mess and still doesn’t truly show the mass moves they’ve made to address the issues. At some point you have to stop using premium picks on a position that’s not working for you. Groot is quality, but not an elite pass rusher. He’s like a lab built Chris Kelsey lol The Von addition was the right method, just the wrong player. Too old for what you were paying. If they’re going to go big for the position again, I get why so many people beg for the Garrett/Crosby trades. Im right there with them. The Elam pick has turned into a complete dud. However, miss isn’t that big of a deal to me in isolation for CB. They drafted Taron, Benford and acquired Douglas (who was quality for a period). The secondary misses are few and far between. But! When you add it to the rest of the selections they’ve made early in the draft, Josh/Tremaine and Cook aside, they’ve not done well. Which sucks even more. If they made hits on more than 50% of those picks, I think they have a Lombardi to show for it.

Lol That doesn’t help the accuracy of a Marvin Lewis comparison

You post about specifics in probabilities but you know that they didn’t challenge to save the timeout in the event there wasn’t concrete evidence to overturn the call. They trusted the Josh push again. Why? I’ll have no idea. Ironically, lack of evidence and play call was what they deemed and we failed on the ensuing play being a conversion on downs. Win some, lose some. Game should never come down to one bad call or decision and in the bigger picture, it didn’t. We had opportunities to take control of the game again but didn’t. Credit to the coaching staff for stuffing the short yardage game and, another irony, being better at converting theirs.

Been retooling a defense and an offense for the last 4 years. Might wanna start buying the right tools. Is he shopping at Home Depot? I know it’s multiple trips for any job to get done.

BPA is always the way to go unless it is literally just the one piece you need to either absolutely complete your team or you need one piece to start your team (trading up for a QB). The better teams over the years go BPA. If they turn out the better player you can trade the guy in place already, if you don’t trade them then you have surplus quality that allows you to do more and have flexibility. a win-win.

Thats f-king sad. And hilariously accurate.

Maybe in his heart he’s a pastry chef? A chocolatier? Maybe even just a decorator?