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Just like Yannick Ngakoue and Tyrel Dodson before him - we can't just bring him in. He's on Waivers. We'd have to claim him and hope no one else above us claimed him and we're pretty much at the bottom of the list. Both scenarios are unlikely as I don't see us sticking him on the 53 and on a Rookie contract, I imagine someone above us will take a flyer on him. If he were to clear waivers, I'd take a look for the Practice Squad. But I'd be surprised if we get that opportunity.

As I've been saying all week, a win would be nice this weekend. But not pushing guys before they're ready and not risking their health down the stretch when it matters is more important.

What slays me is everyone called Stefon Diggs a headache, too emotional, and to just shut up and play Football. Now we have a guy who is quiet and non-emotional and people are like "he doesn't even want to be here"

Christian Benford Taron Johnson Khalil Shakir Greg Rousseau Keon Coleman Terrel Bernard Dion Dawkins There's others like Cole Bishop, Dewayne Carter, and Ray Davis that they envision grooming into Starting Roles that I can't imagine they'd move. Connor McGovern who has proven to be both a solid Center and a solid Guard. Don't see them moving him either.

Guy you replied to must have deleted his post. But it has been talked about and had visual confirmation before today.

Spittin' bars as usual. Every year the fanbase treats the Chiefs regular season game like it's the Super Bowl. And every year, win or lose - it's meant absolutely nothing. At 8-2 with a 5 game lead on the Division, we're in a position where we could lose more games than we win down the stretch and it would still take an absolute miracle to not take the Division and be one of the Top 4 seeds. This game should be treated like any other game before the Bye. Put your healthy players on the field and their best effort forward. But having key players like Coleman, Cooper, Kincaid, and Brown as healthy as they can be for when it matters is WAY more important than 1 regular season game with the Chiefs. If there's any risk to reinjure or make things worse with key players that are under 100% - give them this week and the Bye off.

His hand is in a cast. You think he just plastered that thing up himself and is lying about an injury? A WR in a cast is going to miss some time. Has nothing to do with him not "wanting" to play. If he plays in a cast like this thread implies, that assertion you made is even more ridiculous.

Everyone treats midseason signings as if it's production and talent on one team vs. production and talent on ours. Plug and play and you're definitely getting the same player. That's not how it works - especially in McDermott's complicated Defense. They have no time with the playbook. No time developing chemistry with the players around them. There's no saying when they're ready they're going to be the same player in our scheme that they are elsewhere. And it would take weeks before McDermott would think about putting them on the field. This is why McDermott always values guys who have been here over players that may be more talented. A talent like Alexander almost assuredly would be valued less than anyone on the 53 that has had at least the offseason and the past 10 weeks in the building - including Spector. I'd go so far as to say they'd probably value Deion Jones over Kwon Alexander.

This is exactly why you treat this week with no greater urgency than any other game. This is not a must win situation. If people are banged up, give them this week off. With the bye coming up, it gives them at least 2.5 weeks before they hit the Practice field. More so if they didn't play in the Colts game. We as a fan base get made fun of for treating the annual regular season game against the Chiefs as our 'Super Bowl'. We've won this game multiple times. In the end, it never mattered. Make sure the team is healthy when it matters by not pushing guys out there this week that are under 100%. The rest of the season and the Playoffs matter more than just 1 single game with the Chiefs.

For me, it's Groot, Benford, and Shakir for sure. This offseason we do Groot and then one of Benford or Shakir. Probably Benford as I expect them to let Douglas walk and they're going to want to ensure they have at least one Starter under contract beyond next season. Bernard... I don't know. I'd want to see how the rest of this year and next year goes first. He's had some really great moments. He's also had games where he wasn't stellar and he's shown a propensity for injury. Personally, I'm not ready to say for sure we should commit a long term, big money deal to him yet.

Thank you! It's one thing to say that McDermott has done well to bring the best out of Late Round and UDFA Cornerbacks. And Benford falls into that. But that's where the comparisons end when it comes to him vs. guys like Levi Wallace, Dane Jackson, Cam Lewis, Ja'Marcus Ingram, etc. Christian Benford is *immensely* more talented than any of those other Late Rounders and UDFA's. It's not even close.

Probably Ulofoshio too. We have no idea what he is yet. It really stinks. I thought it was a forgone conclusion no one was going to pick up his Seahawks contract. A return of Milano and Dodson would have given us the opportunity to have Milano, Bernard, D. Williams, and Dodson as our starters and backups cycling in through the end of the year and playoffs. Oh well.

Wow. I'm honestly shocked. I didn't expect anyone would claim him and pick up the cap hit he had with the Seahawks for what he is. Good for him though. He'll continue to be paid a lot more than we would have been paying him.

Mack isn't the go to guy. The correlation between Mack's biggest games lining up with Josh's worst speaks more to him having no choice but to rely on the 4th or 5th Receiving Option in Mack. Whether that be because the top options (Coleman, Shakir, Cooper after he was acquired, Kincaid) were either injured or that the Defensive game plan was so good, that our top options were being neutralized and Hollins was the guy they let go relatively free. Of course those situations are going to line up with his worst days and his best days are going to come from him being able to better utilize more talented options instead. For what Mack Hollins is, which is a journeyman WR4 or 5 - he's been solid. The idea that you're going to get a Hines Ward type player or production from your 4th WR on 2.5 million dollars is a bit unrealistic. Stack what Hollins has done up to the league average from most teams WR4 or 5 and he probably looks very good in comparison. You're not wrong that he's not someone you want to rely on. But he shouldn't really be here for that. He's here as an option to go to as an open guy when Cooper, Coleman, Shakir, Kincaid, and Samuel (the real disappointment thus far) aren't getting open. As sort of an emergency option while being a core Special Teamer, as well as a very good downfield blocker. If he's willing to come back on a similar low priced, low expectations deal - i'd be interested in him returning as a bottom of the roster WR with what he's done this year thus far.

"Let him go" implies that they cut him. We didn't get rid of him. If he were still under contract or wanted between 1 and 2 mil, he'd have probably still been here. He signed with the Seahawks because they offered him a 4.26m deal. We weren't about to take a 4.26m cap hit for a guy who's ceiling was LB3.

Probably going to be waiting a day or two. He has to clear waivers first.

He's gotta go through waivers first. Anyone released after the Trade Deadline is subject to waivers regardless of their accrued time in the league. That's why Ngakoue was a Waiver Claim and not a FA. The good news there is I don't know that anyone is going to take on his contract with the Seahawks, so there's a good chance he clears. Once that happens, we should be able to sign him.

Oof. Yeah, I hadn't thought about that. Yeah, i'd think him being cut and not playing the whole year will effect that. That sucks. Hell, we went from a 3rd to a 4th on Edmunds because he missed a little bit of playing time. I don't know how them cutting him midseason won't effect the pick.

Agreed on MVS. He looked awful with us. But I didn't understand releasing him when we could have released our 5th Safety (which we ended up doing anyways), our 6th LB, or our 6th Defensive End. Especially since we ended up promoting Jalen Virgil to be a 6th WR anyways in lieu of a number of injuries there.

You don't need a #1 who's going to demand the ball or be a headache like a Stefon Diggs or Davante Adams. But you need someone who is a #1 caliber WR who scares Defenses enough to focus on them. When you don't have one of those, you're hard pressed to get players like Shakir and Kincaid open.

Really wanted this one today bc worst case scenario after the KC game is we're 8-3 - which is still REALLY f'n good!

Why is Douglas and Benford regularly 3 yards away from their man on every completion?

That'd be great. But i'll take just not leaving giant holes in their zones.

Calling him up from the PS, only to make him inactive is rough.