Handswarmer 645 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 How does his loss for the 1st 4 games of the season affect the team? Houston La CHargers Baltimore New England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West 6,713 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Next Man Up.... w Chiefmanzada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefmanzada 466 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 More concerned about Pennel. Our pass rush will be lethal to help the corners but the run D is suspect again. xen and West 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,207 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Worry most about the Chargers when it comes to pass defense. It's a good thing Rivers is gone. The other three seams are good, but not the hottest passing games the Chiefs will face all season. Glad it's not the Saints, Falcons, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balto 723 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Handswarmer said: How does his loss for the 1st 4 games of the season affect the team? Houston La CHargers Baltimore New England Not much honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard 2,061 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 He had the arrest after that. Wonder if it ends up longer. Or was this for both screw ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,219 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 28 minutes ago, DieHard said: He had the arrest after that. Wonder if it ends up longer. Or was this for both screw ups? that was just for the first screw-up. Does not include the arrest. Breeland is a replacement level player. Unfortunately as of right now our backups are not. But hey, Spags and Merritt worked miracles last year so who knows. Mostly our pass D will depend on how good our rush is and the health of the safety group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard 2,061 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 47 minutes ago, xen said: that was just for the first screw-up. Does not include the arrest. Breeland is a replacement level player. Unfortunately as of right now our backups are not. But hey, Spags and Merritt worked miracles last year so who knows. Mostly our pass D will depend on how good our rush is and the health of the safety group. Having Thornhill back healthy will be key. As long as we have Breeland for the playoffs, we good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcchief4lif 910 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Anygiven thursday saturday sunday and monday like always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balto 723 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Wouldn’t surprise me if Honey Badger drops down to corner more this year. Gotta remember his days in Arizona he actually played more corner than safety and at a high level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,207 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Balto said: Wouldn’t surprise me if Honey Badger drops down to corner more this year. Gotta remember his days in Arizona he actually played more corner than safety and at a high level. Hate to see HB at corner. He's too valuable moving all over the field. Maybe the nickle but I think Snead will play a role while Breeland is out. He'll get burned like any rookie, but if it's only for four games, the Chiefs can survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calichief 3,016 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 5 hours ago, xen said: that was just for the first screw-up. Does not include the arrest. Breeland is a replacement level player. Unfortunately as of right now our backups are not. But hey, Spags and Merritt worked miracles last year so who knows. Mostly our pass D will depend on how good our rush is and the health of the safety group. I think ward and Fenton are going to be very good. You add in the safeties and they way guys move around and are interchangeable, and you’ll see really good pass defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamardirts 2,114 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Heard Snead did pretty well against Hill yesterday. Could be nothing but going up against one of the best wr corp in the NFL at camp has to bode well for your development. If they can hang with our guys then they probably can do pretty well vs the competition. At some point the addage "Next man up" has to be practiced not just spouted. We have to see what these guys can do and the sooner the better. I'll take the rookie lumps if it means we have an avg/above avg db next year. Our offense can easily ease the transition as well. I wanna see Keyes, Snead, Felton and Ward hold down the fort.....would love for them to play Breeland over to the bench. oldtimer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sith13 1,746 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Is Snead a Safety or a CB at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamardirts 2,114 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 4 hours ago, sith13 said: Is Snead a Safety or a CB at this point? He was drafted based on his play as a CB his junior year. His safety play was very pedestrian but moved back because of team needs. Nice that he has a little exp there in a pinch but he was drafted purely as a CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mloe68 1,521 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 More magic from Spags. We had the cheapest corner group in the NFL last year and jumped from 31st to 8th in pass defense. Healthy safeties are the key. Thornhill back at practice this week is gigantic although it will probably take him some time to get back to his near Pro Bowl level rookie season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,207 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mloe68 said: More magic from Spags. We had the cheapest corner group in the NFL last year and jumped from 31st to 8th in pass defense. Healthy safeties are the key. Thornhill back at practice this week is gigantic although it will probably take him some time to get back to his near Pro Bowl level rookie season. The Chiefs think pass rush, strong safety play, and disguised defenses hide average or less corner play. So far, so good. West and Mloe68 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mloe68 1,521 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Looks like Earl Thomas and his big contract is causing major problems in Baltimore. Thank goodness Veach was smart enough to only make a one year offer and draft a future Pro Bowler Thornhill or we may actually have a problem. Difference between championship teams and January pretenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,219 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 18 hours ago, Mloe68 said: Looks like Earl Thomas and his big contract is causing major problems in Baltimore. Thank goodness Veach was smart enough to only make a one year offer and draft a future Pro Bowler Thornhill or we may actually have a problem. Difference between championship teams and January pretenders. Mloe68 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balto 723 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 19 hours ago, Mloe68 said: Looks like Earl Thomas and his big contract is causing major problems in Baltimore. Thank goodness Veach was smart enough to only make a one year offer and draft a future Pro Bowler Thornhill or we may actually have a problem. Difference between championship teams and January pretenders. I’d be mad too if LJ was my QB instead of Mahomes sith13 and Mloe68 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Warpaint 3,234 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Sources: Ravens to cut or trade Earl Thomas after dispute The Baltimore Ravens are moving on from Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Sunday. They either will release him for conduct detrimental to the team, for his fiery on-field argument with safety Chuck Clark on Friday, or trade him. The Dallas Cowboys are the leading contender to sign him if he's released, sources told Schefter. Mloe68 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handswarmer 645 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 8/21/2020 at 10:41 PM, Mloe68 said: More magic from Spags. We had the cheapest corner group in the NFL last year and jumped from 31st to 8th in pass defense. Healthy safeties are the key. Thornhill back at practice this week is gigantic although it will probably take him some time to get back to his near Pro Bowl level rookie season. What stats are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,219 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Handswarmer said: What stats are you using? Don't know which stats he's using but we were 6th in passing D DVOA. So he's in the ballpark. We also jumped from 26th in total D DVOA to 13th in weighted total DVOA, which puts more weight on later season games to show defenses that are improving over the course of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkuenn 3,597 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Handswarmer said: What stats are you using? Espn one? Sorted shows us 8th in passing yards allowed. Sort it by rating and we were 5th. https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team/_/view/defense/stat/passing/table/passing/sort/netPassingYardsPerGame/dir/asc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mloe68 1,521 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Handswarmer said: What stats are you using? Take your pick. I prefer DVOA (KC ranked 6th) because it figures in situational stats. A blowout win and your giving up garbage yards matters less. That said we went from giving up 273 YPG in 2018 (31st) to 221 in 2019. (8th). The single stat I find most important Yards per attempt we went from 6.4 in 2018 (20th) to 5.7 YPA 2019 (5th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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