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Kansas City Chiefs Ongoing Thread

Clayton

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So according to Footballoutsiders, the 2015 Chiefs ended with a DVOA of 25.2%. Currently in 2016 they are sitting at 10.1% and no team in football right now is above 21.9% so theoretically this year they are within striking distance of the best teams in football if they can create turnovers and turn them into points like Denver did last year. The Chiefs other way of winning a Super Bowl would be to get back to the form they were playing in last year.

Its a stretch but this is a down year in the NFL. Anyone can win it.
 

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Chris Ballard for the 2nd year in a row is declining interviews to fill GM vacancies. Jets and Eagles last year and this year the 49ers.
 

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7. Chris Jones, DT, Kansas City Chiefs
No player came on stronger over the second half of the season than the Chiefs’ second-rounder. From Week 9 and on, only Rams DT Aaron Donald earned a higher pass-rushing grade than Jones among interior players. For the season, his 9.4 pass-rushing productivity mark was fifth-best among starters on the interior. Jones is also the poster boy for why stats don’t tell the whole story—he only had two sacks and 22 tackles all season long, but his down-to-down disruption is already superb.

8. Tyreek Hill, WR, Kansas City Chiefs
No one on this list played fewer snaps than Tyreek Hill’s 413 (a starting receiver usually plays around 900 for a full season), but no one else impacted games more on a snap-for-snap basis. The Chiefs receiver scored nine times on 85 combined carries and receptions, then added three more scores on 53 combined kick and punt returns. He’s been a nightmare for opposing coaches and adds an element to the Chiefs’ offense they haven’t had in quite some time.

Seems like a fair observation to say it was a productive draft this first year. Makes the offseason pretty interesting with Howard, Poe, and Bailey having floating contracts for one reason or another. WR I am pretty sure is going to be stable for at least a year. We may see some Albert Wilson snaps go to Demarcus Robinson next year, however.
 

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From Gary Davenport writing about "Best-Kept Secrets on Every NFL Roster"


  1. Linebacker Ramik Wilson

    Last year, third-year linebacker Ramik Wilson didn't even make the Chiefs' active roster out of training camp. But after Justin March-Lillard went down for the season, Wilson was promoted from the practice squad.

    By the end of the year, Wilson was the team's best inside linebacker, racking up 76 total tackles over 11 regular-season starts.

    Per Pro Football Focus, Wilson was the NFL's 16th-ranked inside linebacker in 2016. His coverage grade landed him inside the top 10.

    As reported by Blair Kerkhoff of the Kansas City Star, longtime defensive cornerstone Derrick Johnson will try to make it back in time for training camp, but the fact is he's a 33-year-old linebacker attempting to return from his second Achilles tear in three seasons.

    The Chiefs are a team with Super Bowl aspirations in 2017. And while it would be great if Johnson makes it all the way back, taking his return for granted is a dangerous assumption.

    That the Chiefs did very little to address the possibility he won't in the offseason shows how much faith they have in Wilson's ability to man the middle this season.

Chiefs have a handful of players that really only came on late in Mitchell, Houston, and Ramik Wilson. There's also the Bennie Logan addition and Hill's development. Those are the players (Plus DJ) that determine if the 2017 Chiefs can more than another division round wheel spin.
 

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guess no one touched on this, but talk about surviving a war of attrition last night...

felt REAL bad about J.J. Watt going down with another injury. good guy...
 

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Shit effort. OL got owned and Alex went into the fetal position predictably. Still 5-1 and in the driver seat for HFA and the division. A win on Thursday and this can be forgotten relatively quickly. Get Witzman and Erving off the field.
 

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Zach Fulton is a Texan. Not surprising but G is a hole now
 

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A surprisingly thorough rundown of the 2018 Chiefs from what looks to be a perpetually hungover Broncos fan. Its slightly NSFW and mostly starts at 1:20
 

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PFF's Run D rankings going into the season:

KC: 31st
LAC: 22nd
OAK: 10th
DEN: 2nd

Oline rankings:

LAC: 23rd
DEN: 19th
KC: 18th
OAK: 7th

PFF likes the Oakland Retirees.
 
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