35-45% improvement in strength during a season?


Youre a ****ing idiot

We don't know what his ceiling is strength wise. Only the strength coach knows. Is he a weight training monster already and has reached his ceiling or has he just "piddled with weights" relying on just his natural strength ? Based on what I saw I think he has just relied on his natural strength based on his "rag doll" performance last night. And if that's the case it will be very easy to increase his strength by a large margin in a short amount of time.:shrug:

While strength is important, you surely understand that brute strength does not usually translate to football strength, right?

Was any of that part of your "course work" or are you talking directly to God again?

You were watching a very different game than me. He can't do much else but rush the passer. He's a complete non-factor in run support and pass coverage. And when you can't even show flashes in that one thing you're good at, that's an "uh oh" moment.

I really disagree with you on Alex Smith. He had a bad second series, but the OL gave him really bad shit to work with. He was outstanding the rest of the night. And yes, I am often a critic of Alex. He is definitely going through his progressions. He's just going through them a million times faster than he did his first season with KC. He looks to be making much better reads pre-snap and looking off receivers very quickly. That's tremendous progress.

Nah we were watching the game. Your evaluation of it just sucks. Ford didn't necessarily have a good game, but it's wasn't bad either. He was much more physical and did a solid job setting the edge. Baby steps.

As for his pass rush, he's playing on the strong side and hasn't has many opportunities to pin his ears back at all. A lot of quick passes, and him dropping back into coverage. It's been difficult to evaluate him as a pass rusher so far.

You make my point Lew. Based on last night's performance his brute strength didn't translate to football strength. You need additional strength added to natural brute strength.

Jesus loves you Lew !!:thumb:

Not trying to :Poke: here but he is barely "crawling" at this point.

I think Tyler Bray stood out............in the parking lot.

Well, we will agree to disagree what is in bold. I agree with you Alex has progressed a great deal. I hope he succeeds even further as we all do. But my gut saw a huge red flag that said he was making his progressions too quickly if he was completing any of them at all from the 2nd series on and why I said (13/14 PTSD) reared it's ugly head last night. I hope not and I really mean that.:shrug: Will Parker and LDT improve ? Will Fisher regress now that he got his big $$ ? No one really knows at this point and why I say wait and see. But if the o-line doesn't improve their pass blocking and the defense continues it's ways then........

we do way too much of this shit.

I'm not sure why the hell Ware got so many carries. Unless we are trying to trade him there's no way he should get that many.

we are so random in how we develop/play people in the preseason.

makes no sense

One thing I have noticed about Hill and of course this is based on a very small sample size (two preseason games) is that he goes down at the slightest hint of contact... very McCluster-like.

I'm watching this game again and it's great to see the offense looking so much better. The OL gave up a few losses as expected, but they kicked ass and gave Alex plenty of time on quite a few plays (see Maclin TD).

Ehinger may not be the strongest, but he's a damn good technician, and that has saved us plenty last night. We did not have someone at G in the last 2 years who could read blitzes and twists. Ehinger did that last night and this was a great example of it:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gotta point out the good with the bad. Ehinger demonstrates very good w/ blitzes and stunts. Rare for a rookie. <a href="https://t.co/f8bn5dR0Vu">pic.twitter.com/f8bn5dR0Vu</a></p>&mdash; Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealMNchiefsfan/status/767238886372192256">August 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Even though Ehinger got beat a few times, he used his body to wall off the defender from the inside lane and that gave Alex at least 1 extra second to throw. Ehinger could be a damn good G in the future when he adds muscle due to his elite technical understanding of the game.

Honestly the OL as a whole looks like a top 10 unit. They matched the Seahawks and Rams pound for pound for the most part. There were a few times where we just flat out owned the Rams DL. That's fantastic.

Another thing has to be the trust in Conley. First of all, Albert Wilson continues to show why he has no business being a starting player. He (again) looked awful last night.

Here's a great example of Conley beating Trumaine Johnson with his route running. You can really tell that Maclin has helped him.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That is some QUICK separation Conley gets here. Definitely has the speed to get vertical. <a href="https://t.co/LPGP5NfFGw">pic.twitter.com/LPGP5NfFGw</a></p>&mdash; Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealMNchiefsfan/status/767224783658364928">August 21, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Even more so, Conley said a few months ago that he's gained Alex's trust. Last year Alex told him his route after he told the play to the offense in the huddle because he didn't have that trust. Looks like Alex has far more trust in Conley this season.
This picture pretty much proves that the trust is there.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqW8sV2UMAApsiq.jpg

Bottomline is the OL and 2nd receiver look to be significantly improved and it's going to make a real difference. RT and #2 WR were huge weaknesses last year and now they could be strengths.

The Chiefs finally have balance on offense. They have a RB (mother****ing Ware!) who you have to account for in the backfield. They have Kelce who teams have to account for in the middle of the field. They have Maclin on the outside who has to be accounted for.
Now they have a WR who can take advantage of single coverage.

The best part of all this? The Chiefs are getting Jamaal back and can line him up everywhere.
It's also no fluke that Hill isn't playing anything more than basic shit. I saw them in camp running all kinds of plays with him lined up at RB, slot WR and outisde WR. We're going to have an offense that has a surplus of reliable weapons that our QB trusts, and he'll have time to scan the field to find them.

Can't ****ing wait.

I agree with you and zilla that there is a lot of auditioning go on. The question becomes are we doing this because we need to make a serious trade for better LBs and Corners or do we have the luxury to do this because our depth is that good and can afford to thus getting extra draft picks for the future ?

It made perfect sense why Ware and Reaves got the work. Charles just came off PUP and West still gimpy.

Conley definitely has the jets !!!:thumb: