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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19 (Post 15388833)

Missed practice all week with a knee injury. Gay is going to start in his place.

Thx.

More concerned about Ty actually. The secondary isn't the same if he's not on the field.

If Matthieu is out, I’d assume we’d see more of Fenton and Sneed would play a little bit more of a safety role.

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Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 15388840)

If Matthieu is out, I’d assume we’d see more of Fenton and Sneed would play a little bit more of a safety role.

Maybe I'm not thinking clearly, but I'm guessing that we see Fenton in at SS or some Safety role, with Snead playing nickel/slot?

I don't know why we wouldn't just see more of Thornhill/Sorenson playing traditional safety roles while Sneed/Fenton work the slot/underneath.

He was limited in practice today I’m guesssing he still plays

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Originally Posted by Detoxing (Post 15388859)

I don't know why we wouldn't just see more of Thornhill/Sorenson playing traditional safety roles while Sneed/Fenton work the slot/underneath.

Thornhill is still on a snap count, coming back from his injury.

And as much as we all love Sorenson, having him back there for the entire game isn't ideal.

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 15388881)

Thornhill is still on a snap count, coming back from his injury.

And as much as we all love Sorenson, having him back there for the entire game isn't ideal.

I've not seen where Thornhill is on any kind of snap count due to coming back from his knee injury. He played a shit ton earlier in the season.

He hasn't been playing much lately because Sneed came back allowing HB to not have to be in the slot and because he has struggled tackling and in coverage and Sorenson has outplayed him.

Here is a story breaking it down.

https://arrowheadaddict.com/2020/11/...-playing-time/

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We wouldn’t be asking these questions if two elements were in play:

If the Chiefs hadn’t already played Thornhill a ton of reps after he returned from a torn ACL suffered last season.
If the Chiefs defense was smothering the Raiders without Thornhill on the field.
Instead, the Chiefs brought Thornhill back during the preseason and worked him in during the first and second game of the season. He went from playing 68 percent of defensive snaps in Week 1 to playing 99 percent in Week 2. In fact, from Week 2 to Week 6, Thornhill never played less than 97 percent of the Chiefs defensive snaps. Yet in Week 7 against the Denver Broncos, something changed. Here’s a closer look:

Week 1: 38 snaps (64%)
Week 2: 82 (99%)
Week 3: 56 (100%)
Week 4: 73 (97%)
Week 5: 69 (99%)
Week 6: 55 (100%)
Week 7: 52 (68%)
Week 8: 48 (84%)
Week 9: 67 (81%)
Week 11 (Raiders): 11 (19%)

After the game, Chiefs reporters asked head coach Andy Reid about the decreased reps given to Thornhill.

For folks wondering what was going on with Chiefs S Juan Thornhill, asked Andy Reid about it and Reid says Thornhill is a "situational guy right now."

— Herbie Teope (@HerbieTeope) November 23, 2020

Ummm it’s pretty obvious that he’s still not 100%. It hasn’t even been 12 months.

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Originally Posted by staylor26 (Post 15388911)

Ummm it’s pretty obvious that he’s still not 100%. It hasn’t even been 12 months.

He isn't 100% whether its mental or physical, but he isn't on a snap count. Nor has he been as evidence of the games he was playing 97-100% of the defensive snaps. I didn't realize they had cut his playing time weeks before Sneed came back as well.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Miami's o-line one of the worst? I'm hoping we see a lot moe pressure this week from the D including some more production from Clark & Jones.

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Originally Posted by GingaChief (Post 15388938)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Miami's o-line one of the worst? I'm hoping we see a lot moe pressure this week from the D including some more production from Clark & Jones.

They have three rookies starting on OL. They have not been consistent. Particularly run-blocking.

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Originally Posted by GingaChief (Post 15388938)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Miami's o-line one of the worst? I'm hoping we see a lot moe pressure this week from the D including some more production from Clark & Jones.

The refs will probably let them Bear Hug Clark all game with no whistles to keep the game close again.

I think we will see one of the worst called games of the year until we play the Chargers.

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Originally Posted by GingaChief (Post 15388938)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Miami's o-line one of the worst? I'm hoping we see a lot moe pressure this week from the D including some more production from Clark & Jones.

We better. Devante Parker is basically the only reliably good player they have on offense. No reason we shouldn't dominate them defensively.