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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
Keep doubting Jerrell Powe. Or, at the very least, remember that we drafted one of the best potential 3-4 nose tackles available in the 2011 draft. Powe was a HS All-American, a two time all-conference SEC guy at Ole Miss, and was a favorite here on CP for a Chief's draftee last year. 6'2", 335 lbs. and plays with great leverage and relishes being a two-gap, run plugging stuffer at the nose.
Ta'amu is not any better than Powe at the same stage and tended to wash out against the better competition.
However, on the note that Chapman is too small to play nose tackle in a 3-4, you should all take a look at the job that Kyle Williams has done over the past several seasons where he's established himself as the best 3-4 nose tackle in the NFL.
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The Chiefs have too much talent on defense and too high expectations out of the unit to entrust the NT position to Jerrell Powe without even being able to monitor his progress until April 16. And for a position like defensive line, those offseason workouts aren't worth much for shit. You really need training camp to see how well hogs are ready to play at a high level.
I'm not doubting the kid, and I hope he does turn it on this year. I had high hopes for Powe when we drafted him and still do, but if he's not ready to play well at that NT position this year, we're going to get caught ****ing a sheep.
If Gregg isn't ready to retire and wants another year, I'm cool with keeping him, Powe, and Toribio (who probably isn't worth a squirrel fart, but you never know) at the position this season. The expectation would then be on Powe to take the starting spot. I'm really not sure if a rookie is going to make much of a difference one way or the other in terms of the quality we have at the NT spot.