Chiefs camp report: Poe has ‘a ways to go’

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Woe is Poe

Almost from the start of training camp, coach Romeo Crennel has tried to downplay expectations for rookie nose tackle Dontari Poe, the Chiefs first-round draft pick. Crennel put that in his strongest terms yet on Wednesday when asked what Poe needs to improve on in order to get more playing time.

“A lot,” Crennel said. “He needs to work on technique, he needs to work on understanding the system, he needs to get the calls correct all the time. He’s got a ways to go.”

Anthony Toribio, who spent all of last season on the practice squad, remains as the starting nose tackle ahead of Poe on the depth chart. Poe enters the lineup on obvious passing downs when the Chiefs use their nickel defense.

Poe acknowledged the difficulty of adjusting to the NFL game.

“It’s all different,” he said. “The technique of it, there’s nothing the same about the college level. The only thing the same is that it’s football. As far as the speed level and the strength and all that, you’ve got to learn it all over again.

“I still have a ways to go but I’m getting better every day. I’m just trying to do what I can, trying to do everything they teach me.”

Tackling issues

To prevent injuries, the Chiefs have not done tackling drills during training camp. That could lead to some tackling problems in Friday night’s game.

“It’s not excused,” Crennel said. “On defense your job is to tackle, so tackle. Even though we don’t tackle in practice, your job is to tackle, so you tackle.”

Crennel said he wouldn’t work on tackling next week when camp resumes even if the Chiefs struggle in that area against Arizona.

“If I tackle Jamaal Charles, and he gets hurt, then you’re going to blame me for tackling,” Crennel said. “So, I’m going to use my best judgment to get those guys in position to tackle and make plays and try to keep my guys as healthy as I can, so I can get them to the regular season and we’re able to play at a good level. Everybody in the NFL has the same problem, trying to keep guys healthy and how to practice and get work done without exposing your guys to possible injury.”

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[BigMeatballDave]

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Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

You say a lot of shit.

Old. Soft.

Where have we read this story before?

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

The problem is Vermeil doesn't go live in his practices. There is zero tackling, no drills for tackling and the defense reflects it.

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

You are correct.

At TC, I asked Ivan Carter if they hit a lot in practice and he laughed and said no.

No tackling drills, no live contact.

Half speed all the time, which is what we usually see on Sunday from the D anyway.

[O.city]

This is a win win thing for Clay.



If we go live, we would get the "WTF is he doing? It's the preseason, someone is gonna get hurt"!

If we don't. ......well you have it here.


It's also funny that everyone gets so caught up in it.

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Arrowhead Pride ‏@ArrowheadPride

@kentbabb Question is, as @adamteicher noted, why does it seem Chiefs have changed expectations for Poe from draft day to today?

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by O.city

This is a win win thing for Clay.



If we go live, we would get the "WTF is he doing? It's the preseason, someone is gonna get hurt"!

If we don't. ......well you have it here.


It's also funny that everyone gets so caught up in it.

He's a trolling, attention-whoring, drama queen.

Like I've said, it's like a train wreck. You can't look away...

[Hammock Parties]

I've opened a dialogue with an ambassador from the Cleveland Browns fanbase, concerning Romeo Crennel and allegations of running a soft-ass football team.

We're going to get to the bottom of this matter.

[L.A. Chieffan]

Crennel's superbowl rings think that you're soft.

[BigMeatballDave]

I prefer to wait until, at least, a regular season game has been played.

[Hammock Parties]

2005 Browns - 30th against the run

2006 Browns - 29th against the run

2007 Browns - 27th against the run

2008 Browns - 28th against the run

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

2005 Browns - 30th against the run

2006 Browns - 29th against the run

2007 Browns - 27th against the run

2008 Browns - 28th against the run

Have you been watching the last 2 years? Crennel is making this D a top 10 D

[BigMeatballDave]

Its hard to believe a 30 yr old man acts like this...

[CoMoChief]

We can chat and debate all we want.

Bottom line is, if Cassel doesn't play lights out, this team isn't going to win shit.

This season squarely rests on his shoulders. I'm not worried about the defense one bit, esp with a healthy Eric Berry. Teams will score on us, but they're not going to have fun doing it. I do however, hope they're better at stopping the run. They weren't terrible, but it does need to improve a lot.

[Mr. Laz]

can you just see goat**** spending all day scouring the internet for negative articles about the Chiefs.

Then he can post it, sit back and furiously masturbate while people get pissed off.


global community ban ftw

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Dave

Its hard to believe a 30 yr old man acts like this...

Agreed. Ive stopped responding to most of his nonsense. I wish everyone else would do the same.

[Messier]

Can't wait for the season to start and speculation can end. If it all falls apart, all hail Clay for his foresight, but I just want to see what this team will be, without having to argue over tweets and what they mean.