Chiefs Chiefs release KeiVarae Russell - Page 47

RunKC · 09-14-2016, 08:25 AM

Rand Gettlin-I'm told the #Chiefs have released defensive back KeiVarae Russell. Special teams numbers game. Super talented player. Likely to be claimed.

WOW

**Buehler445** · 09-17-2016, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by jjchieffan

I disagree with some of your assessment. Some of those guys that you called pure trash were good players that just couldn't stay healthy. Such as Brokeaki. Also, I don't see a whole lot of guys that I would have cut this quickly. Croyle, for example, was the highest we've taken a QB in forever. Who knows, if he could have stayed healthy and played for Reid, he may have had a better career.

We can speculate all we want, but that is what they produced for us.

**Buehler445** · 09-17-2016, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Here are our last 15 years worth of draft picks. Determine from it what you will, other than Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards was a trash drafter. **** you Squimrin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards.

What I see here is either 1. A crapshoot or 2. A ****ton of missed opportunities. Probably a mixture of both. Bottom line is we've invested a LOT of roster spots in trash, that we may have been better served by cutting bait and looking in the trash heap.

Dorsey
2016 Russell - BOMB
2015 Chris Conley - Starting ATM
2015 Steven Nelson - Getting some PT at nickel
2014 Gaines - Starting ATM
2013 Kelce - BAMF
2013 Davis - ST contributor, has filled in sufficiently
Scott "Francise Killer Pioli
2012 Donald Stephenson - Eratic at best. Needed Replaced. Badly.
2011 Houston - BAMF (I miss you big dog)
2010 Asamoah - Meh at best. Certainly wasn't worth keeping
2010 Moeaki - Pure Trash
2009 Alex Magee - Pure Trash
Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards
2008 Charles - BAMF, but Squirm thought he needed to sit behind 2.8YPC Spitting Larry
2008 Brad Cottam - Pure Trash
2008 DuJuan Morgan - Pure Trash
2007 Tank Tyler - Pure Trash
2006 Brodie Croyle - Pure Trash
Vermiel
2005 Colquitt BAMF but Punter in the third?
2004 Keyaron Fox - Pure Trash
2003 Julian Battle - Pure Trash
2001 Snoop Minnis - Pure Trash
2000 Greg Wesley - Decent

Here are the guys that probably needed to be cut and not given a chance. I threw Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards in there too. **** that ****ing guy.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-17-2016, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jjchieffan

I disagree with some of your assessment. Some of those guys that you called pure trash were good players that just couldn't stay healthy. Such as Brokeaki. Also, I don't see a whole lot of guys that I would have cut this quickly. Croyle, for example, was the highest we've taken a QB in forever. Who knows, if he could have stayed healthy and played for Reid, he may have had a better career.

Moeaki had a long history of injury and was overdrafted (just like McCluster, Arenas, Jackson, Baldwin, etc. and so on). He was a 6th or 7th rounder.

Brodie Croyle couldn't read an NFL defense and was quickly out of the NFL. You can't blame it on coaching when the Chiefs were in 1st place with Damon Huard at QB with a 4-3 record but after he was injured, the Chiefs lost every game and finished 4-12.

The following year, Tyler Thigpen beat him out with Chan Gailey at the helm, who's had success as an OC across the league but none with Croyle (Jets, Steelers, etc.).

**jjchieffan** · 09-22-2016, 10:33 AM

Still no information has leaked about why Russell was cut so quickly. O came across this article talking about him today. This is what it said.

It's still a mystery why the Chiefs were willing to cut a player they spent a third-round pick on this year. The 22-year-old previously explained to the Kansas City Star that he had trouble getting comfortable with the team's defensive scheme. Whatever the case, Russell is adamant that he doesn't know why the Chiefs cut him beyond it being a football decision.

"That’s how the league is," Russell said. "It wasn’t a character issue. They can eliminate that. I never got into it with any coaches or anything. It had nothing to do with anything. I wasn’t playing bad. It was just a football decision."

Whatever happened with the Chiefs, that's in the past now, and Russell feels confident he'll last with the Bengals.

Direckshun · 09-22-2016, 10:35 AM

Hm. Flatly denying he's been in any legal trouble.

I was convinced that's why we cut him.

This is super, super puzzling.

**The Franchise** · 09-22-2016, 10:36 AM

I call bullshit. You don't just cut a 3rd round pick for no reason. It's more telling that he thinks he wasn't "playing bad".

**DaFace** · 09-22-2016, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Direckshun

Hm. Flatly denying he's been in any legal trouble.

I was convinced that's why we cut him.

This is super, super puzzling.

Agreed.

**jjchieffan** · 09-22-2016, 10:45 AM

BTW, here is the link to the whole article if anyone wants to read it.

http://www.cincyjungle.com/2016/9/22...ettled-bengals

**Dave Lane** · 09-22-2016, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

Here are the guys that probably needed to be cut and not given a chance. I threw Squirmin Herman Mother****ing Sack of **** Edwards in there too. **** that ****ing guy.

If you really want to stick the knife in we gave a 4th for that ****ing pile of shit, whoever thought that was a good idea needs to die in a fire of a Carolina reaper tree, while chugging antifreeze and fireball.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-22-2016, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jjchieffan

BTW, here is the link to the whole article if anyone wants to read it.

http://www.cincyjungle.com/2016/9/22...ettled-bengals

"That’s how the league is," Russell said. "It wasn’t a character issue. They can eliminate that. I never got into it with any coaches or anything. It had nothing to do with anything. I wasn’t playing bad. It was just a football decision."

Whatever happened with the Chiefs, that's in the past now, and Russell feels confident he'll last with the Bengals.

"I’m back on a team, I’m confident with this, that I’ll be a little longer," Russell said. "I’m confident. We’ll see, but I think the Bengals showed a lot of love in the last couple days, and I feel I can get on the field here. I don’t know when that’s going to be, but I feel if I work hard enough going against these great receivers we have, the great quarterback we have, the way the defensive system is, we need guys."

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He sounds like an epic dipshit, IMO.

He wasn't "playing bad" but it was "football decision".

What in the name of **** is that supposed to mean?

**The Franchise** · 09-22-2016, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

"That’s how the league is," Russell said. "It wasn’t a character issue. They can eliminate that. I never got into it with any coaches or anything. It had nothing to do with anything. I wasn’t playing bad. It was just a football decision."

Whatever happened with the Chiefs, that's in the past now, and Russell feels confident he'll last with the Bengals.

"I’m back on a team, I’m confident with this, that I’ll be a little longer," Russell said. "I’m confident. We’ll see, but I think the Bengals showed a lot of love in the last couple days, and I feel I can get on the field here. I don’t know when that’s going to be, but I feel if I work hard enough going against these great receivers we have, the great quarterback we have, the way the defensive system is, we need guys."

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He sounds like an epic dipshit, IMO.

He wasn't "playing bad" but it was "football decision".

What in the name of **** is that supposed to mean?

Sounds to me like the Chiefs expected their 3rd round pick to be able to show that he was able to play meaningful snaps.....and that didn't happen. He apparently doesn't know why they cut him. Nothing legal. No character issues and it wasn't because he couldn't play.

What a ****ing idiot.

**DaneMcCloud** · 09-22-2016, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

What a ****ing idiot.

I think it goes beyond that. I wonder what he scored on the Wonderlic?

So, he didn't get cut because he played "bad" but it was a "football decision".

He thinks he can get on the field with the Bengals but doesn't know when that will happen and apparently, the Bengals "need guys".

He sounds like he's got an IQ hovering around 75.

**Meatloaf** · 09-22-2016, 11:37 AM

Since we don't seem to be hearing any "leaks" about why we cut this guy, the more I'm of a mind to think that our coaches simply felt that we had better CBs on the team with as much potential growth as Russell. Someone had to go, so they simply cut the worst CB on the team. Clearly, a draft fail, but at least they didn't "double down" on it by keeping him around over someone they liked better despite the draft position.

scho63 · 09-22-2016, 12:35 PM

Not sure how smart the kid is but once in a while the jump from college to NFL is too much for some of these IQ challenged guys. It's a pretty complex system in the NFL and if a guy just doesn't get it and is always out of place or lost, what can you do but cut him, admit it was a mistake, and move on.

It sucks cause we burnt a third on this guy. That's really bad that he was cut so quickly.

**jjchieffan** · 09-22-2016, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Meatloaf

Since we don't seem to be hearing any "leaks" about why we cut this guy, the more I'm of a mind to think that our coaches simply felt that we had better CBs on the team with as much potential growth as Russell. Someone had to go, so they simply cut the worst CB on the team. Clearly, a draft fail, but at least they didn't "double down" on it by keeping him around over someone they liked better despite the draft position.

Oh but they did. When he made final cuts, while Marcus Cooper got traded for a ham sandwich

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jjchieffan Supporter Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Highlandville, MO Casino cash: $12248	Still no information has leaked about why Russell was cut so quickly. O came across this article talking about him today. This is what it said. It's still a mystery why the Chiefs were willing to cut a player they spent a third-round pick on this year. The 22-year-old previously explained to the Kansas City Star that he had trouble getting comfortable with the team's defensive scheme. Whatever the case, Russell is adamant that he doesn't know why the Chiefs cut him beyond it being a football decision. "That’s how the league is," Russell said. "It wasn’t a character issue. They can eliminate that. I never got into it with any coaches or anything. It had nothing to do with anything. I wasn’t playing bad. It was just a football decision." Whatever happened with the Chiefs, that's in the past now, and Russell feels confident he'll last with the Bengals. __________________ Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. Following the historical accounts and the genealogy from that point on, the age of the Earth is approximately 6000-7000 years old. The Big Bullshit Theory is a lie. It and the evolution theory go against real science. Satan has used our public school system to brainwash everyone into believing these lies. Be not decieved.
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