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

[Hammock Parties]

This whole article is

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]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

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

I'm thinking about treating these threads like random pic threads.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by 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.

he's throwing shit against the wall like he does about everything

he enjoys playing the fool for the attention ... then if it happens to be right, it's icing on the fool's cake.

[L.A. Chieffan]

It's not that hard to talk smack

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Dave

I'm thinking about treating these threads like random pic threads.

something we can actually agree on

[Bewbies]

2014, 2015, that's when one should expect to know anything about Poe.

Goatse loves beating off to whatever gets his dumbass as much attention as possible. It's a good life.

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by 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

Evening update on KcChiefs.com...

[Mr. Laz]

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Kent Babb ‏@kentbabb

Spoke to a former NFL player about him, and he said Week 12 (!!!) is a reasonable time frame, bc rushing Poe could ruin him.


Kent Babb ‏@kentbabb

This isn't what u'd ordinarily expect from a 1st-rnder, but Poe is so raw -- but if handled correctly & given chance to learn, could be star

Wilfork only started 6 games as a rookie. Hampton started 11. Ted Washington didn't start in his first season, and only started 6 games in his sophomore season. They seem to have worked out alright. Maybe Babb should take a Midol.

[BigMeatballDave]

I'm not EVEN remotely worried about Poe now.

[whoman69]

I would fully expect his early action to be on sub packages in rushing the passer. Torbio can't be in on every snap. You can't carry enough tackles to not have him play unless he goes on the practice squad. He would get grabbed up the minute he was put there. He will play.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by Just Not Gettin' It

Wilfork only started 6 games as a rookie. Hampton started 11. Ted Washington didn't start in his first season, and only started 6 games in his sophomore season. They seem to have worked out alright. Maybe Babb should take a Midol.

Apples and Oranges.

[Messier]

Romeo says something that I think is intended for Poe to hear, and now this will be the story for a few days.

Nevermind that Poe hasn't been a cause for concern by the media any day before now.

[Coogs]

Originally Posted by 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.

Wrong, wrong, wrong!!! Haven't you bee paying attention? Cassel has nothing to do with us winning. It's all about the running game with MC as the QB. If we rush for somewhere in the neighborhood of 130-150 yard a game, we are probably going to win. If we rush for something less than that we are most likely going to lose.

Hell, I'm not even sure why we run the 7 on 7 drill in practice. It's a lot like telling a basketball team to shoot nothing but 3's in practice, then tell them to work it into the post come game time.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Coogs

Wrong, wrong, wrong!!! Haven't you bee paying attention? Cassel has nothing to do with us winning. It's all about the running game with MC as the QB. If we rush for somewhere in the neighborhood of 130-150 yard a game, we are probably going to win. If we rush for something less than that we are most likely going to lose.

Hell, I'm not even sure why we run the 7 on 7 drill in practice. It's a lot like telling a basketball team to shoot nothing but 3's in practice, then tell them to work it into the post come game time.

[Bewbies]

We were ****ed when we passed on a player with such a huge pre-snap importance like David DeCastro.