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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Originally Posted by O.city

Not much difference in LT and LG? Really?



New level bro. I like it.

I said there wasn't enough of a difference.

Gallery was probably a bigger bust than Tyson Jackson, but not at a Ryan Sims level.

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Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Suh sucked his first year so don't expect Poe to be any different !

How can you say that 66 tackles, 10 sacks, a FF, a FR, and an INT sucks for a rookie Defensive Tackle?

[King_Chief_Fan]

Originally Posted by Just Not Gettin' It

Put him on ignore until the season starts. I did it recently, and the board's a much better read for it.

you will get to see some serious flip flopping from that boy, wait and see

[suzzer99]

This thread lasted a page and a half before degenerating into a full blown AIDS pissing contest. That's a page longer than I predicted when I first opened it. Congrats CP!

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

There is not enough of a difference between LT and LG to call Gallery as big of a bust as you're implying. It's not like it's a WR moving to RB.

He's in the same ballpark of player quality as Tyson Jackson. They both play/played positions of secondary importance, and they are/were nothing more than solid at that position.

Well,no doubt he will never live up to the pick.

But let's not put guard on the same level as a five technique. The five tech may be secondary in importance, but guard is probably third tier. Namely because good guards grow on trees.

Secondly, what makes gallery a bust is how insanely good that draft class was. The raiders passed up on rivers. Big Ben. Fitzgerald. And despite the tragedy,Sean Taylor too. I think the reason Tyson Jackson feels like a much better pick than gallery is that everyone knows its not like we made some kind of a big miss. In fact, sadly, Tyson Jackson is one of the best picks out of that top ten. Arguably, he's the third best of that group, so the #3 pick is kind of fitting.

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Originally Posted by Bewbies

I'll try that out.

Its a little better, but people need to stop quoting him.

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Dontari Poe looks like Romeo's illegitimate son.

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Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

It's not trolling to say Tyson Jackson is a solid player.

****ing homers.

The IQ of the vagina fart fans is change subject when you show them the truth. You know deep in their heart they truly believe he will turn into Dick Seymour.