Chiefs counting on receiver Donnie Avery to provide highlights

[Deberg_1990]

Yes!



Wide receiver Donnie Avery flashed his big-play ability early in his first season with the Chiefs, and he showed it in the postseason.

But Avery, who battled a shoulder injury for much of the season, didn’t provide the downfield speed threat that was expected as a complement to Dwayne Bowe for most of last year. Avery played in all 16 games but caught just 40 passes — and only two for touchdowns.

The Chiefs are counting on more production from Avery this season, and especially in Sunday’s season opener against Tennessee, when Bowe will be serving a one-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.

Avery, 30, will be the club’s only seasoned receiver when he starts alongside Frankie Hammond Jr., who will be playing in his first NFL game, and slot receiver Junior Hemingway, who has made two NFL starts. Backup A.J. Jenkins has caught just eight passes in two NFL seasons; and rookie Albert Wilson made the club as an undrafted free agent.

“The biggest thing is staying healthy,” Avery said. “Just being out there … even though you might think I kind of fell off, I was still available to the team, whether it was blocking, taking two (defenders) down the field.”

“It’s my role this game to calm down all the rookie guys, tell them, ‘Hey, this is an ordinary game. Just be yourself and play hard.’ Coach is going to put us in position to make plays … .”

A year ago, Avery showed his explosiveness in the second game of the season when he hauled in a 51-yard bomb from quarterback Alex Smith as part of a season-best seven catches for 141 yards in the Chiefs’ 26-16 win at Philadelphia.

Two weeks later at Tennessee, with the Chiefs facing first down at their 1, Avery gathered in a 41-yard pass but hurt his shoulder when he hit the ground. Though he did not miss a game, Avery was never the same receiver for the rest of the season.

“For him to push through and play last year, that was something,” said Chiefs coach Andy Reid. “He’s coming off a really good camp. He’s shown great toughness out here. He can still run very fast.”

Avery outran the Indianapolis secondary for a 79-yard touchdown reception in the Chiefs’ wild-card loss, setting a franchise record for the longest play from scrimmage in a postseason game.

That play left Smith wondering how much he and Avery, with his 4.27 40-yard dash speed, could have accomplished last year had the receiver been healthy.

“He’s a real matchup for us,” said Smith, “a real playmaker … big, big-time speed, and with that comes big-play potential. The tough thing last year was Donnie gutted it out a lot of times but wasn’t 100 percent at all times, which is hard.

“He’s a guy we looked at last year. I know I certainly did at times and could have done (a) lot more. There was a lot out there we left on the field and we need to take advantage of at times. There are times when we have some matchups that are really favorable with him.”

Avery has been injury-free in the preseason and did not miss a day of practice in training camp. He caught three passes for 30 yards during the preseason, when the Chiefs’ first-team offense failed to score a touchdown in 16 possessions.

It was hard to go through the motions in preseason games knowing what was being saved in the playbook for the regular season.

“We’re tired of preseason games. We’re tired of training camp,” Avery said. “We’re ready for the real deal to go out there and show the world, show our teammates what we’ve built.

“As a competitor, you want to do your best and unload all your ammo, but you have to wait for the regular season to get it done.”

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[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by OldSchool

None, would be no point to cutting them when nothing else on the streets is any better.

So who's going to get cut when Bowe gets back? They'll have to cut someone.

[John Dope]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

So who's going to get cut when Bowe gets back? They'll have to cut someone.

Sorenson

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

So who's going to get cut when Bowe gets back? They'll have to cut someone.

Last game audition for AJ Jenkins?

[John Dope]

Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

Last game audition for AJ Jenkins?

I wish.

Here's a question for you guys, would it be that big of a shock if we released Bowe? Is there a chance that could happen?

It seems unlikely to me but, if there is a deadline to release him by one day after the suspension like some say, I could see it happening.

[LiL stumppy]

If he could find a way to be more consistent, he could be a valuable player. Drops have always been his only issue.

[penbrook]

Hammond and Wilson are locks

[OldSchool]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

So who's going to get cut when Bowe gets back? They'll have to cut someone.

Probably McKnight, our extra DB.

If they are going to cut a WR then it will be Jenkins, he isn't great on special teams and he hasn't shown enough at WR to warrant a roster spot without playing special teams well.

[Sandy Vagina]

Originally Posted by John Dope

I wish.

Here's a question for you guys, would it be that big of a shock if we released Bowe? Is there a chance that could happen?

It seems unlikely to me but, if there is a deadline to release him by one day after the suspension like some say, I could see it happening.

chance of this? .04%

Cutting Bowe would be announcing to the League and KC players that this season is forfeit. Makes no sense to lose him, when there's no WRs on the roster even close to his talent.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by John Dope

I wish.

Here's a question for you guys, would it be that big of a shock if we released Bowe? Is there a chance that could happen?

It seems unlikely to me but, if there is a deadline to release him by one day after the suspension like some say, I could see it happening.

We need Bowe. He won't go anywhere until, at least, after this season.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by John Dope

I wish.

Here's a question for you guys, would it be that big of a shock if we released Bowe? Is there a chance that could happen?

It seems unlikely to me but, if there is a deadline to release him by one day after the suspension like some say, I could see it happening.

Maybe if we had drafted Cook in the 1st instead of Ford.

Since we didn't draft a receiver at all, i would think the chances are slim to none.

[John Dope]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

We need Bowe. He won't go anywhere until, at least, after this season.

I don't know dude.....

Bowe’s suspension could result in his depature from Chiefs, soon

The one-game suspension of Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe could, in hindsight, become the domino that ultimately gives the Browns a replacement for Josh Gordon.

The suspension most likely voids the remaining fully guaranteed money in Bowe’s contract: $8.75 million in 2014 and $1.5 million in 2015. It creates a window for the Chiefs to dump Bowe, avoiding more than $10 million and creating an immediate $8.75 million in 2014 cap space. (The extra cap space now would almost entirely offset the $9 million cap charge they’d take in 2015, due to the post-June 1 move.)

Unless Bowe’s contract specifically was negotiated to remove now-standard language voiding future guarantees in the event of a suspension, the Chiefs could make a move at any point after Bowe’s one-week exile begins, but before the moment that his salary becomes guaranteed as “termination pay,” a benefit for all players with four or more years of service who are on a team’s Week One roster.

If Bowe is cut, he’d become a free agent. And if Browns receiver Josh Gordon is suspended for a full year, Cleveland would have a clear need at receiver.

And Browns G.M. Ray Farmer worked for the Chiefs when Bowe was drafted. And Farmer’s advisor, Bill Kuharich, served as the V.P. of player personnel in Kansas City when the Chiefs drafted Bowe.

The Chiefs also could trade Bowe to the Browns (or anyone else), but it would make no sense for Cleveland (or anyone else) to assume the obligation to pay him $8.75 million for 2014 if they can sign him for less on the open market.

Of course, coach Mike Pettine and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan would have to believe that Bowe could learn Shanahan’s offense. But both Cleveland and Kansas City rely on West Coast-style offenses, making the potential transition easier.

Regardless of where Bowe ends up, the suspension gives the Chiefs the opportunity to block more than $10 million that currently is fully guaranteed to him. If they choose to do so, Bowe’s most obvious next destination would become Cleveland.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...m-chiefs-soon/

[Red Dawg]

Thank god we didn't not waste a pick on Benjamin. What a colossal error that would been. Avery would not be able to stand out.

This is going to be sad if we lose to sorry ass Tenn.

[John Dope]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

Thank god we didn't not waste a pick on Benjamin. What a colossal error that would been. Avery would not be able to stand out.

This is going to be sad if we lose to sorry ass Tenn.

I didn't want Benjamin either but, I gotta admit that he looked badass in the preseason.

[mcaj22]

we could have drafted any of those WRs and I would have been happy

there was like ****ing 20 of them. And more than half of them were drafted by good franchises.

[DrunkBassGuitar]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

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