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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
You know what's funny? And honestly, it's something I didn't really notice until stacking up the roster after the draft.
This team is probably better EVERYWHERE than it was last season.
The only argument is at S where Hicks may not duplicate what Reid gave us, though Edwards as a true FS can help a bit there and honestly even Connor, if moved back to S, can play. You could argue DT if you put any stock in the loss of Nnadi (I don't) or presume Jones will drop off (I think that happened LAST season and will actually stabilize a bit this season). Even if you believe both those things, the addition of ONL will help a fair bit and any fat body in the world can replace Nnadi.
And maybe you could argue the OL as an aggregate through the loss of Thuney at LG but the addition of Moore (and potentially Simmons) at the LT position should easily cover for that by simply getting credible play at a more important position.
WR -- better (for now; added Royals, lost nothing, room should be healthy/more experienced -- gotta avoid injury and ill-timed suspension)
RB -- MUCH better (Pacheco more healthy, addition of Mitchell and Smith)
TE -- Maybe even? Arguably better -- Kelce will not come back that out of shape. He didn't return to go out and mail it in, IMO. There's more money to be made for him outside of football. His pride won't allow what happened last year to happen again.
DEs -- Better (healthy Omenihu and Danna , addition of Gallette; lost nothing)
LBs -- better (lost nothing; added Bassa -- Chenal a year more experienced)
CBs -- better (Watson back, addition of Williams and Fulton)
This team is better than last year. This team might be a LOT better than last year. Injury is the only thing that I can see really preventing that and my word, can the injuries POSSIBLY be worse than last season?
Think whatever you want, talking heads. This is a far improved football team to last season's squad.
And last year's....wasn't too bad.
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Yeah, I think the Chiefs’ improvements are flying under the casual fan/analysts’ radar.
Joe Thuney is a big loss and they won’t be better at LG over Thuney… but they WILL be better at LG than Caliendo. And better at LT than anything they got last year.
Say they’re average at LG and LT, rather than really bad at LT and elite at LG. OL as a whole is going to be better.
They will be better at WR. I think they actually may be better at S (Conner can be effective in the box role, Hicks is a better pass defender than Reid). Big improvements at CB (especially in the slot). Legit option at WLB/covering TEs (may take some time to come along for Bassa, but he’s bright and was the signal caller for Oregon’s defense, which is not vanilla). More explosion in the room at RB.
People are overlooking how much injuries (WRs, Jaylen Watson) affected KC last year. And that’s fine.
Going to make the redemption run that much better.