KCJohnny
12-08-2007, 01:44 PM
Boomer at FB Sunday (http://http://www.kansascity.com/sports/chiefs/story/394882.html)
The Chiefs appear to be ready to give Boomer Grigsby the first start of his NFL career at fullback Sunday when they play the Broncos in Denver.
Grigsby assumed much of the playing time last week ahead of Kris Wilson.
“The more you see of Boomer, the more you have to take a look and say, ‘Can this guy really be the fullback?’ ” coach Herm Edwards said.
The Chiefs use their fullback mainly as a blocker but will occasionally throw him a pass. Wilson, a converted tight end, is a better pass receiver but is miscast as a lead blocker.
“Kris is really kind of playing out of position,” Edwards said. “He’s really not a fullback, and we’re looking for (one). That’s not really his role. It’s not fair to him to have him leading up in there.
“We were trying to get our best players on the field, and that was a way to get him on.”
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/32582ndABN/118-CHIEFSCAMPpm_SP_080707_DRE_137f.jpg
Looks to me like we will be seeing a lot of I-formations and the R3P offense. With Svitek and Grigsby starting and Brody inexperienced in cold weather games, this might be the most vanilla offense we've seen all year, and that's saying something.
So, we've got a converted TE at H-back (Wilson), a converted DE at OLT (Svitek) and a converted LB at FB (Grigsby). And ya wonder why our pass protect and rushing attack are so anemic...
:hmmm:
I wish Boomer all the luck in the world and hope he can mack truck some LBs for Kolby tomorrow...
KCJ
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The Chiefs appear to be ready to give Boomer Grigsby the first start of his NFL career at fullback Sunday when they play the Broncos in Denver.
Grigsby assumed much of the playing time last week ahead of Kris Wilson.
“The more you see of Boomer, the more you have to take a look and say, ‘Can this guy really be the fullback?’ ” coach Herm Edwards said.
The Chiefs use their fullback mainly as a blocker but will occasionally throw him a pass. Wilson, a converted tight end, is a better pass receiver but is miscast as a lead blocker.
“Kris is really kind of playing out of position,” Edwards said. “He’s really not a fullback, and we’re looking for (one). That’s not really his role. It’s not fair to him to have him leading up in there.
“We were trying to get our best players on the field, and that was a way to get him on.”
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/32582ndABN/118-CHIEFSCAMPpm_SP_080707_DRE_137f.jpg
Looks to me like we will be seeing a lot of I-formations and the R3P offense. With Svitek and Grigsby starting and Brody inexperienced in cold weather games, this might be the most vanilla offense we've seen all year, and that's saying something.
So, we've got a converted TE at H-back (Wilson), a converted DE at OLT (Svitek) and a converted LB at FB (Grigsby). And ya wonder why our pass protect and rushing attack are so anemic...
:hmmm:
I wish Boomer all the luck in the world and hope he can mack truck some LBs for Kolby tomorrow...
KCJ
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