I think hes had more action but Gray still looks a lot smoother and athletic in his routes imo.

I think teams that haven't (or have barely) played their starters in the preseason are making a huge mistake.

Waiting until the first regular season game to have your defensive players make an actual real tackle is a bold strategy Cotton, let's see how it plays out.

Gray seems like a 3 seasons down the road, developmental type move.

Fortson on the other hand seems to be playing for a job right now.

Mahomie has waited until he comes back to KC to score a TD

He (Fortson) had two blocks last Friday that really impressed me. Granted it wasn't against first-teamers, but if that's the supposed weak part of his game then he doesn't have any weak parts of his game.

These guys have become my new second favorite podcast after the Times Ours guys (because I like the personalities).

But for raw knowledge there's no one above KC Lab guys.

Is that really that surprising? Fortson is entering his 3rd year in the system. He’s certainly much more familiar with how the offense in general operates. It’ll just take Noah Gray some time to get up to speed.

Not from my seat.

Gray looks like a dude who moves real well. He looks natural out there.

"Honestly? If you want my opinion? And this is just my personal opinion. Others might have a different opinion, and I get that. But honestly, I just think at the end of the day, it is what it is."

GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

I like them as fans after the games and Matt Derrick has good inside info. And Ryan knows his stuff wrt to injuries. But in the off-season when they're just rambling about stuff and filling time it gets hard to take.

Just count how many time Chris says "honestly". It's like counting sheep.

I haven't found any other pods with football insight that aren't incredibly dry...but also not sure where to look. I use kcsn for chiefs, chris simms unbuttoned for the nfl at large, I'm pretty happy with them

Definitely think he's an immediate contributor in spots but feel, even more so than the natural rookie progression, that we'll see him explode in a couple seasons.

I like these guys a lot (Seth Keysor, Nate Taylor, Joshua Brisco): https://theathletic.com/podcast/57-times-ours/

Pretty good insight and definitely not dry. I think they're still doing one free podcast during the regular season and one that requires a subscription.

I can see AR playing them most of the 1st half. 1st game against Cleveland, no gimme. Whoever comes out sharp will win. Entirely new offensive line. A few more series for the line/offense to get some of the kinks out. Normal turnover you wouldn't play them as much but with 2 weeks between pre and regular season it's probably worth the risk.

I'll check out the upcoming episode