FAU has made strides but he's not going to be the pass rusher we need this year. I don't think it's about him though when you also have Danna battling injuries this year.

Wasn’t FAU supposed to - at a minimum - slot in as that regular 3rd down pass rush specialist? With Danna playing earlier downs?

I would argue it says A LOT more about FAU than BJ Thompson. I can’t believe anyone is throwing that out there.

FAU is more of an all around defender that wins when he’s asked to rush the passer, but is learning to be responsible to his run defense assignments to stay on the field more and more.

Joshua isnt an every down guy like that, he’s a pass rush package rusher that’s highly effective in that role.

They obviously had plans this year to get Thompson more involved as that speed rush demon role that they wanted when they drafted him.

Hopefully BJ can step in next year to fill that role…but this year Josh gets to eat.

Spags will know what to do

This was the funniest response to that.. since, yeah, several fans pushed back on that.

Wouldn't surprise me if a large part of him being so cheap was him being one of the loudest voices calling for Maye to start over Brissett. Plenty of reports of locker room strife in New England.

From ESPN.com article:

He's a weapon that very few teams can actually take full advantage of.

1. You have to have a plan for him.

2. You have to force teams into passing situations often.

He'll likely be unleashed like never before.

Just so happens my favorite team the Kansas City Chiefs have one of the best defensive coordinators and is currently 2nd best stopping the run forcing teams into passing situations.

Uh, no? Especially with his relatively glacial get off the line, never saw him as a 3rd down pass rush specialist. Spags seems to have settled on him being more like a jack of all trades type of DE/DT hybrid that moves around the line. Not ideal but certainly better than the outright bust some were proclaiming him to be.

Bingo.

Dude, what do you think he was drafted to be?

They showed a graphic of KCs pass rush win rates this year and Felix was second to CJ95 with 16.5% iirc.thats with his run defense being very stout.

He wins when they move him and/or run stunts and that’s where Joshua is going to impact our pass rush.

I guarantee you that Joshua will line up way out wide with FAU in a tighter alighnment and as soon as the ball is snapped, they both attack different gaps and both guys will benefit from that aspect KC hasn’t really had a speed rusher to help exploit as much as they’d like to and now they do.

Frankly he was drafted because they couldn't trade up and settled on a need pick. Now, did they hope he'd develop into that guy? Sure, I'd agree to that, but it's probably not going to happen so they've pivoted into a niche role for him where he's earning more playing time. So no, don't really think the Uche trade had much to do with FAU.

Hell, aren't they two completely different archetypes? Even if FAU developed ideally he wouldn't be a LB that could pass rush in obvious situations or leak out into coverages like Uche. He's way more of a tweener between DE/DT.

I agree that that’s why he was drafted in the first round.

I also think that if he had developed more favorably we probably don’t make this trade.

This season, Uche has 13 pressures on 96 pass rush snaps. Felix has 7 on 89.

As staylor says, this is going to be so much better of a situation for Uche. He really has the potential to explode.

Agree to disagree. I think Veach makes the trade regardless. It's such a braindead easy move to make and he gives us something we didn't have on the roster.

What a couple of phaguettes down-voting this— I’m looking at you Uchiefettybugger and Crush. Basically I’m expressing the exact same sentiment many other posters wrote in this thread. If Danna and Omenihu were healthy and playing, does this move happen? Likely not.

So for real, suck a fat baby’s d I c k. Or maybe you already have one in your mouth, so in that case, please choke.

Oh yeah. And guys like Uche can absolutely bottom out into irrelevance if not utilized correctly. Bryce Huff is a prime example of this. Luckily we have one of the greatest defensive minds in football to utilize him.

Now, if Uche hadn't gone and pissed off whoever he pissed off in the New England organization and they weren't making him a healthy scratch looking to dump him for a coke and some chips, we probably don't make the trade.

That'll do. Need some speed on the edge to complete the defense

Completely different player that cost almost nothing.

Love this low cost move.

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3 hours ago, ToGoGo said:
It tells me the Chiefs don’t think they’re good enough as is to win this year.


What you guys see as a strength I see as a sign of nervousness from them.


Apparently not being complacent is something you’re unfamiliar with.

CP did our usual dumbshit things before all the titles, but I don't think any of us ever said something this stupid.

Seems like a good pickup, having extra pass rushers is never a bad thing and we often play with leads so he should get some good opportunities.

Veach is and never will be complacent he is constantly looking to improve the team day night and early morning.

It occurred to me that if we do play Cincy again, Uche is just the type of guy to **** OBJ a new ass.

The guy that replied to him seemed to get it. Guess not all of them are delusional.

:drool:

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I mean that was Miami's RG filling in at LT BUT still destroyed him HAHA

Agreed. I think it has more to do with BJ probably not playing this year and Omenihu coming off an ACL and he won't be the same player most likely.

I actually think FAU has played pretty well honestly.

ya I didn't know if that LT was good or bad but still impressive just running through him and pancaking him on the way to the QB lol

LMAO he pancaked that LT

Can always use more dawgs.

Playoff games are decided by a few plays.

Having another pass rusher that can get to the QB for nothing?!

Easy win.

Belichick certainly likes this move

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/bill-be...200140877.html

Agree he's improved, especially against the run. Feels equal parts a recognition he's maybe improved a little slower than hoped, and the issues with Danna's availability. Appreciate Omenihu is a very different player but there's also the question of how he'll be coming back.

Would've been nice for FAU or even that Thomas guy to have given them confidence to sit with what they have. But a speed guy to add both depth seems a solid move, especially at the asking price

Add this goon and bring back Charles from the injured list

QB's prepare your anus

I called my shot on Ojulari but expected some type of speed rusher to enhance our anemic ability to get to the QB this year. Uche is a fine consolation prize.

Happy to see a few of you guys got the guy you were hoping for. Good addition. He'll make some hay here.

Uche is playing for a contract. That bodes well.

Now imagine a guy playing for a contract AND a Super Bowl ring.....nothing more motivating.

This defense is already so wildly good. This addition and then Charles coming back it's gonna be absolutely nuts. Truly a shame that Watson got hurt because he was playing at a pro bowl level.

sometimes I wonder if there are players out there that would prefer to be on a team that doesn't make the playoffs, just so they don't have to work as long. I'm sure they get paid for post season, but there's gotta be some players that would rather go home

And their team is literally named after a lewd prank played on people who pass out at parities.

https://i.imgur.com/VI6XsLy.png

Uche trade to the Chiefs being billed as a "steal" in certain league circles:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...d=BingNewsSerp

There was an article I read about this a while back. The extra pay for post season isn't worth it for some.

Ya I would have thought so. Plus I heard Cam Newton talk on his podcast that he didnt like going to the Superbowl that much because the season was so damn long as he said, something of that matter.

I actually looked into this during our last postseason run because I was curious. Players on the Super Bowl winning team stood to gain an additional $350,000ish in salary. That’s for the WC, Divisional, and CCG as well as the SB. Since there’s a two week gap between the CCG and SB, we’ll call it an extra 5 weeks of work - meaning about $70,000 per week assuming you win (the totals are lower if you lose).

Running some numbers, it looks like weekly game checks for a $1.2m salary would come out to just above $70,000 game checks. So if your base salary exceeds $1.2m, you are actually taking less money as you play into the postseason even if your team is winning.

Guys like Mahomes and Kelce go from making $3m and $1m per week to “only” $70k lol

We had to go find a pass rush specialist because our first round DE can't get off the ball.

And yet the owners make MORE money off of playoff games.

Pretty ****ed up.

Not gonna hit on all of em unfortunately. But hey Rashee Rice and Chamarri Conner were A+ picks and Wanya Morris has to be a B at worst.

A playable starter at LT at the end of the 3rd rd is practically u heard of. Plus I think he’s gonna be a good RG next year

but, most have bonus's based on playoffs and SB.

Wanya Morris seems like a way better version of Cam Irving.

He can be an above average (or better) guard and a fine swing tackle.

That’s a valuable guy to have.

Seemed the Dolphins had this thinking in Arrowhead in January!

So when this guy gets a sack is the crowd going to in unison say OOOOOO-Shayyyyyyy!?

Not sure Morris is a B at all, maybe in time. On the other hand I still think FAU could be, or ar least a B -...fine. Imo he's improved against the run already. Good chance the get off is always awful but if he makes any strides there at all he'll be decent

Yeah the article I read was titled something like "Why don't NFL players look too bothered when they lose in the Playoffs"

Could be why dynasties like the Chiefs and Pats seem to get more out of the bottom of the roster guys

Because a lot of them make 250k a month

Right. They’re raking in cash in the postseason.

This is a good point. It doesn’t appear like all escalators are public knowledge, but a lot of players do have them in their contract. Google says Mahomes earns an extra $1.25m for winning the Super Bowl and can earn another 1.25m if he wins regular season MVP.

Assuming he wins the SB but not MVP, he still takes a pay cut lol

Though I suppose you could counter that the additional exposure benefits faces of the franchise like him. He will earn much more in endorsements for consistently making it deep into the playoffs to offset the lower salary in January/February.

I remember after we dusted the Dolphins’ dicks back in January, Tyreek held a postgame press conference and was talking about the end of the season. I specifically remember him seeming a little gloomy and he made a point to mention that “the football checks stop coming” so I’m sure a lot of guys are upset about the money train leaving the station for the time being.

stud

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That’s as aesthetically pleasing as a sack gets. No sex pun.

He looks like 2019 Frank Clark when he has to move laterally. But has that Dee Ford burst. Me likely.

Don't forget he also has that Breeland Speaks nasty streak! It's like they created the perfect player in a lab!

NASCAR packages with Uche, Leo, Karlaftis, Chris and Omenihu are gonna be absolutely filthy

Damn, he's slickery. Read that's he's a liability vs. the run, but who cares? Just make him a pass-rush specialist; not like we need more help stuffing the run anyway.

Exactly, not like we don't have plenty of un stuffers.

Those two.:LOL:

The mother****er never falls down!

If you think about Uche as a complementary rusher, if you have him running the arc and forcing the QB to step up while Jones et al crush the pocket from the other side, not a lot of space for the QB to go.

And if you think about that matchup specifically against the Bills and Ravens, both of those QBs are much more dangerous escaping to their right than their left. So Uche at RE against those teams could really be a subtle but impactful addition on key passing downs.

(Of course, you need to pair all of this with a good spy to keep Allen and Jackson from running away like crazy…)

Hopefully a change of scenery get him back to his 2022 self.. The culture of this locker room will go a long way to get him there.. Excited for Spaggs NASCAR package with him..

This will be always be Frank Clark to me :(

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And make Jones even better when they have to get off the double team on him.

My lucky numbers are 15, 10, 87, 29, 7, 50, 95, FIFTY-FIVE!

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Guy looks like a middle-aged construction worker.

Kinda looks like Draymond Green.

Hope he doesn't punch someone in the jaw.

He can punch Bo Nix’s throat all he wants.

Stud