I think that's the correct answer. Smith gets beat too often as a "good" interior OL. Our LT gets beat too often, period. Our receivers probably aren't getting open as quickly as Rice and Brown would have. It's all of those factors that are likely leading to Pat holding the ball a few tenths of a second longer than he should.

Did you complain when we signed Taylor because you were still pining for Wylie?

Lots of decisions can look better after the fact. The issue at hand is the process the front office took. We didn't have a LT or a RT and they pivoted by signing the highest-rated FA tackle out there. Unless you have some receipts where you claimed it was a terrible idea at the time because Wylie was super competent, I don't understand why it needs to be re-litigated.

Plenty of decisions the organization has made have worked out; plenty of decisions haven't. We judge this team based on Super Bowls, not on an after-the-fact basis of micro-decisions.

And "Jacksonville didn't like Taylor enough..." blah blah. Is this some kind of joke? Are we holding ourselves to the standard of the Jacksonville Jaguars?

Yep he was getting paid. Now that being said the rules and how they are enforced seem to have taken almost a whole step away from him. They make him stand closer to the line and he can not come close to anticipating the snap like he used to ... This has really hurt his game. Prior to us signing him the above was looked at like a positive. Also think that the rules on being closer to the line would have given Smith problems last year. IT has put a lot more pressure on the tackles of teams that like to leve them on an island,

Further he does seem almost a focal point of all of the crews.

just saw this

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨 UPDATE 🚨<br><br>Left tackle DJ Humphries likely starts Dec. 8 against the Chargers.<br><br>Per, <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ByNateTaylor</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/FourGuysInABar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FourGuysInABar</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkPrimeTime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TalkPrimeTime</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BowTieSports_18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BowTieSports_18</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefsInsider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChiefsInsider</a></p>&mdash; Chiefs Blitz (@ChiefsBlitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChiefsBlitz/status/1860775080734703729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He gets away with more bullshit than any other tackle in the league. It's so ****ing dumb that he can't line up correctly and start plays correctly. To the point we expect refs to allow him to do that shit and get mad the couple times they flag him for it.

Teams are now attacking the line just based on how he sets up. It puts us at a disadvantage before the play even starts.

Sorry but your first sentence just isn't true. Every game, every week, there's at least one tackle doing the exact same thing. It used to be a cheat code. Now it's a penalty. But lots of guys are still doing it.

Him and Lane Johnson are the ones who consistently do it. Other guys might do it and refs miss it but for him and Lane you can tell it's a strategic part of their game. It's not like that for others. Wanya is doing that. Wylie wasn't doing that. OBJ wasn't doing that. Fisher wasn't doing that. Humphries won't be doing that. It's Taylor constantly daring the refs to flag him on something

That's exactly what I said. My bad I called them pressures instead of 2 hurries. The way it's written out makes it seem worse than it is. That makes it seem like 7 plays that he gave up pressure, but it's just 4. It could be written out as 1 pressure, 2 hurries, and 1 sack. A sack is a pressure and a QB hit. Hurries are also pressures.

I said 3 pressures and 1 sack. That's completely correct. Also one of those pressures is iffy.

I wonder if the Chiefs were feeding Humphries team info before they even signed him.

That's remarkable they were able to get him ready this fast.

They had a very clear plan to go get him and executed it. Nobody the wiser for weeks, perhaps months. Makes you wonder about their other secret plans. :)

Also testament to the issues at LT and their faith in Morris.

Really don't hate Morris as the swing tackle but he can't start.

Think this is the right take. I didn't like Taylor, didn't like the contract, but we needed a guy and he was the best available

It’s just bullshit. Play to the ****ing rules and line up straight without trying to cheat a few inches when you know the TV crews and the refs have you under the magnifying glass constantly.

If you are too dumb to line up accurately as a group then you should not be a lavishly paid professional player.

Huh? 4 pressures in a game is still pretty ****ing rotten. The worst starting OTs in the league year to year are usually hovering in the high 50 range in terms of total pressures given up. 4 a game would put him at 68.

That says it all. Plugging in a new to the team LT that's coming off an ACL tear in December flies in the face of everything we've seen Andy Reid do in the past. The fact he's even willing to entertain this is crazy.