Main thing is them staying healthy till the season. I'd expect it to take a couple of games for blitz pickups and such to become more settled.

The center position will be key, they’re the anchor of the line. Could take awhile, crowd noise and gameplay is different from training camp.

Humphrey played at OU, in a regularly packed stadium and in the college playoffs 3 times i believe. I'm not worried with crowd noise, maybe game speed.

I think Blythe will compete at Center and RG.

Did Teicher seriously predict that they'll start 1-3 or 0-4?

Correct answer

Teicher is a ****ing douche. Dude is a glorified Arrowhead Pride writer and hes somehow convinced ESPN that he's the best option to give ground breaking commentary on the Chiefs.

It's like he's always trying to be a contraction, but he's so goddamn unoriginal and boring that the only thing he has is old sports cliches.

Waste of time to read his drivel.

Oh my bad. He didn’t say that. He says:

https://www.espn.com/blog/kansas-cit...her-fast-start

I would not be surprised at all if Andy goes with experience at the center position. The center position is where experience means the most along the Oline.

Honestly? The biggest question I have regarding the OLine isn't whether or not they'll operate well together, but rather....

...and it's a low key question...

but I wonder about, and will be watching to see, how Brown will handle multiple speed edge-rushes over the top all game long. And to pair with that, the inevitable stunts & counters they'll test him with inside while trying to stretch him on his deep kickstep drops.

He's a big boy, and it could be a smart defensive strategy to try and tire him out, since a hardcore passing offense is a new concept for him.

That said, it's a minor question and the dude is a 2x pro-bowl tackle, so I'm not super worried.

He played at OU, which has had a high flying passing offense for years.

Brown will be fine. I can't even understand why anyone would even question whether or not he'd be ready to handle the Chiefs offense Day 1.

The league has had bigger LTs than Brown before who played at Pro Bowl/All Pro levels. Size means jack.

Roaf had chicken legs and walked like an 90 year old man who had to really take a piss. He was great against speed, power, both at the same time, and everything in between.

I hear you on the OU days and being in a predominately passing offense, good call, I overlooked that. That said, Big 12 defenses are pretty sad, outside of the occasional Texas DE. He clearly adjusted well in Baltimore, with his two Pro-Bowl nods for both tackle spots. Again, not super worried about it, but will be something I'll be looking for in the first few games.

And yep, the counter to my earlier question/thought re: his adjustment from Baltimore to KC's offense is that his length will serve him really well. His wingspan is 85.13 inches, and ranks in the 96th percentile.

So even if a speed rusher runs upfield to try and go around him, his long ass arms will allow him to make that defender's loop even wider. Obviously the outlier is Mahomes' comfort and willingness to stay in the pocket, which should be better this year with a stronger/better interior.

It usually take about a half a season.