A underrated person in the KC Chiefs organization is Brandt Tillis

How anyone would bitch about Clark Hunt is beyond me.

I saw one report say we had 38 this morning, so that would have us at 33.5 available.

And keep in mind, we still (apparently) haven't adjusted Kelce, or extended Tyrann yet. Or Hill.

We got ammo if we need it.

He only cares about soccer!!

Mahomes can nail receivers falling on his dick parallel to the ground, can only imagine how dangerous he would be in a clean pocket.

Who has bitched about Clark?? Dude is one of the best owners in all of sports

Its absolutely great to snatch up a legit All Pro, but dang man we're still needing that blindside bodyguard...

His "game knowledge" or whatever you want to call it is going to skyrocket this year. From an already high level.

He's going to learn how to use CEH and the other RBs in the passing game more effectively now.

In addition to all of the other badass shit he was doing before.

It's game ****ing over, NFL. Thanks for playing.

I'm a big TwistedChief fan but he's wrong on this one.

The timing of the Thuney signing suggest he was their target from the beginning. He wasn't plan B or anything of the sort.

They're still working on the tackle position but make no mistake, the timing of this deal suggest Thuney was their prime target all along.

At one point, it most certainly felt like that lol.

Yeah I'm still catching up on this thread, the way this deal is structured is letting me breathe a little easier in regard to cap room for a LT called Silverdick

Don't get me wrong, not complaining about this guy at all... just wasn't the move I was expecting, but if Veach and co wanted to get LG locked down first who am I to judge

It makes so much sense to empty the piggybank this offseason when everyone is cash strapped, but the cap is going to go up a bunch the next couple of years.

I think they can walk and chew gum. I think they had two targets, and they've gotten one so far.

the other is very much still on the board.

Veach is hungry.

Jan. 2019-damn this defense sucks. Veach: **** this guy, **** this guy, **** this guy, **** this coordinator, **** this staff, give me this guy, this guy, this guy, and these coaches.

Feb. 2020-that went pretty great. Let's bring all these mother****ers back together.


Feb. 2021-Veach: What the **** is this offensive line bullshit? **** this guy, **** this guy, **** this guy, give me this mother****er, and that mother****er, and let's draft a couple more mother****ers so that shit doesn't happen again.

I'm glad y'all are coming around on this LMAO

I've never noticed how ****ing stupid the average fan is about the cap.

I've seen hundreds of comments about how we had to let go of Fish and Schwartz because Mahomes demanded the highest contract in NFL history.

I've seen comments of people saying "Patty Mahomes about to fall short a couple hundred" after he restructured his contract.

I've seen comments about how selfless Brady is for restructuring his contract and how Mahomes is just doing it now because Brady did.

I mean.. people are just insanely ****ing dumb.

Especially since they have had a problem at LG almost the whole time Reid has been in KC.

FYP

LMAO :thumb:

Mahomes gives better gifts than that **** Tom Brady.

Brandt Tilis guys

You need to give that man a ton of credit. He’s been amazing working our cap

Agreed! I’m afraid some front office will steal him from us. Clark needs to give this guy a raise

It's gonna be so awesome to watch what CEH can do when there aren't 2 guys in the backfield when he receives the hand off...

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Is there a translator for that?

We’re signing Trent Williams

Translation: LFG!!!

Says who? He’s probably commenting on Thuney

Cak'n partna

Agreed. This is a great start but that LT needs addressed. Thuney had enough of that CAM crap, because once a multi-SB winning LG always a SB winning guard.:thumb:

I agree thoroughly because he has never had a clean pocket EVER WITHOUT some sort of worry IMHO. He may have a little 'pocket PTSD' in the beginning but once he feels he can truly trust the guys upfront to your point "LOOKOUT" !!!:clap:

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And Butts in the seats.

It means now he can cut up inside now. I think.

Brady posted his phone number so fans can text him , once Pat finds out we will all get keys to his house.

I just ran it through my translator from Cajun to English. It mean WBF!!

A trade for Dillard can't be done until the start of the league season. Might explain the quick signing of Thuney instead of a free agent LT.

A trade can be agreed to it just can’t be official just like all of today’s signings.

Yeah, and that offer was a chance at another fistful of Championship rings.

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w00t w00t!

Pretty much confirms that they wanted Thuney the minute he was available.

Arguably the 2nd best OG in the NFL behind Nelson with Thuney being more athletic but less powerful. I couldn't be more thrilled.

Certainly brings into question signing Williams, which would be quite the feat at this point, but if they do that opens up a ton in the draft to just go get playmakers.

Thuney’s cap hit this year is $4.5 million.

This year, then it's 18-19 per. Williams is going to want more than a 1-year contract. I know, kick the can and all that, plus you got a way out of the Clark deal next year with some space but it's still going to be a lot of money.

update op

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They can convert Mahomes roster bonus again if they want to.

$16 mill is not an overpayment... especially where the Cap is headed. We got a top 5 player at his position.

Top 3. And arguably the best pass blocking guard in the league.

I think top 2 actually... He isn't being overpaid if he's stays healthy and taking snaps...

Yep.

The dude has never missed a game in his career and in the last 3 years has given up like 3 sacks and only 3 penalties.

It's a HUGE upgrade.

He’s pretty much the Mitchell Schwartz of G’s which is gonna be be ****ing awesome for us

I bet he gets at least 2 all pros over the course of these next 5 years. This is probably the best lineman Mahomes has ever had block for him.

Can he umm play guard?

I don't even know that you can upgrade past Thuney, seriously... at least in this blocking scheme and offense. He's Kobe Beef A5. Everyone else is just Grade A Prime Black Angus at most.

This seems like a very wise move for us.

Schwartz was pretty incredible at RT the two years prior to this year. That level of play is hard to beat.

Thuney is a great pickup though. Very encouraging move.

Begs the question, what is most important for a Patrick mahomes OL? We don't have a great record without Eric fisher but is that because fishers backups have been atrocious? Seems to me our biggest weakness has been complete inability to run the ball in short yardage and when the pocket pushes into mahomes especially considering how much he drifts. Not to mention all the tipped passes this year. So I like focusing on the interior.

Now that we have a really solid interior how important are the tackles? Are they must haves or can we settle for decent?

Reid still prefers to leave his T’s out on an island, so I still believe you need above average play at both spots.

I'm going to side with staylor and say "must haves."

Now, I do think Niang is a sleeping giant at RT. I don't think people realize just how good he was before that hip injury in college.

That basically leaves LT and a solid swing tackle. If they get a good FA LT, they can take a guy like Walker Little to develop in round 3 and he can be a swing guy for a couple of years.

If they can't get a top-shelf LT in FA, then I think you look to get a good swing guy there and then go after a LT in the draft. Either way, Reid requires tackles that can play in space.

Just made me wonder because I remember Geoff schwartz commenting on Twitter that mahomes tendency to drift hurts his OL. Particularly his tackles. Said he needs to learn to climb the pocket.

Can take that two ways. Maybe a great interior gets mahomes to trust his pocket more. Or, if his permanent tendency is to drift are we always going to put our OTs in a tough spot regardless of who we put out there. I'd agree we need above average tackles... But do we need elite ones now that we have this kind of an interior?

You raised several good points.

Tackle is the gold standard for OL in this league; but carving out an online built differently to suit a unicorn isn't necessarily the worst idea...

I'm not jumping on any theories just yet but I appreciate the idealistic hope, and I still am holding out for silver sleeves or whatever his name is

This. We had hot garbage at tackle in the Superbowl against great edge rushers, and Reid just shrugged it off and called the game as if we had Orlando Pace on both sides. Get that man a great left AND right tackle.

I think Andy thought he could get away with average guard play but had seen enough.

This offense badly needs quick pass, screens, playaction. Arguably the guard is more important. Not to mention that a lot of CEHs best running is up the gut. We saw how little confidence Reid had regular season when he refused to run against Tampas interior. Tampa annihilated us with stunts. Great defenses slide pass rushers like Aaron Donald inside. I used to be have guard really low on my list but it sure seems like so much of what mahomes needs right now. We need a short game more than we need long pass pro tight now.

Dude is playing for less than $1m base this year.

For one of the best in the game.

Veach is a total badass.

WTF?

His tag number is 4.7 Which is still good but where did you get less then 1 million dollars?

I am thinking this morning that we are going to go all out for a rookie centre/left tackle in the draft or both hence the need for experience on the inside.

I wouldn't be surprised if we traded up for a tackle now.

Base is 990 K probably is 4.7 with incentives and bonuses

Yep, this chiefs better have a plan for left tackle. Andy doesn't like to help his tackles AT ALL. Fisher went his entire career without help, even against the best pass rushers in the league.

I hope the Chiefs aren't planning on sliding Thuney out to tackle. He's played there before but i would rather not count on him there now. You generally want to move people in, not out. CB to Safety, OT to Guard.

STFU

!!! I wish you would've relayed this info to Veach before we signed Thuney !!

What the **** is your problem with that generic post?

What part isn't true?

That is a very good video in the OP! Worth the watch!

Maybe it's that we signed a great player and you're already bitching.

*Veach signs the best available guard*

*JakeF- I hope we dont plan to play him at tackle what a shit move.

Not bitching, just talking

Where did i say "shit move"?

I didn't.

Thuney plays multiple positions, so yes, i hope that we don't plan on playing him at OT.

Absolute worst case scenario we will use niang at LT and while that's a risk, niang has a lot of upside there. I'd be shocked if we didn't bring another tackle in the draft or free agency. Let alone multiple.