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Pro Bowl LT DJ Humphries [signed by Chiefs]
(https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=356044)
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He wasn't. Oh well, there's a playoff game tomorrow. It's winning time! |
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He's had like 3 weeks to get there, and the coaching staff is clearly saying he's not the guy. And you think he just needs more reps in a real game? My God. HE ISNT GOING TO START. Not in a single game in the playoffs. Unless Thuney gets hurt. We're rolling with Thuney at LT. The whole way |
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If its Humphries, start him and stick with him. If it's Thuney, stick with Thuney. |
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Had they gone with Humphries, a tough half could've led to a switch, IMO. But going with Thuney tells you this is a ride or die situation. I just don't see them moving away from Thuney at LT unless Caliendo REALLY shits the bed and even then, they might just replace the LG. They've chosen their guy for the playoffs. Andy's OLs are always notoriously difficult to displace a guy from absent injury and it damn sure won't happen mid-playoffs. They explored it - he didn't earn their trust. Nothing that happens tomorrow will help him change that. And Thuney could have a bad game and it still wouldn't likely change THAT because he HAS earned their trust. This is what we got. |
Ultimately what makes me most pleased with this is we know without shadow of a doubt that Mahomes is mentally comfortable with Joe. It’s been witnessed for a string of weeks.
And that’s all that really matters. Because if he’s not right mentally in terms of the trust factor, it doesn’t matter how good the LT is, the offense suffers mightily. Here at least you know that’s not gonna be the case. |
Have we started pounding the table for Humphries over Caliendo at LG?
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We still have 6 hours until gameday!!! |
Not gonna lie I'm genuinely shocked at this decision, me no likey... all I can do is shake my head, and trust that they've made the right decision
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Will Thuney give maybe enough to get it done? Sure, maybe. But make no mistake, he is not an NFL starter level Left Tackle. He's not. If he was, they'd have done this ages ago. He's not. |
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Nonetheless Im glad we have him because we have absolutely no LT back up worth a shit. Great insurance policy and if there is a problem he's there. |
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The biggest plot twist would be the Chiefs signing a left guard this offseason.
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As I said I am shocked, of course Jeremy Fowler may have been fed some info that is deceptive, but I trust the coaches. I still won't be surprised if Humphries is out there for the first series. It just seems the upside is so much bigger if had one more game to get in shape.
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Andy doesn’t want to get Grbac’d.
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If Schottenheimer doesn’t put Grbac back in we may not have won the Super Bowl but we would have gotten there. |
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We obviously do not have any NFL left tackles on the roster, and that's a problem. |
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If we tear through the playoffs with Thuney at LT and he does a solid job, I don’t know why anyone would think it would be so crazy to leave him there next year considering the alternatives. Nobody seems to have any clue what would even be worth our time at that spot. If you go sight a guy like Cam Robinson, you might have to cut Thuney just to afford him, so does that make any sense to even do? Just so frustrating. |
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You might just have to keep drafting them, knowing that maybe one in five will work out, given where we draft every year. |
Sounds like the Chiefs have multiple LT solutions
Thuney, Humphries, Wanya, Kingsley, even Taylor in a pinch. That’s a good problem to have. |
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Make no mistake, if we don't win the Super Bowl, this will be why. |
Not surprising Humphries did not appear to be in football shape
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The very best case scenario we could have hoped for was that he was pretty good, and we could lock him up for a couple of years, which would allow us to move on from Taylor next year. Replace one OT spot per season over the next two years. Now, it's a big problem. And we're probably going to be stuck with Taylor and his huge contract. I don't hate Taylor, to be clear. But I do think he's overpaid per production. If we're going to keep this thing rolling, we can't overpay. Too many mouths to feed. |
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I don't see how he would have been a bad option today. But Andy is conservative by nature and is riding the hot hand. But if the line doesn't perform as expected and we still win, then I'm sure he'll have to look at DJ again. |
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I bet it’s him. If he struggles, you just pull him out. It’s not like Thuney and Caliendo don’t already have enough reps together. Just throw him out there for a few drives and see what he looks like. |
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Caliendo is a MUCH bigger liability than DJ, IMO |
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Ideally you'd want a player of Humphries caliber at LT with Thuney the future HOF at guard. The fact that isn't the current line up says something and likely indicates what I laid out above. |
I think that we should be fine with Thuney today. But I can't keep from thinking about Morris last year. He looked good his first few games. But when the Raiders played us the second game, Crosby destroyed him because he figured out how to beat him from the first game. This will be Thuney's second start at LT against the Texans. I really hope that they don't have something figured out to beat Thuney like the Raiders did Morris. That could be a disaster. But, I trust Andy's decision. Let's Go Chiefs!
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Thuney is not Wanya Morris.
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LMAO Morris isn't even dressing in playoff games now. He's gotten the Toney treatment. Just in case we needed further confirmation of how ****ing DONE both Reid and Mahomes are with him.
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https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/...as-city-chiefs |
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And as expected, Joe Thuney running at LT and Mike Caliendo at LG during pregame warmups.</p>— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattderrick/status/1880719754111144332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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So...Sumaitaia is dressing, but Morris isn't?
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Humphrey is our swing tackle. Has he ever played RT? |
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Weird. |
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Since everyone likes Thuney that play is considered great and Morris is trash. That's not even including the better game plan and Mahomes getting rid of the ball quicker. It's hypocritical as shit, but I don't care because we're gonna win the Superbowl regardless. |
LMAO Who the **** has considered Thuneys play "great"? Hell, most of the board spent the week pulling their hair out at the possibility of Thuney getting the nod over Humphries at LT.
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So it’s Thuney, let’s ****ing roll.
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Andy Reid has been coaching Offensive Linemen since before many on here were born. Maybe he has a plan.
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Thuney has nothing to do with the success or failure of this offense.
It's entirely on Mahomes. With Thuney at LT he looks as jittery and indecisive as he looked with Morris. When Mahomes is playing well, his LT looks decent. Not vice versa. Thuney shouldn't be at LT going forward. He will be but he shouldn't be. |
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Him outside also means we can't run for shit to the left side. So it's really limiting what we can do. |
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It's just Pacheco |
Line looked great today.
They have two elite edge rushers |
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Not disagreeing that Hunt should be RB1. |
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I still like Humphries at LT and Thuney at LG.
It’s not like Thuney isn’t getting beat badly too. Now you have a bad LG in there too |
Hunts big run was on the left side..
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The first big one started left and he went right.
He had the one were he had to break a tackle to the left yes. But the rest went right |
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