People just talking waiting for him to play. If he gives up a sack the narrative will change. Be patient!

HoF talents have different aging curves than everyone else, though.

And most HoF caliber pass rushers stay at a damn high level longer than you'd expect. I mean Reggie White didn't even go to Green Bay until he was 32 years old and he averaged over 11 sacks/season for the Packers. That's down a little from where he was in Philly, but he was still an elite player. Guy had 16 sacks at 37 years old...

Jones is going to take more plays off than he used to when he was younger, IMO. But his peak performance should stay at/near what it was at his apex when he turns it on. His issue this season has been a complete lack of supporting cast/complementary pressure. If he's going to get his sack numbers back up into double digits this year and going forward, he's going to need someone like Omenihu to take some heat of him. Or FAU. Or Uche. Karlaftis is just too easy to single up and stonewall right now.

Agreed! But, let's see what he does FIRST then get to that point in time.:thumb:

Dude, if he gives up 2 sacks and 4 pressures, I’d be thrilled! Just give me some shred of freaking hope on Sunday night.

And more $$$$$ and would not have been available.

Franchise LT! He is our last hope in saving Patrick's blind side.

Yeah but I'm just saying the sign this guy "long term" talk will change pretty quick once he's not the second coming of Willie Roaf. It's what people around here do.

They desperately need more athleticism at edge. It just feels like those guys provide something due to their athleticism. Dee Ford would get sacks just from speed alone. That guy affected plays.

It feels like Karlaftis and Felix have to try so hard bc they won’t just blow by guys and beat them with athleticism.

And I think Uche is an acknowledgement that that was missing. I hope we keep Uche at a fair deal next year or find someone early in the draft that fits that mold bc man we just don’t have the juice other edge unless Uche is out there

We need this guy to matter so bad. Crazy to think our 3 peat chances hinge this much on a November pick up

Seems like Beach picks up a player every year and they make a difference.

Yep, Uche should've been the missing piece. Hopefully they give him more snaps because you're right, we need juice. Karlaftis has been a plodding non-entity this year. He just can't win fast, with speed or power. Felix's get off prevents him from getting anywhere near the QB. The DEs have been poor.

Karlaftis can win with power but winning with power takes longer than with speed or with pass rush moves. That's why we need a guy on the opposite side that can funnel guys to his direction.

That’s because they have to have room for Skyy Moore

If you were gonna mortgage draft picks to move up, last year was the year to do it for Joe Alt. Generational player, second generation Chief.

We had the first overall pick and took the best LT in the draft when we got Fisher and even he needed a few years to become a serviceable too 3rd tackle in the league at best. Very few sure things out there but Alt was certainly looking as close to that as possible and his on field performance supported it.

Is he still injured or will we play him on Sunday?


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I think the Chiefs brought in Kingsley as a 6th lineman on a short yardage play and Buffalo used that strategy to run yesterday against the 49ers on some running plays.

Why not (even if Humphries works out ok at LT) run some empty backfield six lineman in passing situations? Put Kingsley on the right side next to Taylor (keeping Taylor at the LOS instead of false starting). You could have some combination of Kelce, Hopkins, Worthy, Gray, Watson, Ju Ju, Mecole or Brown when he comes back as the 4 receivers.

You could also run Pacheco in the backfield on early downs, and play action out of that occasionally. Seems like a way to get Kingsley some reps without being alone on an island.