Apparently Nate Taylor reported that the Chiefs are very happy with where Baker is in his rehab.

I still want Breeland back. I’d rather kick Ward to the curb after this season

Veach is a wizard. That was my shopping list and he just went and got it done.

I think we add a few more post June 1st when there will be some more vet cuts.

Me too. Maybe it will happen. Still plenty of time.

We're still really thin at edge rusher. Charlton is a broke dick and Kaindoh has an injury history as well.

It's all going to depend on Ward's price tag. Chances are he gets priced right out of our market, especially with the cap going up, but we'll see. No reason to let him walk if he's affordable.

I'd like him back but hes not a long term replacement for Ward at his age IMO.

Yeah that position has me most worried. I like Danna, I think he can be a quality rotational player who could even be best suited to play on early downs, as a starter. But things are way too thin there. We need a pass rush type guy cause if either Clark or Charlton go down, then what?

No one else is proven to be a quality edge rusher.

IF Charlton goes down?

;)

They went after that san fran corner in fa and haven't added anyone of note since. Same thing with Ingram so i would be very surprised if we don't get a CB and DE before camp starts tbh.

That's why the Justin Houston reunion tour will/needs to happen.

Clark/Jones/Reed/Houston on pass downs.

:Pinky:

Come home, Justin. Face nothing but single coverage and generally be regarded as the third or fourth most dangerous member of the unit.

Ingram and Kerrigan would be OK, too. But Houston has enough left in the tank, IMO, for that to be a really elite unit.

Breeland and Ingram, come on down!

I'm in. Think Houston would be nice opposite Clark.

I dont remember any CB smoke except the nickel guy from San Fran and no Edge except Ingram. It makes me think theyre fine with what they have unless the deal is right or its a player they covet.

At this point I'd take whomever

Ingram, Kerrigan, Houston. I don't care.

0% chance we re-sign Ward.

Another team will overpay.

Oh, I think some team will overpay. I wouldn't say 0% but it's not very likely he's back.

I guess he could suck and come back on vet minimum.

Malik Herring is here for you.

They just sight a pass rusher , some guy named Tamba

Houston only cares about the highest game check.

He’s not coming here.

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Honey Badger extension will get some more cap too! I’d try and re sign Breeland or a DE

How do you know he only cares about that and how do you know we won't offer that?

Both.

Because he has common sense. You should try it sometimes. Will change your life!

Keep ****ing doubting Malik Herring.

The Chiefs have Frank Clark, Michael Danna, Taco Charlton, Joshua Kaindoh, Tim Ward, Demone Harris, and Austin Edwards as our DEs. We also have Georgia/UDFA Malik Herring who is recovering from an injury.

One of the best ways to help the secondary, is to have a good pass rush and I don't believe we have the players currently to do that.

Gladly

There are several free agents or potential free agents that might be able to help.

Melvin Ingram - South Carolina/Chargers, Age 32, HT 6-2, WT 247, Arms 31 ½”
2020 stats – 7 games, 10 tackles, 0 sacks, 2 PD||2019 – 13 games, 48 tackles, 7 sacks, 5 PD

Justin Houston - Georgia/Chiefs/Colts, Age 32, HT 6-3, WT 270, Arms 34 ½”
2020 – 16 games, 25 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 FF||2019 – 16 games, 44 tackles, 11 sacks, 2 FF

Jerry Hughes – TCU/Colts/Bills, Age 33, HT 6-2, WT 254, Arms 33”
2020 stats – 15 games, 29 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 3 PD, 2 FF||2019 – 16 games, 23 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 3 PD
Could save Bills $6,350,000 by cutting. Also drafted Gregory Rousseau (30) and Carlos Basham Jr (61) with first two draft picks.

Alex Okafor - Texas/Cardinals/Saints/Chiefs, Age 30, HT 6-4, WT 261, Arms 34”
2020 stats – 11 games, 16 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 FF||2019 – 10 games, 22 tackles, 5 sacks, 5 PD, 1 FF

Ryan Kerrigan - Purdue/Washington, Age 33, HT 6-4, WT 265, Arms 33 3/8”
2020 stats – 16 games, 17 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 1 PD||2019 – 16 games, 25 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 1 PD, 1 FF

Adrian Clayborn - Iowa/Buccaneers/Falcons/Patriots/Browns, Age 33, HT 6-3, WT 280, Arms 32 ½”
2020 stats – 15 games, 12 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 PD, 1 FF||2019 – 15 games, 18 tackles, 4 sacks, 2 FF

John Simon – Ohio St/Ravens/Texans/Colts/Patriots, Age 30, HT 6-2, WT 260, Arms 33 ¼”
2020 stats – 16 games, 53 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 PD||2019 – 16 games, 44 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 PD, 1 FF

Olivier Vernon – Miami U/Dolphins/Giants/Browns, Age 30, HT 6-2, WT 262, Arms 33”
2020 stats – 14 games, 36 tackles, 9 sacks, 3 PD, 1 FF||2019 – 10 games, 26 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 FF
Tore Achilles week 17, of 2020 season.

Pernell McPhee – Mississippi St/Ravens/Bears/Redskins/Ravens, Age 32, HT 6-2, WT 265, Arms 34 1/4”
2020 stats – 15 games, 34 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 PD||2019 – 7 games, 19 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 PD

Maybe one of these two might be our 5th DE -

Tim Ward – Old Dominion/Chiefs, Age 23, HT 6-6, WT 255, Arms 34 ½”
2020 stats – 1 game, 5 tackles, 1 sack||2019 – 0 games

Kamalei Correa – Boise St/Ravens/Titans/Jaguars/Chiefs, Age 27, HT 6-3, WT 250, 31 ½”
2020 stats – 9 games, 9 tackles, 1 PD||2019 – 16 games, 37 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 PD

But that's still not very good and it certainly won't scare an offense.

Everybody keeps saying this. Pass rush isn’t exclusive to edge rushers.

We now have the best interior pass rush duo in the league. Who else has 2 interior guys capable of double digit sacks?

Yes, we should absolutely sign somebody like Ingram or Houston, but this idea that our pass rush hasn’t been addressed at all is silly.

You’d be hard pressed to find many teams with a trio as good as Clark, Jones, and Reed.

There is another free agent, but he's a OLB not a DE and he is 32 just like many of the free agents above.

He also wants to get paid. He has refused to sign so far with Seattle because he has said he won't sign for a hometown discount.

I'd like to see this signing as a OLB/DE. I think he could be a difference maker for KC.

K.J. Wright – Mississippi St/Seahawks, Age 32, HT 6-4, WT 246, Arms 35”
2020 stats – 16 games, 86 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 PD, 1 FF, 1 INT||2019 – 16 games, 132 tackles, 11 PD

I think Wharton gets 6+ sacks this year. Wouldn’t shock me if we see Clark-Wharton-Reed-Jones on passing downs frequently.

I like our interior defensive line and I agree that they will be good at providing a push on the QB.

Looking back at the initial posts in this thread, Beach hit a home run.

Also got lucky we wiffed on Silverback and JuJu, IMO.

I'm not saying the Chiefs and Brett Veach haven't done anything to improve the defense and pass rush.

I love many of the moves that have been made.

I'm looking at what the Chiefs have now at DE and I have these concerns.

1. When and where will Frank Clark decide to turn it on?

2. Will Taco Charlton be able to make it through a season healthy?

3. What kind of a player will Joshua Kaindoh be and can he stay healthy?

1) We’re still at least 50/50 for Bert (who’s this Brett Veach character) to add a vet pass rusher.

2) Taco/Danna/Ward/Wharton/Kaindoh give us some clay for Daly and Spags to work with.

3) Reed makes our interior pass rush better. Edge rushers are somewhat devalued when QBs get the ball out in 2.5 or less.

I'm sure more changes are coming. Maybe a trade. I was just looking at the free agent DEs, as you can see by the list. All of them are fairly old and are certainly on the downhill slide of their NFL careers.

and guard Bryan Witzmann released;


This news makes our team better.

Here's the deal:

If we'd added a guy with 8 sacks last year at DE and stood pat at DT nobody would be complaining. But we added a DT with that level of production, so everybody's wringing their hands.

And don’t forget about how creatively we used Sneed on corner blitzes towards the end of last year.

I know that’s a gimmick that you shouldn’t rely on, but it’s on tape, and the threat of it is another dimension offenses might have to account for and adjust to.

And you can bet Spags is planning on them doing exactly that

If Taco can hold up, I think we’re fine there. But obviously we can’t bank on that, and I have little faith in Ward or Danna as pass rushers. Find a proven edge rusher. And sign Breeland yesterday.

Let’s go, Bart....nice work so far but cap it off.

Yep. Get 'er done Bart. Let's Gooo!

Sorry, I stopped reading right here.

The dude played in 16 games his first season. After that, it was 11, 10, and then 7.

The dude CAN'T hold up. They'd be foolish to even think it.

Maybe he gets hurt in TC and gets healthy for the playoffs......

We said that about Sammie last year and he ended up not being healthy for the playoffs. I'm done with Taco. We should have tried to keep Ogbah.

Too rich.

They bet on Okafor before trading for Ogbah.

Yeah, and they bet wrong. Another brokedick.

It would be cool if those two Michigan alums would make a pact to kick ass this year. Both have something to prove in a big way. Both are probably gone if they don’t step up. Both should be fighting for their careers.

Tajae Sharp gone.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-tajae-sharpe/

Also KC signs DB Manny Patterson, Maine 5-10, 180.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-after-tryout/

What a ****ing idiot

Lol, you maybe got 3 right.

Solid C.

Veachy is a GD wizard.

At least there was no way that I would be disappointed

Would have loved Kerrigan on the 1 year, 3.5MM deal the Eagles signed him for.

I read where his number 1 requirement was an opportunity to start. After playing behind two first round draft picks in Chase Young and Montez Sweat, he was ready to move on.

With the Philadelphia Eagles, Ryan will have to battle Brandon Graham, a 2010 1st round pick, Derek Barnett, a 2017 1st round pick and Josh Sweat (No relation to Montez), a 2018 4th round pick.

I imagine he might get the same type of playing time he saw with Washington.

Ryan Kerrigan - Purdue/Washington, Age 33, HT 6-4, WT 265, Arms 33 3/8”
2020 – 16 GMS, 17 TKL, 5.5 Sk, 1 PD, 6 QBHits|2019 – 16 GMS, 25 TKL, 5.5 Sk, 1 PD, 1 FF, 14 QBHits