Ben Niemann Ready to play
 

Looks like he was full practice last 3 days. This changes everything. 2 picks for him tonight.

We need linebackers who can cover. He might fit the bill.

Oh baby I hope he's a game changer!!;

Niemann's a nice surprise. Glad he's back.

And can tackle.

Niemann and Hitchens out there together...go Hawks!

Add O'Daniel and we might have the speed to cover the middle of the field.

Eric Murray says hello...

I've been angry all season about the Chief's inability to tackle. As I was flipping channels yesterday watching several games I realized it isn't a Chiefs problem, it's a league-wide problem. They (the NFL) need to get back to basics. To paraphrase Casey Stengel, "Can't anybody in this league tackle?".

Great white hype.

I watched another team give up 3rd and 18 or something like that on a play where the TE caught the ball 8 yds short of the marker and converted it thanks to at least 3 missed tackles. I get what you mean. I thought that kind of play was a KC special, but there are other teams doing the same damn thing.

Yuuuuuuge Boner Mode on standby......

Every team does it.

In his game yesterday, Trent Green chastised a team because they DIDN'T do it, the WR got behind the pressure defense and scored to ice the game (pretty sure it was Cincinatti).

Dude ran a 4.6 40. We should call him Mike Fastlowski.

Swap Niemann in for Ragland, Watts in for Murray, and ODaniel in for Smith. Learn by fire while the offense is still rolling.

:clap::clap::clap:

Big Dick Ben!

I think our defense will just get a little better every week

Hell yeah brother! Cheers from Iraq.

He needs to add bulk obviously, but he's shown more than Ragland IMO in the preseason.

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Murray played better in Game 3. I wouldn't give up on him quite yet.

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I'm calling it now he's our future Luke Kuechly

I like this kid. He knows how to hit!

Ben is obviously football smart like Luke after growing up with a football dad.

You'll see one of his teammates on the other side of the ball tonight. Him and Josey Jewell were pretty darn good college linebackers. Smart, disciplined, fundamentally sound. I think Ben could be a real find for the Chiefs honestly. He's no frills, no nonsense. Just a straight up good football player.

i approve this message:thumb:

god I hope so.

Man him at LB and our new safety Thom..... oh... !!

Oh, hi Newman

If you zero-out the physical aspect of the game, defense is about preparation, instinct, and reaction speed.

I have no idea whether or not this guy is good or whatever. Preseason is a completely different game. I do think, however, he's an instinctive player. His past coaches have all said that, Wally has said that, and you can see it in his game.

As a coach's son, he probably knows how to prepare, also. It will be interesting to see how (or if) he takes advantage of his opportunities.

FAX

I suspect he'll pick off Denver's QB around 7 or 8 times tonight.

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Nah. He's dead to me.

YAsssss!!

please read underrated post#33 and reflect.

Dude, he's better than that! You only think he'll be in for 8 plays er wut?

Works for me.

It's hard to practice tackling when you have little to no contact at practices anymore... The tackling seems to get better in week 6 on... but you can't replicate full contact.

Why?

That hit looks illegal in todays NFL though.

he's not a superior freak athlete and he's not going to hit like a monster but he'll find the ball and put a hit on people.


HTisbbq is right that Josey Jewell is a good player and I hated that he went to Denver, but Niemann can play ball. He'll help the Chiefs.

He's pretty small, but damn he does seem to have good instincts. I wanted the Chiefs to pick up Dylan Cole from MSU, local kid from here in Springfield. Dude was undersized but a freak athlete with good instincts.

Seems that's a much bigger deal at ILB than I thought.

4.6 40 for Niemann though... so pretty good athleticism still

Nieman needs an offseason to bulk up, but he just seems to always be in the right spot.

Theres value there.

He's not small or undersized, dude - he's an inch shorter than Luke Kuechly and outweighs him by 1 lb. That's plenty of size to be effective at that position.

Ray Lewis and Patrick Willis were both 6' 1" and 240

Niemann is 6' 2" 236
Kuechly is 6' 3" 235

I admit he looks a lot smaller than those guys but I think it may just be an illusion. If that's his height and weight then good news he has room to build on that frame.

I'd like to see all three get a lot of rotational snaps for sure.

the team site has him as 6' 3" 233 - weird. I pulled my first# from NFL.com

Now that Eric Reid and Earl Thomas and Bashaud Breeland are no longer options the best we can hope for is one of those guys becomes something.

The video above was only one of about 3 or 4 splash plays this Caucasian had in pre-season.

Because he's ****ing awful.

Hey man I'm in. Whether he's 6'2 or 6'3 whatever, if he's about 240 and runs a 4.6 AND he's a playmaker...

why the hell was this guy not drafted? I'm hoping he's a diamond.

Because I like how Ragland hits but that guy can NOT cover.

wow... from earl thomas to Ben Iowawhiteguy... we have a new savior.

Give Reg until NE game - he'll get caught up. He is too talented - watched RR a lot in college - he's got the goods - he's literally half a camp behind.

Don't know much about the dude other than he has a knack for making the play.

Lunch pale guy.

Cerebral.

High Motor.

ANYONE other than Terrence ****ing Smith.

He's not cute for sure - but he's not ugly.

Rich

****ing

Scanlon

v2.0


Fellas....we're about to have the #1 defense in the history of football.

Ya know I don't mind a white guy at linebacker because...some of the best ones are white.

I buy that way more than a skill position. 4.6 is 4.6

Lunch PALE guy? Lol

Sure. But an UDFA isn’t saving our defense.

racial

hahahaha my bad, but even better.

But what if he's really really good

I think Ben Niemann may wind up being the best LB to ever play football on planet Eart!

He might make it better. That's about all we can hope for at this point.

He has to be better than Terrance Smith.

Right?

right...?

I bet they put Sanders outside a lot tonight and I bet Sutton throws Fuller out there w/ him.

I'd rather go this far....

Niemann will be an improvement to the ILB depth, will get some productive snaps and make more positive plays than not when he's in the game.

If Ragland is nursing a knee or whatever his issue is that has resulted in his regression, Niemann can do an acceptable job in that spot if needed. His ceiling is taking the position as his own.
I definitely think he's better than Smith or will be with some game reps.

sorry a little off-topic

I think it's interesting to note that now that Peters is gone the Chiefs have been moving their corners around.

Not sure if this new development has anything to do with Peters, but interesting still.

Sutton did that to essentially make the field cut into half - now he's like '**** it - we can't cover shit, either way'

ROFL

Ben has been a pleasant surprise. Plays like he has chipmunks constantly biting his nipples

https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2018...b-ben-niemann/


What's this 4.6 speed talk? He wasn't invited to the combine and his pro day 40 was 4.75?

well, I mean, at this point barring a miracle trade, our only hope of the defense getting better is that the rookies start to see more snaps. At least we'll see what we need to draft NEXT YEAR.

Which looks at least like: CB, S, and OLB. AGAIN. Is it Sutton or the players? chicken or the egg? Does it matter? Not really. At least play the kids and see what we have. ****ing Eric Murray is terrible. Terrance Smith is terrible. Ragland can't cover anybody. Parker should be a 3rd safety. Whatever. We're actually praying for Sorensen to return, and he's lousy too.

what they meant was - he's actually 46 yrs old.