Chiefs Sign Tyquan Thornton to the Practice Squad
 

Can he play LT?

Per rapaport

https://x.com/rapsheet/status/1858620165237129711?s=61

Whatever

Future HoF’er, way to go Bertch!

Probably better than Justyn Ross so upgrade

needle not moved

According to my sources he can play LT

Clearly the Chiefs have lost all confidence in Xavier Worthy,

Is this the guy who bangs Clay's gf or whoever she is?

No that's Mark Davis

Interesting height/speed ratio.

EDIT: The image that contains his (shitty) 3-cone can be found at this link. Can't get it to embed.

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He prolly had a setback

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A little birdie just told me Hollywood Brown will in fact be healthy and ready to join the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> for the playoff run. <a href="https://t.co/sqdg2YVRFp">pic.twitter.com/sqdg2YVRFp</a></p>&mdash; Tro’s Sports Cards Comics and Collectables (@TroCardsNComics) <a href="https://twitter.com/TroCardsNComics/status/1857456161433502205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Guy they liked with traits to be a depth receiver now and possibly the future for pennies.

No downside to this at all

ROFL

ROFL

I don’t really get it. What exactly does he offer that worthy or mecole don’t? The only explanation I can think of is maybe we can have him run go routes and worthy run more intermediate stuff. Get our offense ready so that when Hollywood comes back, we can use Hollywood with the intermediate stuff and make worthy our east/west and north/south guy.

But then again why aren’t we doing that with hardman

Insurance in case Worthy gets hurt. Also a possible depth player with traits

Local Pats fans excited to get rid of him . He stinks

Especially if it clears the way for Skyy and Clyde to hit the door.

Skyy Moore replacement

Good catch radius with the long arms. Small hands is a concern for contested catches and maybe fumbling issues. Taxi squad trial is always worth a look with these types

We know

Maybe size :shrug:

Between getting Hollywood and worthy and yet still bringing hardman back, we walked into the season really wanting speed. It’s just interesting because mecole has the speed and we haven’t made much use of it. Mvs has speed and we didn’t seem to try to bring him back.

Tyjuan Thornhill is going to be a matchup nightmare!

We ****ing did it! And we barely even tried! We are getting way too good at this!

Can he stay in bounds?

I studied TyQuan Doh!

He’s a flanker/X similar to Worthy on how he fits. Similar size and speed. Veach keeps stacking those guys for future depth. Doesn’t mean much for this year. But it’s a trial run to a probable futures contract for 2025 and cheap depth. No risk. Similar to Cam Thomas. He’s a carbon copy of Karloftus in height weight and shorter arms. Both fit in the 4-3 under as a 5tech - and out to a wide 9. 3tech on pass downs. Herring fits the same profile. Thomas is for depth now but much more of a next year contributor. Same with Marlon the former eagles DT whose last name I can’t spell at the moment. Those types are fringe guys yet still young and will be on someone’s roster. So if you can get get a good extended look at these guys that you liked coming out you have a good idea whether they can possibly contribute the next year. He’s been really good in evaluating who to keep on the 53 and who they put on the ps. And with people coming back activated off PUP and IR if you have to cut one off these guys you have future plans for at least you got that extended look. Lots of time they might wind up back on the waiver wire. I remember 20 years ago with us posters admiring the Steelers and ravens how they continually had little staff turnover and kept aquiring fits for both sides of the ball. Veach has a great run going in personnel/roster building for now and the future

Tyquan's non-union, Mexican equivalent.

dude is 3" taller and 13 Lbs heavier than worthy. Sounds like he only knows a few routes and if a defender jams him up it's over but if he gets clear can be a deep threat with separation and can go after a ball.

These write ups are like the horse profiles in a racing form. Always have to give some optimistic level of potential so you bite.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Chiefs have some SPEED in the WR room ��*��<br><br>⚡️Xavier Worthy - 4.21 forty<br>⚡️Hollywood Brown - 4.27 forty<br>⚡️Tyquan Thornton - 4.28 forty<br>⚡️Mecole Hardman - 4.33 forty</p>&mdash; KC Sports Network (@KCSportsNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/KCSportsNetwork/status/1858633681767985427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


Lol.

Remember the early years when tyreek and DRob Pringle, etc. If you want to try getting back to the track meet stuff were defenses are exhausted after playing you this is what they do is having the same types to sub in.

Patsification of the Chiefs part II Electricity Boogaloo

**** it somebody down there somewhere

The missing piece….of what I have no idea.

This. Worthy gets murdered whenever he gets the football. Hardman has been known to get dinged up from time to time as well. You can't teach speed and this offense needs to have it.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patriots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patriots</a> WR Kendrick Bourne reacts to his former teammate Tyquan Thornton signing with the Chiefs:<br><br>“Uhhh ohhh go crazy.”<br><br>(IG: <a href="https://twitter.com/BournePoly11?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bournepoly11</a>) <a href="https://t.co/fCVu3EmkUN">pic.twitter.com/fCVu3EmkUN</a></p>&mdash; Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikekadlick/status/1858697159270347112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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Tyquan Thornton's middle name most be Noble, he's so explosive

Kinda wish the guy throwing it to them could actually do so accurately deep.

I'd be more excited about this if his name was Donovan Smith.

Put them all in at the same time and run 4 go routes..:)

With Kelce leaking into the void.

I love signing Thornton to the practice squad. He’s high upside with low cost. Thornton plays fast. My concern with him has always been, can he catch with those little hands but I love his speed. I really think he runs routes faster than worthy but that’s just my opinion.

welcome to the practice squad buddy

So now we have the 2 busts taken before Pickens?

LOL yup

But BAERT VReaCh

All of this speed and the Chiefs have one of the least explosive offenses in the league.

Longest pass play of the season… 54 yards… near the bottom of the league.

Longest run play of the season… 33 yards… near the bottom of the league.

Tyreek was elite at ball tracking. That plus his insane speed, and ability to cut quickly allowed Pat to be off some.

One of the worst LT's also. Im sure that doesnt help matters.

It's not just the LT, although that's the weakest link. The entire offensive line has regressed. In the run game, Pacheco was getting 4.0 YPC before he got hurt. last year, he was getting 4.6 YPC. And Hunt is only getting 3.7 YPC this year.

The o-line needs to be overhauled this offseason.

Oh yes, they're also not great in pass protect. Mahomes didnt used to have to deal with a rush right in his face. He is seeing more of that this season.

Hopefully he pushes Skyy off the 53. Im good with that.

Moore is on IR. They can't cut him without an injury settlement. He's not going anywhere.

Regarding the OL, we can't have a complete switch up but who do you replace? LT is obvious. It will be really interesting what we do with Trey and Taylor

Oh, right. Forgot about that. Damn

Well if he can bump anyone else off after Watson, that works too.

Gonna be crowded when Hollywood comes back.

Btw I wasn’t meaning to be negative. I love that we stockpile WRs and who cares if he never contributes. I just wonder if this can help unlock worthy. I feel like against buffalo we were using him more to attack the intermediate space. Something we planned for Hollywood where worthy can run a lot of those decoy routes or go routes until he adjusted to the nfl.

I know we take a long time to incorporate WRs into an offense. But if we trusted a rookie in a simplified role is it possible we could trust Thornton sooner rather than later? Just a bandaid until Hollywood comes back

LT is Veach biggest screw up. It's a revolving door of crap.

Well technically he's already OFF the 53 because he's on IR.

So you got your wish...

Also one of the hardest to fill at the end of the draft.

At this time Worthy, Rice and Skyy are the only WR’s on the payroll next year. Of course they will likely bring back a couple guys like Juju, Hardman and hopefully Hopkins.

This is the right kind of move to get a depth player with traits to role out WR5 or WR6.

The guy reminds me a lot of Chris Conley. And you can be damn sure that his traits make him a much better option than Skyy or Ross

Technically Thornton should be under team control next season, right? I think if he's activated to the 53 by the end of the year, we'd have him eligible for an RFA deal. I think that's how these sorts of contracts work anyway.

No one is asking for Silverback or other All-Pro caliber types.

All he needed to find was NFL starting caliber tackles

He hasnt been able to do even that. We have 2 starting tackles who might not even make any other NFL roster, let alone start.

Are you talking about Juwon?

Yeah...this is just dumb.

Jawaan Taylor is a more than adequate starting OT. Above average as a pass protector, below average as a run blocker. He's exactly what he appeared to be.

Which is fine. He essentially IS Cam Robinson. Very very similar player. He costs too much to have put him at RT, but that's a coaching decision. From a talent standpoint, Taylor is just fine.

Believe so. I think this signals what they are wanting/needing to do this offseason.

They need to hammer key positions like OL, DL and corner this Spring. Aside from RB, which can be filled cost effectively in FA or in mid rds of the draft, they need to really get some talent in here at those positions.

We’ve done enough with weapons for now

Is that so? Presuambly we are talking about the same Taylor who leads the league in penalties for an OT for the last year and a half?

How many teams would put up with that?

Most of them.

You know who's leading the league in penalties from an OT this year?

Laremy Tunsil. Behind him, Bolles, Mekari, Dawkins, Brown and Ronnie Stanley.

Yeah - those guys are all just piles of shit, aren't they?

But you know what you know so just keep telling yourself whatever you need to. Keep on talking out your ass if you'd like.

Bad examples, because Tunsil, Bolles, Stanley and Dawkins are all Pro Bowlers, of course they will be excused. Not sure how easily or for what reason Taylor can get away with it, considering how average/below average his overall play is.

You know what else those 4 guys have in common?

They have as many Super Bowl rings as I do. Which is one less than the one Taylor earned last season when he was among the best OTs in football over the last half of the season and into the playoffs last year.

But again, keep telling yourself whatever you must.

I've not seriously heard anyone claim that, but you can hold than opinion if you want to.

The reality is this is a guy who was brought in as a LT, failed, and had to be shifted to RT. He maybe gets a pass at RT with a proper LT in place, but the fact he couldnt play LT when he was supposed makes him part of the overall problem.

Wait, wut. They never even tried Taylor at LT. Donovan Smith was signed in May before off season OTAs even started.

He never took as much as a single training camp snap at LT. he never failed at LT - he was never tried.

What the hell are you even talking about?

He was signed to play LT… why the Chiefs quickly changed course on that initial strategy remains an unanswered question.

Okay? Just because Rapoport said that doesn't change the fact the Chiefs never tried him at LT.

We didn't have a single starting OT when Taylor was signed.

The fact that we signed Smith in May, before pads were even put on, says the plan was never to just put Taylor at LT and see how it went.

This wasn't a thing where they saw him attempt a LT conversion and pulled the plug on it. Smith, a guy who'd never played anywhere but LT (and Taylor had never played anywhere but RT) was signed before OTAs.

I don't know how you can say they 'planned' on playing him at LT when they simply never even made an attempt to do so.

Probably they thought he was versatile enough to play either side and however the chips fell in the draft/free agency they'd adjust accordingly.