[DaFace]

FWIW, here's Seth Keysor's assessment:

TLDR; What should Andy Reid do?
The short story is, as I’ve alluded to already, the context of Humphries’ snaps Sunday were completely different than Thuney’s. The Chiefs’ offense has been getting the ball out quite fast over the last few weeks with Thuney at LT. They’ve also utilized a lot of rolling pockets, sliding protection, various iterations of play action, and other schematic tricks to lower the volume of pure 1x1 “on an island” pass protection snaps. He was also, of course, playing with Mahomes (who can help fix issues in protection) and an offense that had weapons that were much better at getting open (thus helping the ball come out). And so, as I said, an apples to apples comparison is tough.

But the short story is that Thuney’s “loss percentage” at LT isn’t that much better than Humphries’, especially when factoring in how often Humphries was expected to go 1x1 in space vs Thuney. That’s at least worth considering if you’re the Chiefs. On the flip side of that, while Thuney is much more prone to lose to bull rushes, he’s very rarely had any “instant loss” plays like the two Humphries really got got. That’s worth considering as well. It’s also worth considering that Humphries wasn’t moving as well as he did on film last year and appeared, for the second time in his two appearances at LT for the Chiefs, to play worse as the game went further along.

Keeping Thuney at LT is not what the Chiefs prefer. They would love to have Thuney get back to providing All Pro-caliber play at LG and have someone else provide “OK” play at LT (again, that’s not a shot at Thuney, it’s INCREDIBLE that he’s average to above average at that position).

The problem is that Humphries didn’t show he can provide “OK” play in either of his starts. In this last one he was not quite at the level Thuney has played at (even with all the caveats I’ve mentioned in situation, though frankly the gap isn’t as wide as some people think), and those quick losses are concerning in the way they can completely blow up a play. But he also wasn’t so bad on a snap by snap basis that I can say with any certainty that the Chiefs wouldn’t be better off pulling Caliendo (who has not been good in pass pro especially) for Thuney and keeping Humphries at LT with help, and the fact that he looked better than he did his previous outing is somewhat encouraging.

The Chiefs have several weeks’ worth of practice to make up their minds, and my guess is they’ll do it sooner rather than later (for the sake of reps).

If I were Reid? I think I’d see what Humphries looks like in practice this week, and give him the nod if he has a good week. I value Thuney that much at LG, and I think the line would be slightly better overall, with a significantly higher ceiling.

Am I thrilled about it? No. Have I gone back and forth about 15 times? Yes. But that’s what I’d do if I were Reid. It’s worth it to downgrade the LT spot somewhat to massively upgrade the LG spot, particularly if Humphries looks more comfortable in the offense as he continues to practice.

It’s a risk, though, knowing that Thuney has done enough to have the offense looking functional. Which is why it’s easy for me to make that decision. I’m glad it doesn’t fall on me. Because folks, I honestly don’t know what the right call is here. I just know what I think I’d do. Maybe. IDK. I might change my mind again in the comments.

Full article here.
https://mnchiefsfan.substack.com/p/d...vs-the-broncos