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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I don't remember where I read it, but it spoke to how Thuney plays LT.
He doesn't really get back. He works with what he has which is technique and hands - it ain't length. So he can't be as deliberate as you'd like him to be.
So it was suggested that the reason Mahomes was getting the ball out so quickly and the drops were so short was that Thuney simply doesn't like getting back to a 'catch point' and receiving the rusher -- he prefers attack the rusher and that makes the drop point for Mahomes shorter because if he goes back 7 or 5 steps, it makes it too easy for rushers to just go around Thuney.
Humphries doesn't do that. Look at some of those reps vs. Bonitto -- he doesn't look like a guard playing OT -- he LOOKS like an OT. He gets back, he gets set, he forms a pocket. As opposed to Thuney who attacks and holds on for dear life.
Yeah, I think I'm trending towards Pugs as well here - I think they'll try Humphries because he just has a skill set and way of playing the position that Thuney doesn't.
Is it smart? Maybe not - why **** with the quick passing game when it was working? But to a previous point (Maybe 'maqes?) -- if it ISN'T working in a game and Thuney is your LT, you really can't flip to a 5-7 step game and a downfield attack. Thuney can't really give you that. And you can't flip from Thuney to Humphries in-game, IMO.
Whereas if you start with Humphries and he's not holding up to the downfield stuff, you CAN dial in the quick game again and probably won't even have to take DJ off the field. And if you do, it's easier to take him down and move Thuney out to LT than vice versa.
I think the flexibility offered by starting Humphries is great enough that it's a risk worth taking.
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If the primary issue with Humphries is stamina and not being fully in game shape, then I don't know why we just don't have a few drives where we spell Humphreys and run Thuney out at LT.