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Originally Posted by TheGuardian
Jovan is a second year guy that just started his first season.
He had 84 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and 3 tackles for a loss.
Yet people want to talk about drafting a guy to upgrade? Pretty stupid.
Jovan is a hard worker, plays with a lot of desire and actually is more athletic than people are letting on here. The "how much he weighs" thing, well I owned asses in that discussion so that's done. As far as the rest? He's going to get another year to start, and he should only get better. He did a great job of doing the dirty work inside for a guy in his first year starting. Our run defense improved by leaps and bounds after he and DJ were inserted into the starting lineup this season. He's a part of that.
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Look, I'm not stating that the guy in any sucks or is undeserving of a role on the team. But let's look at facts: The Chiefs were gashed in the run game by the Raiders and even the Broncos. They lost several games by 20 points or more and the interior of the defense could certainly use an upgrade. And quite honestly, I do not see a single NT that is going to magically transform the middle of the defense. Help? Sure. But as far as anyone knows, there are no Raji's or Ngata's available this year in the draft or free agency.
Hopefully, Belcher can continue to improve and there's no doubt that he made a leap from year one to year two. But the position needs an upgrade and whether it's him that makes the leap or a free agent, I don't really care.