Sacks!

[Couch-Potato]

2021 Chiefs Sack Totals:

1. Chris Jones, 9
2. Frank Clark, 4.5
3. Derrick Nandi, 3
4. Mike Dana, 3
5. Jared Reed, 2.5

31 Total


What are your projections for 2022? Will we improve?

My 2022 Chiefs Sack Projections:

1. Chris Jones, 9
2. Carlos Dunlap, 7
3. Frank Clark, 6
4. George Karlaftis, 3.5
5. Derrick Nandi, 3

37 Total

I'm hoping Carlos Dunlap brings us a second respectable pass rusher and he and Chris Jones together are able to free up the rest of the D-line for a marked increase in sacks this season. Would be great if Karlaftis makes an impact, but seems like Pass Rushers and WR's take a couple years to produce typically. I'd also really love to see Leo Chenal get a few solid QB hits in the AFC West!

[The Franchise]

Jones - 12
Wharton - 5
Clark - 6.5
Dunlap - 8
Karlaftis - 6
Danna - 4
Kaindoh - 2

[Zebedee DuBois]

paper sacks
burlap sacks
gunny sacks
rucksack
sackrebleau
yakkity sacks
sacks 5th Avenue
Hackinsack
sack it to me!
Hit the sack
sackretary of Defense
Iksack Perlman
sacks to be you

[smithandrew051]

Jones - 10.5
Dunlap - 8
Karlaftis - 6
Clark - 4.5
Danna - 4
Wharton - 3
Sneed - 2
Gay - 2
Chenal - 2
Nnadi - 1
Bolton - 1

[raybec 4]

There's a lot of optimism in this thread.

I think between 35 and 37 total sounds about right

[1COOLDOG]

Nandi is dandy, but Nnadi is PURE EVIL!!

[-King-]

Jones 10
Karlaftis 6
Dunlap 7
Clark 5
Random other players 8


Total 36

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by raybec 4

There's a lot of optimism in this thread.

I think between 35 and 37 total sounds about right

Yeah, but I don’t think it’s completely unwarranted.

The defense started off ****ing horrible last year, which skewed the full season stats.

Jones being inside for a full season will help.

The defense was significantly better once Ingram came around.

Dunlap was better than Ingram last year. Karlaftis is likely an upgrade or whoever you believe was our third DE last year. Clark can’t be worse and seems to have dedicated himself in the offseason to being in better shape.

Veach made a major investment in the secondary. He typically gets it right in the secondary, so we can expect an improvement there. We were near the top of the league in pressures, but couldn’t get the QB down. I think more of the pass rush issues from last year are on the secondary than we realized.

The linebackers look much better on paper, which should help us get into more 3rd and longs if we aren’t getting gashed against the run.

All of that, should equal an improvement.

[raybec 4]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Yeah, but I don’t think it’s completely unwarranted.

The defense started off ****ing horrible last year, which skewed the full season stats.

Jones being inside for a full season will help.

The defense was significantly better once Ingram came around.

Dunlap was better than Ingram last year. Karlaftis is likely an upgrade or whoever you believe was our third DE last year. Clark can’t be worse and seems to have dedicated himself in the offseason to being in better shape.

Veach made a major investment in the secondary. He typically gets it right in the secondary, so we can expect an improvement there. We were near the top of the league in pressures, but couldn’t get the QB down. I think more of the pass rush issues from last year are on the secondary than we realized.

The linebackers look much better on paper, which should help us get into more 3rd and longs if we aren’t getting gashed against the run.

All of that, should equal an improvement.

I agree for the most part, the only caveat in my mind is the youth of the secondary. We will have at least one rookie, possibly two in our top three rotation. They could take some time to show that improvement.