Tyson Jackson says the Chiefs haven't been negotiating a contract

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

I'm trying to figure this shit out. If T Jax is so good against the run, with an All-Pro NT, two All-Pro OLBs, a near All-Pro ILB, and another supposedly great run stopper at the opposite DE spot in our front 7, why do we suck against the run?

Because what they mean by "good against the run" is that he can hold up at the point of attack and doesn't get pushed around easily. He rarely makes the play himself but can occupy a space and some blockers basically. I consider that JAG play and next to useless.

Give me a guy who will blow up the blocks himself and make the play himself, that's what a truly effective DL player does, none of this bs sit and wait for someone else to come make the play for you. Guys like Jackson are a dime-a-dozen, it's the disrupters that you really want if you ever want to have an effective defense.

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Originally Posted by OldSchool

Guys like Jackson are a dime-a-dozen

And yet they've never been able to replace him...

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

And yet they've never been able to replace him...

Cause they always hoped that he would get better. No team is going to quit that easily on their top 10 pick unless the player is truly horrendous.

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Originally Posted by OldSchool

Cause they always hoped that he would get better. No team is going to quit that easily on their top 10 pick unless the player is truly horrendous.

Yet some of the guys they drafted to be his backup can't even see the field, if they're even still on the team...

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yet some of the guys they drafted to be his backup can't even see the field, if they're even still on the team...

What coach is going to bench a former top 5 pick who is performing decently for a relatively unknown 3rd round or later pick who has only been in the league for a couple of years? No coach is going to do that unless that back-up proves himself to be clearly superior in every respect of the game. They didn't start Bailey over him because Bailey was a developmental pick that they hoped would become a better pass rusher than Jackson. There's a reason why they took Jackson out on a lot of 3rd down snaps, because they know he sucks as a pass rusher and needs to be upgraded.

Man, Chiefs fans and their propensity to want to hang onto mediocre players.

It's time to move on from Jackson like it was time to move on from McCluster. Just like it'll be time to move on from Hali and Flowers next season when it'll be feasible to cut their salaries to open up some cap room.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by OldSchool

Man, Chiefs fans and their propensity to want to hang onto mediocre players.

You've COMPLETELY missed the point. COMPLETELY.