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I feel like Siaki Ika continues to be the "forgotten man" when it comes to NT prospects. No, he'll never be a pass rusher and he also won't be a 3-down player but man if he doesn't reset the LOS on 1st and 2nd down for you. If you can get his weight down, maybe he can transform into a 3-down player but I won't hold my breath there.
He's alot of a young Danny Shelton but I think he's quicker. What do you pay for that? Would you pay for that? He still carries a late 2nd to early 3rd round grade from most pundits. One thing for sure, especially in a one-gap scheme, is he's going to force the guard and center to account for him because he's going to be a handful for any guard to take on one-on-one. I think he's the type of player that has enough juice to make you pay because he's going to free a guy up or he's going to have his guy in your QBs lap. He'll definitely be a LB's best friend. I don't like him as much as I like Benton and Smith, obviously, and I like him for different reasons than a guy like Zacch Pickens. I'd take him before I took Gervon Dexter. I think there's a lot to be said about a DTs snap quickness and he has it. His arm length hurts but he's a hard-charging bull with brute strength and that's that's difficult to stop on it's own. He's a low-key target I think you have to consider at 63 depending on how the board falls. |
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My other forgotten man is Kobie Turner from Wake. He's so very well-rounded as a player. I don't think he gets as much attention as he should. A career at Richmond with a transfer year to Wake Forest tends to do that I suppose. Wake Forest never gets much love (see also AT Perry). He's not a huge pass rush type but he can make some noise there at times. I think he's going in round 3.
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How would you view him vs Alim McNeil from 2021 draft? I normally don't get excited by NT, run-stuffer types high but McNeil was just fun to watch as a prospect.
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Benton is a more along the lines of McNeill than Ika is to me because of the athleticism. I do think Benton is a bit more dynamic. I think Ika if he trimmed down a bit would be in that same ballpark. He does crush the LOS.
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Keon White and McDonald have the same problem being older prospects.
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Should we add a FA to DE?
If we signed Ngakoue he would be the most experienced and successful end rusher on our team. Omenihu's best season was 4 sacks and Felix is a rookie. Makes sense to me! ESPN predicts the next 10 offseason moves: "Chiefs signing a pass-rusher After winning the Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach has made the offensive line the focus of offseason spending. The Chiefs let starting tackles Orlando Brown Jr. and Andrew Wylie hit the free agent market, then quickly moved to sign Jaguars tackle Jawaan Taylor to a significant deal. It looked as if Taylor would be moving to protect Patrick Mahomes' blindside, but when former Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith's market didn't develop, Veach signed him to play on the left side, leaving Taylor at right tackle for now. Get your favorite live sports, stories and originals with ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu. Upgrade to a Disney Bundle plan and start streaming something for everyone today! The defensive line could still use a bit of work. The Chiefs moved on from Frank Clark and Carlos Dunlap after the Super Bowl. Both are still on the free agent market, but the Chiefs have gone in other directions. Veach signed Charles Omenihu away from the 49ers and used the team's first-round pick on Kansas State edge defender Felix Anudike-Uzomah. George Karlaftis gives the Chiefs another first-round pick (2022) in their edge rotation, but against an AFC full of devastating quarterbacks, I still think the Chiefs could stand to add another pass-rusher. That could be Clark, although it would require him to take a significant pay cut from the $21 million he had previously been owed for 2023. Leonard Floyd, Justin Houston, Jadeveon Clowney and Yannick Ngakoue are all free agents, although they all have their issues. Floyd has only been a productive player next to Aaron Donald. Houston, a former Chiefs star, was cut by the team for cap reasons in 2019 and might not want to return. Clowney has one season with more than three sacks over the past four years and left the Browns in acrimonious fashion. Ngakoue is the most appealing option of the bunch, but he would also be the most expensive. He has been remarkably consistent in terms of pass-rush production, posting 8-12.5 sacks in each of his seven pro seasons. On the other hand, teams have seemingly fallen out of love with Ngakoue quickly; he has now played for five teams over the past four seasons. If the Chiefs are looking to do only a one-year deal, though, no long-term love affair would be necessary." Last edited by Couch-Potato; 05-17-2023 at 06:11 AM.. |
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If the money's there for Wormley he'd be my choice. Coming back from injury so the price could hopefully work. Consistently good against the run he'd free up Jones, reduce any reliance on Nnadi (who may be shot) and allow Coburn a reasonable introduction without flogging him, important as he seemed to have some stamina issues in college. If we got Wormley we'd be very stout against the run.
Other than that Dunlap. If there's a concern with our DEs for me it's no longer the pass-rush it's how they play the run. Dunlap looked surprisingly solid in that regard and seemed better at diagnosing and being in the right place than Karlaftis - undertstandable given the difference in experience. Omenihu absolutely has the capacity to set the edge in terms of power, weight, athleticism but he's not put it all together there yet, as far as I can tell. FAU will need time and bulk. I don't think we need Ngakoue, as much as I'd love a speed rusher I think FAU and BJ Thompson fill that role. |
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Roster hole per ESPN: Defensive tackle Here's the thing about being a championship team: You tend to have very good depth. If you're a veteran who no longer is going to start in the NFL, why wouldn't you want to go sign to at least share a locker room with Patrick Mahomes and get a shot at a ring? So the Chiefs have strong depth pretty much across the board. Their biggest question might be at defensive tackle. No, not Chris Jones, but rather next to Jones. Derrick Nnadi struggled in 17 starts last season, and behind him is Tershawn Wharton (missed most of last season with a torn ACL) and Byron Cowart (former Patriots starter who played 20% of defensive snaps for the Colts a year ago and had no hurries or sacks). Veteran run-stuffer Danny Shelton is also around but spent all of last year on the practice squad. Sixth-round rookie Keondre Coburn is also an early-down nose tackle. |
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