Pro Bowl LT DJ Humphries [signed by Chiefs]

[SHOWTIME]

Does Veach give him a call?

I predict @Chiefs. Makes too much sense https://t.co/hu5xdI5KF2

— Justin Pugh (@JustinPugh) November 22, 2024

[JPH83]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

That's fair.

Idk, I figured if we lost people were going to point to this as a big "What If" when it's really not.

If the coaching staff thinks Thuney at LT is a better situation, maybe Humphries is just ****ing bad lol. He would've gotten annihilated just like everyone else did.

Yep, sorry, we weren't winning this with DJ at LT

[irafreak]

Originally Posted by Katie

How much worse would it have been to make the switch to thuney to lG and put Dj in at left tackle

Well if dj was worse, it might have got mahomes hurt.

[FloridaMan88]

Hard to imagine that Humphries was that bad in practices that he was completely unplayable in a game the Chiefs offensive line was getting owned.

D.J. Humphries must've been quite poor as he was "rotating" with the 1s during practice.

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) February 10, 2025

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Hard to imagine that Humphries was that bad in practices that he was completely unplayable in a game the Chiefs offensive line was getting owned.

D.J. Humphries must've been quite poor as he was "rotating" with the 1s during practice.

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) February 10, 2025

It just is what it is.

If you don't agree, then maybe we have a coaching problem, since they're the ones making the decision on this. I already suggested that Heck might be an issue if he's underacheiving with a 3 Pro-Bowler line.

I can't say for a fact it would've been better or worse, but there's no way Humphries was saving this game for us.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

That's fair.

Idk, I figured if we lost people were going to point to this as a big "What If" when it's really not.

If the coaching staff thinks Thuney at LT is a better situation, maybe Humphries is just ****ing bad lol. He would've gotten annihilated just like everyone else did.

There is no “what if” here, once it was determined DJ was not ready to go in the divisional round the die was cast for the rest of the postseason.

The only thing left is to call out all of the Thuney is the answer at LT ball washers who ignored his first start in Cleveland so they could claim that he was doing a suitable job with out an offensive scheme change to help him out after that game. That offensive scheme that had helped him was not apparent tonight and Thuney didn’t look so good (no hate on him, he was playing out of position).

With one side it was about playing Humphries IF he was able to pull it off - with the other side it was just plain Thuney at LT no matter what!

But that is purely ChiefsPlanet business, at the end of the day it came down to Andy not having a game plan in place - and not being able to adjust - to work with what he had. It’s not often he gets flat out coached, especially after two weeks to prepare, but he is wearing clown shoes right now.

[UChieffyBugger]

Just looking back I was calling for change after the Texans playoff game when Thuney gave up TWO SACKS and a ton of pressure along with the rest of the line. Andy came out and said he ain't changing things and I have no doubt Philly used that game as a foundation to attack this line.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Hard to imagine that Humphries was that bad in practices that he was completely unplayable in a game the Chiefs offensive line was getting owned.

D.J. Humphries must've been quite poor as he was "rotating" with the 1s during practice.

— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) February 10, 2025

he didn't look good at all the one game he played (it was 1 game right?)

The guy must be completely washed though

[chiefzilla1501]

I still find it really really hard to believe that the long rest week wasn’t the final sprint to get humphries ready to start. And the way we got manhandled against Houston I think we truly regret it because after that point it was too late. That was the game where we had the leeway to make some mistakes and see what we had. I really feel like our decision to start thuney was mostly due to playing it safe and for continuity reasons

[JPH83]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I still find it really really hard to believe that the long rest week wasn’t the final sprint to get humphries ready to start. And the way we got manhandled against Houston I think we truly regret it because after that point it was too late. That was the game where we had the leeway to make some mistakes and see what we had. I really feel like our decision to start thuney was mostly due to playing it safe and for continuity reasons

I honestly dont think it mattered. Once he was injured early, that was the kicker. Even if he was out there and somehow turned the clock back 3 years to an All-Pro level, and Thuney was back at guard..we got our asses kicked up and down both lines.

[FloridaMan88]

Someone needs to own the fact every player the Chiefs signed/drafted to play left tackle this season was completely unplayable in the Super Bowl.

Wanya
Kingsley
Humphries

That’s an epic failure to protect Mahomes’ blind side.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by JPH83

I honestly dont think it mattered. Once he was injured early, that was the kicker. Even if he was out there and somehow turned the clock back 3 years to an All-Pro level, and Thuney was back at guard..we got our asses kicked up and down both lines.

Our defense played decently well. It was the best anyone has played Barkley all year.

Thuney to LG would have made a huge difference. And hindsight is 20/20 but humphries probably wasn’t gonna be worse than how thuney played. So that means we kept everything the same except a huge upgrade at LG. That upgrade allows us to run the ball better which could open up the passing game just enough. As bad as we were we were 1-2 first half TDs from making it a game. And that upgrade could also have given us the first downs we needed to not get throttled on time of possession which is always gonna kill your defense

[TEX]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

Our defense played decently well. It was the best anyone has played Barkley all year.

Thuney to LG would have made a huge difference. And hindsight is 20/20 but humphries probably wasn’t gonna be worse than how thuney played. So that means we kept everything the same except a huge upgrade at LG. That upgrade allows us to run the ball better which could open up the passing game just enough. As bad as we were we were 1-2 first half TDs from making it a game. And that upgrade could also have given us the first downs we needed to not get throttled on time of possession which is always gonna kill your defense

Yep. I was hoping they would open with Humphries at LT and Thuney at LG. That the time off, and not playing in the playoffs, had givin Humphries time. Was very concerned going up against the Eagles with a make-shift OL. Was thinking it could become another Tampa Bay SB debacle... I thought that maybe they had a plan B and they were going to switch to Humphries /Thuney in the second half. But when they didn't, I knew how this would end. They really had no chance against the Eagles DL as they played it. The duct tape approach at LT finally caught up with them.

[SHOWTIME]

In hindsight, Donovan Smith was probably the better option...he had experience in this offense and was relatively healthy. Why Veach went after Humphries if he was just going to waste a roster spot is beyond me.

[Calcountry]

Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger

Just looking back I was calling for change after the Texans playoff game when Thuney gave up TWO SACKS and a ton of pressure along with the rest of the line. Andy came out and said he ain't changing things and I have no doubt Philly used that game as a foundation to attack this line.

You add to this that in the very first series, we have zero running backs in the backfield on at least one of the plays. If I’m defensive coordinator and I see that I’m like going pin your ears back they ain’t serious about running. We don’t have to worry about it.

[Sassy Squatch]

I mean, Reid was rotating Humphries in with the ones all throughout the playoffs practices. He may just suck at this point in time.