Joe Thuney to the Chiefs

[ThyKingdomCome15]

Thuney has earned every penny. Awesome signing!!

[Chiefspants]

Since signing w/ the Chiefs in ‘21, Joe Thuney has allowed just 35 pressures on 1,621 pass blocking opportunities (including playoffs) — per PFF.

A downright insane 2.16% pressure rate allowed.

Can’t wait to watch the game’s best guard go against the best front in NFL history. pic.twitter.com/EiPpncZvFo

— Rob Searles (@RobBob17) February 11, 2023

[Chiefspants]

Joe Thuney brought it and then some against Philly’s dominant front.

His anchor allowed Mahomes to maneuver the pocket before busting his 26-yard scramble on the final drive.pic.twitter.com/udYWCkH9Mx https://t.co/tW39wVhCSe

— Rob Searles (@RobBob17) February 13, 2023

on this crazy play too https://t.co/N8j2wIhYyR

— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) February 15, 2023

[Skyy God]

Assuming you can’t split the retirement cap hot over 2 years, only $2.3M saved per my math.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-c...-thuney-19028/

[Urc Burry]

He’s not retiring. There hasn’t been one mention of it

I will say I hated the signing at the time. Because it was at the same time we were pursuing Trent Williams, and boy did I want that to happen. But this has been one of Veach’s best moves. He’s so ****ing reliable. Just plug him in and forget about it

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

He’s not retiring. There hasn’t been one mention of it

I will say I hated the signing at the time. Because it was at the same time we were pursuing Trent Williams, and boy did I want that to happen. But this has been one of Veach’s best moves. He’s so ****ing reliable. Just plug him in and forget about it

Yeah, I went back and tried to find the comment but couldn't find it.

FWIW, I said "unsubstantiated" in the original post because that's exactly what it was. A couple of rando's in the comments saying they heard he might be retiring. I just wanted to mention it here in case anybody had heard something.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

He’s not retiring. There hasn’t been one mention of it

I will say I hated the signing at the time. Because it was at the same time we were pursuing Trent Williams, and boy did I want that to happen. But this has been one of Veach’s best moves. He’s so ****ing reliable. Just plug him in and forget about it

Some of us (myself included) lost sight of the simple notion that just because LT is the most important position on the line, that doesn’t mean you let the rest of the line rot in pursuit of your top priority.

We had mostly adequate LG play (not counting the Bucs SB) but the point was that we don’t aim for adequate, we aim for stellar. A **** awesome G was available. So get a **** awesome G when you have the chance. Didn’t have to be any more complicated than that.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

Some of us (myself included) lost sight of the simple notion that just because LT is the most important position on the line, that doesn’t mean you let the rest of the line rot in pursuit of your top priority.

We had mostly adequate LG play (not counting the Bucs SB) but the point was that we don’t aim for adequate, we aim for stellar. A **** awesome G was available. So get a **** awesome G when you have the chance. Didn’t have to be any more complicated than that.

We went from having elite tackle play (which allowed Mahomes to drift back to make plays) to elite interior play (which allowed Mahomes to excel from the pocket and scramble up the middle).

Both styles have worked to a legendary degree.

[MahomesMagic]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

We went from having elite tackle play (which allowed Mahomes to drift back to make plays) to elite guard play (which allowed Mahomes to excel from the pocket and scramble up the middle).

Both styles have worked to a legendary degree.

The only way to beat Mahomes is to have both defensive ends win at the same time.

One guy by himself isn't enough.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Originally Posted by Urc Burry

...But this has been one of Veach’s best moves. He’s so ****ing reliable. Just plug him in and forget about it

So true. Thuney is so good you really don't even have to think about him.

About the only time he's even discussed is when people talk about moving him to LT.

Freaking love dudes like that.

Great job by both of them, - Joe Thuney and Brett Veach.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks

So true. Thuney is so good you really don't even have to think about him.

About the only time he's even discussed is when people talk about moving him to LT.

Freaking love dudes like that.

Great job by both of them, - Joe Thuney and Brett Veach.

I was just thinking that, nobody talks much about Thuney. We sure talked a lot about previous LG's that we had lol. You definitely notice a Cam Irving ****ing up more than you notice a Joe Thuney doing his damn job very well

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by Cave Johnson

Assuming you can’t split the retirement cap hot over 2 years, only $2.3M saved per my math.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-c...-thuney-19028/

Wrong, you don't even have to do math. Your link provides the info. If he retires after June 1 it is a 500k savings.



only way 2.3 is saved is via a trade.

[RedinTexas]

If Thuney stays and the Chiefs win it all again, he will be tied for third in most super bowl wins by a player. The list is long at 4 wins, but still pretty impressive. If he stays and wins 2 more, he will be one of the top 3 players in super bowl wins. Tom Brady has 7 and Charles Haley has 5.

[Sassy Squatch]

So why are we even talking about him retiring again?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

So why are we even talking about him retiring again?

We're not. I merely asked if anybody had heard anything. Everybody so far has said "no" so there's really not any discussion of it, as evidenced by the last dozen posts or so talking about his contributions to the team, not about retirement.