It always surprises me how big he is. For some reason I always expect him to be more like Melvin Ingram sized.

He played 73% of all defensive snaps yesterday. He was on the field quite a bit.

It's a red shirt year. I'm excited for him next season.

I still like the pick, but I will say this, perhaps one of the reasons the Chiefs have struggled this year is they drafted a player in the first round who would not contribute to the success of this team. Its difficult drafting late in round one, but man we need to draft someone in the upcoming draft in round one that can come in and help this team. Which is why I think we are looking at WR or Oline.

Tell us you didn't watch the game without telling us.

He might take a couple years like Ford did being only 21.

I noticed 97 multiple times. On the Omenihu forced fumble/sack that was returned for a TD, Anudike-Uzomah had an effective rush against Slate that ended with what really should have drawn a flag on Slater for holding (who lost the rep and kept Felix at bay with a neck hook/pull).

He looks a bit slow off the snap, like he's just not comfortable yet.

You and the 2 people that upvoted this are absolutely clueless.

He played fine. Made a few plays, it was good to see.

Needs some development, he's still pretty young.

How many snaps did he get? Would have liked to see more run out iof garbage time.

It's encouraging to see him play well, even if it was basically a preseason game.

We are really going to need major contributions from him, Karlaftis, etc next season if Jones is gone. Here's hoping he turns into something.

The majority.

He had a nice TFL on the play right before the fumble return TD.

If he doesn’t make that play, good chance the fumble TD doesn’t happen and the Chiefs lose.

Mike Danna has 5.5 sacks in the first 8 games of the season and 1 sack in his last 8.

I wonder if that helped bring his number down, so we can bring him back on a cheaper deal next year.

For awhile, it looked like he might go get 10 sacks and get a decent payday. I don’t think he’s that guy, but I was kinda rooting for him to get overpaid by someone.

I’ll take him back on a fair deal though.

This will improve with more playing time. It tells me he's doing a lot of thinking before the snap. It's a shame he's been blocked all year by Mike Danna and CJ playing outside a lot on passing down but it's hard to be critical of a top 3 defense. He's the best pure pass rusher on the team from the end position, though, and needed reps to improve this part of his game.

Just came here to see if the 5 or so dumbasses who have been mad about this pick from page one are still mad. And they are.

Going forward, he just needs to play.

Karlaftis really set high standards for people here on late 1st rd rushers.

Oweh, Rousseau, Paye, Chaisson, Turner

Usually these guys are complimentary rushers. Of course Felix has athleticism but I wouldn't bank on him doing what Karlaftis did this year. But if he does then holy shit

TJ Watt was also taken back there.

Not that FAU will be there, but I also think he's got more upside than Karlaftis.

Seth Keysor did his review and called out that FAU's hand fighting and bend are solid, and the biggest piece holding him back is his first step can be late on certain plays. He did say that he reduced the rate with which it happened when comparing yesterday's snaps vs earlier in the season, but that it should be his big offseason focus.

Who will be tasked to recommend Tamba as his trainer this offseason?

See, this is the problem here.

If you're going to complain, at least pay attention first, so you know what you're complaining about.

People complaining that FAU can't even get snaps in a week 18 glorified pre-season game when he actually got 73% of the snaps.

Damn, man. Are you just complaining to hear yourself type?

Furious George, of course!

If you get less than 74% you aint shit.

Guilty, wasn’t paying much attention, and was going off another post a bit further up.

Nick Jacobs mentioned that its already been rumored that he spent time with Tamba and George.

That post was referring to him not getting a lot of snaps this season. Not yesterday. No one who actually watched the game yesterday could've come away thinking he didn't get a lot of snaps yesterday.

But hey, don't let facts get in the way of an opportunity to shit on the kid and the people who drafted him.

Like I said, my fault. Would you like a cookie?

So probably a stupid question, but how does one improve their first step quickness? Is it somehow a matter of technique? Because my initial thought would be that it’s a matter of quickness and athleticism, if you’re not that athletic you’re not going to be fast off the snap. But FAU seems to have pretty good athleticism, so surely that isn’t it. Is it just anticipation of the snap?

I hope next year we use our first round pick on someone who will contribute straight away. It's a tad deflating seeing how bad our offense is and yet we drafted a guy who's come into a stacked DE room. Perhaps FAU is going to be a real asset in the future but Ive always thought first round picks should be playing unless they're either shit or a QB for the future.

Watch FAU's college tape then watch the game yesterday.

You know how they always talk about being able to play fast in year 2 becuase they're not thinking as much?

That's the issue.

We had a rookie WR contribute "straight away" which is why it makes no sense how so many of you continue to complain about him not contributing while our offense is "bad".

If not we would've used that pick on one of these stud rookie WRs like Rashee Rice!

Just pretend that Rice was our 1st round pick and FAU was our 2nd.

What's so wrong in selecting a TE like Laporta to replace Blake Bellend and have him hopefully usurp Gray at the #2 TE spot, with an eye on him being the successor to an elderly Kelce in 2 or 3 years? Also have you seen our o-line?

LMAO

Anybody talking about LaPorta is completely full of shit and 100% operating in hindsight.

Nobody had LaPorta as a 1st rounder, and not a single person on this board, or anywhere, was pounding the table for him at 31.

Also, what stud rookie OT did the Chiefs pass on at 31?

Hey bloke would you say you're knackered about this? Am I using that correctly? Hope you're doing well despite the FAU situation Womble!

The Jags literally upgraded their RT with a rookie whilst we paid their castaway RT Taylor $80m. And before you say it, yes I'm aware the Jags were 4 places higher than us. Still coulda and shoulda got him in retrospect.

PS on Laporta I just googled mock draft 2023 and the first one I saw that wasn't just a first round draft had Laporta at 51 and FAU at 54. The idea that it's absolutely wild to have thought this kid could (and should have) go at 31 when he was in fact drafted at 34 is ****ing stupid.

No words... You're dumb

Ps. staylor26 you are/were one of Skyy Moore's biggest homers so I really don't give a flying **** about your opinion on anything anyway, yet alone draft evaluations.

Clueless...

"Mahomes needs to be better"

"Skyy Moore is not running routes anymore. He is blocking receiver"

Shut up you boring bandwagoning, failure loving, cousin ****ing alien.

Again, talking completely out of your ass. Anton Harrison hasn't been good at all, more or less an upgrade from Jawaan Taylor. Their OL struggles a big reason for their offensive collapse this season. You are literally just making shit up for your narrative.

Of course in hindsight LaPorta would've been a great pick. It's also still way too ****ing early to declare him a better one than FAU. That's like the morons that crowned Watson while Mahomes was on the bench.

The point is that absolutely nobody had LaPorta going in the 1st. I don't give a single **** about the one mock you found. Throughout the process, FAU was considered a possible 1st round pick. Not you or anybody else banged the table for LaPorta in the 1st, and it's all ****ing pointless because there's no chance the Chiefs were ever taking him there. Him going 3 picks later, when nobody really saw that coming either, doesn't change that.

Wrong about Skyy, among others.

Right about Sneed, Jones, Kelce, Mahomes, Karlaftis, McDuffie, etc.

What have you ever been right about?

https://www.nfl.com/news/peter-schra...oud-vikings-gi

ThE pOiNt Is ThAt AbSoLuTeLy NoBoDy HaD LaPoRtA gOiNg In ThE 1sT

Stfu idiot.

I told your mother to have a termination.

Since CP has become Absolutely Ridiculous Exaggeration Planet, I feel like I need to come clean.

You see, for a few years now, I've been severely exaggerating something.

No, not that!

See, I've been saying that Andrew Wylie blows goats.

And that I have proof.

And that, friends, is untrue. I've been exaggerating.

He sucks. He's terrible.

but he probably doesn't ACTUALLY blow goats.

I exaggerated, see? Just like a bunch of you guys.

(I'm sure he's a great guy, though. He seems nice.)

Peter Schraeger isn't even a ****ing draft guy dipshit. And congratulations you found one mock out of a million that had LaPorta going in the 1st and it was a guy who does predictive mocks based on what he hears.

All you've proven is that people should've been paying attention to Schrager's odd placement of LaPorta in there, and LaPorta going as high as 34 shouldn't have been the surprise that it was.

But congratulations on your needle in a haystack that doesn't change the fact that you're 100% operating in hindsight and talking out of your ass about what the Chiefs should've done.

Where's your post before the draft banging the table for him? Just kidding, you've already made it very clear that you aren't even going to pretend that you aren't playing Captain ****ing hindsight

Needle in a haystack eh? Just one of the most well known (and connected) mock draft analysts doing his final mock draft on the actual day of the draft. Yeah. Needle in a haystack, if that haystack contained 5 hay straws.

Ps. I never said FAU wasn't going to be a good of a player as Laporta. Unfortunately you don't seem to be able to read properly.

You make a great ****ing point actually. Not only was it a needle in a haystack, it's literally a draft day mock with somebody that was probably told that LaPorta was going to be a surprise top 40 pick, so he put him at the back end of the 1st to look smart.

I know you are absolutely clueless, but there's a process that lasts several months and LaPorta was never seen as a possible 1st round pick in that process. That's the point, and your draft day mock from a guy with legitimate sources doesn't change that.

The fact that that was the best you can find speaks volumes to my point.

Wow. I think you might be onto something here. The fact that the mock drafts are based on what the analysts are hearing from teams. Too bad it's only isolated to the one pick that you're getting your knickers in a twist about. Definitely not any of the others. No no no. That's all based on months and months of data mining and scouting research.

**** me.

Me: Let's pick a guy in the first round who will fill a position in need. That would be good in the next draft.

Skyy Moore gang: HAHAHAHA idiot. Captain hindsight. Who would you have got?

Me: Well a TE and OT would have been nice and would have been more useful. Here's the TE and OT that went closest to 31.

Skyy Moore gang: HAHAHAHA idiot. Captain Hindsight.

hey I thought CEH was going to be the guy he was in college last year.

I also wanted to draft Drew Brees once upon a time.

Nobody that gets involved in pre draft player evals is right all of the time.

If they were, they'd be hired instantly to any GM job in football at whatever price they want.

The reality is, it's kind of a crap shoot. Every year top ten guys bust. 7th rounders become stars. UDFA's become hall of famers.

This shit's hard. Ain't it grand?

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George Karlaftis first 9 games

18 tackles
.5 sacks
5 QB hits

FAU so far:
14 tackles
.5 sacks
7 QB hits

Give it some time

Which tackle and tight end would you like the Chiefs to draft in three months?

Kid showed some speed and strength last game. He had a few very noticeable plays. Give him time. A full offseason is going to do him wonders, and he's still very young.

We're drafting 7 wide receivers after we trade for Justin Jefferson.

No idea if this guy will be good or not.

He has Cullen and Spags. If he can be a good NFL player, then he will be with those two coaching him.

I only watched snippets so I've not idea how accurate this is, but PFF gave him a score of 55, pass-rush of 49. So not great BUT, he was against Slater. That is about as hard a match-up as you'll get for a rookie.

Also, they graded him 64 for run defense and 71 for tackling. To be honest, I think the pass-rush will take time, but he'll improve once he gets the reps and starts to fire off rather than think and react, we need to be patient. The bigger question was whether he'd ever hold up in the run game, and he seems to be doing OK, I think that's encouraging.

It's definitely galling watching Tuipulotu getting 850 snaps and making a much bigger impact after being picked far later, but I guess that happens when Bosa keeps breaking. Plus his build was always going to translate to the NFL faster.

Unrelated, but one thing I absolutely am going to over-react to on the DL is Farrell - only 13 snaps but a grade of 80. Nnadi had 16 for a grade of 61. Please God can the Chiefs recognise how much of a useless turd Nnadi is and just play someone, ANYONE in his place.

Farrell looked better in that role than Nnadi. I'll never understand that one.

Can we trade him for a wr?

Tuipulotu has been really good, and I liked him too along with FAU coming out, but he's too similar to Karlaftis, Omenihu, and Danna. We needed to take a swing on a guy with more speed, athleticism, and bend.

Yeah I strongly agree with that.

I was wrong on Skyy moore too, blame me as well, I've got a draft report card that would get you grounded

If Omenihu can't go Felix may be suiting up in the big dance. Something to watch for sure.

How about FAU with that tackle for loss!! Surprised this thread hasn't been bumped already.

He’s gonna make plays for us. And started it with one tonight.

Him and Pennell both looked great.

FAU made a hell of a play shedding that block and getting a TFL!

I'm looking forward to seeing what he does next year, he's going to go in as the starter I would imagine.

Congrats Felix. Nice to get drafted by the Chiefs and get a SB ring your rookie season

Saw that and loved it!

I wondered if we were going to shuffle him into more playing time when Karlaftis was momentarily out.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="et" dir="ltr">Joe Cullen and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> Felix Anudike-Uzomah celebrate a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperBowl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperBowl</a> win <a href="https://t.co/JRaTCknnOi">pic.twitter.com/JRaTCknnOi</a></p>&mdash; Aaron Ladd (@aaronladdtv) <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronladdtv/status/1756907093159002363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Felix saved a TD? What is Cullen referring to?

He’s getting another year with Joe Cullen too most likely.

I’m expecting him to break out.

He was quick as well. I was impressed on how quick he got off on the snap and shed his block. That was quick !!

You are correct. :thumb:

ya I noticed that too, he definitely looks like a guy that is capable of doing some things.

Just the start of it for FAU.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chiefs rookie Felix Anudike-Uzomah makes a play in the backfield 💪<br><br>📺: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SBLVIII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SBLVIII</a> on CBS<br>📱: Stream on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFLPlus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NFLPlus</a> <a href="https://t.co/dClcEDViWl">https://t.co/dClcEDViWl</a> <a href="https://t.co/L5jRgBGayN">pic.twitter.com/L5jRgBGayN</a></p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1756834334600839248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Got me excited for his future.

This has to be a WILD feeling.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lee&#39;s Summit&#39;s Felix Anudike-Uzomah stopped to chat with <a href="https://twitter.com/meganrabundis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@meganrabundis</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/KSHB41?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KSHB41</a>.<br><br>&quot;I&#39;m lit. I was here in 2020 [at the parade], and I was on the side [watching]. Now I&#39;m here. This is crazy.&quot;<br><br>After being a healthy scratch all playoffs, FAU was active for the Super Bowl due to…</p>&mdash; Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) <a href="https://twitter.com/pgsween/status/1757830346463207522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>