The "kid" is like 22 years old. He played some in his first year. "Bubba Starling? Really?

Yeah, not sure how they didn't pull the trigger on Laporta.

That was me and I’ll own that. But I apologized for it. So, enjoy.

Yikes

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Holy shit! May as well be Clay out there.

I'm not in any way calling Felix a bust. Far from it. Too early.

But I did go on record saying that when we rested our starters in game 17 last season, BJ Thompson clearly looked like the more dynamic player between FAU and him. And BJ didn't even come into the game until about halfway through the 3rd Q. BJ looked like he could be a real disrupter if he put on a little more bulk.

Yep, that right there tells you all you need to know

So who went just after FAU that we should be upset we didn't grab?

ROFL

Everyone thru round 4

Jack Schit would have been better.

If you rewatch the play, there's a LT and TE on his side of the formation. I won't pretend to know what his responsibilities/rules are on that play - and he has a history of being slow off the ball though Seth Keysor who charts all snaps says he's improved from last season - but maybe part of his role isn't just simply getting upfield to the QB in that situation but instead maintaining some lane discipline and possibly disrupting the TE's release? Maybe?

You found it and I can't believe we missed it.

He's Frank Clark's replacement as the "set the edge guy."

It should have been so obvious!

He really is Uzi

[QUOTE=suzzer99;17644313]So who went just after FAU that we should be upset we didn't grab?[/QUOT

Sam Laporta, who would’ve given us our replacement for Kelce and a great 2TE package until then. Joey Porter @CB who was an obvious need because we knew Sneed was going to go. Branch the other number two pick from Detroit at safety would’ve been great. QB Will Levis could have been interesting. We would have trained him behind Mahomes and next year traded him for a top number one draft choice to a team desperate for a QB. by the way, that’s probably the only way we will get into a position to draft a top 10 prospect. If we desperately needed a DE, which I don’t think we did, the Rams Brian Young would have been a much better pick and they got him in round three.

Probably the best choice would’ve been Porter.

[QUOTE=gordonelloyd;17644535]The meltdown on here and in KC would have been something special had we taken Will Levis with our pick.

I really wanted Mingo, with our coaching staff and QB, but thought LaPorta would have worked, although most wanted Mayer.

I also would have taken Joey Porter Jr.

I also would have taken Foskey, or Musgrave, or Ojulari.

As always, the players we liked, we liked with our coaching staff, not the bumbling idiots in Carolina or Cleveland, etc.

And unfortunately, it likely won’t be until next season that Omenihu trusts his knee enough to be impactful in games. Rehab drills and the practice field aren’t going to replicate the intensity of live-fire; especially come playoff time.

Hopefully (and this is all conjecture) the Chiefs see FAU as the type who needs game reps to develop; he’s going to get a belly full of top notch competition early in the season. Iron sharpens iron, or something like that.

Hes barely played yet so hes difficult to evaluate yet. I think he will be useful in pass rushing situation. Hes just a one trick pony. The good thing js we may never trail so teams have to lass all the time. Just ask Harbaugh.

I just wonder does he have any trade value right now since he's still a recent #1. Could we get a 3 from the bears? I'd pull that trigger.

This is what I'm talking about. LMAO

I love Bolton, he's my favorite player on defense. I am not a Mizzou fan.

If Uzomah produces they KU and Mizzou fans won't hate him anymore. Trust me.

With that said, I was disappointed when we drafted him. I didn't and still don't see the juice.

There's such a thing as positional need, and it doesn't always make itself clear at the time you're making a pick because nobody can predict the future.

It's quite easy to say "well, drafting Joey Porter Jr instead makes the most sense" but if you were Veach in April of 2023 I'll bet dollars to donuts you wouldn't have the balls to take another 1st round CB in back to back years when we had the secondary we did at the time.

What?!?! Felix isn’t being put in the hall of fame yet?????

That’s it sign Donovan Smith. That will fix it for sure!!!

I laughed out loud at Will Levis


lol what in the world

Well that's because you haven't thought about it. Take a QB every round of the draft. Train them for a year. Trade them for 7 first round draft picks. You're against that?!?!

Sure sure, second round picks are better value than 7th rounders but have you considered how GOOD Veach is in the 7th round??

Noted PFF genious Eric Eager had us taking not one, but two centers last year in his first mock draft - for similar argle bargle reasons.

There's some nonsensical bullshit up in here!

Not sure why everybody thinks drafting Levis over FAU is so laughable. Note it wasn’t my first option, but I thought it would be an interesting idea , and still do.

Levis fell a lot further than most expected. going into the draft He was rated along with the other top three. If you look at where Penix and Nix were drafted this year and how Levis performed last year I think he would’ve been a better alternative. so I think he might have trade value to get into the top 10 or close to it.

We obviously aren’t going to be drafting somebody to replace Mahomes, so this isn’t a Rogers / love situation. But I think if you got somebody who fell a lot further than they were expected to like Levis and they benefitted from Andy and Pat for a year, they might be valuable trade material to get into the top 10 draft picks.

I obviously don’t know if this is true, but it would seem that when we could not trade down to draft somebody we wanted Veach just drafted FAU without exploring other alternatives. At a minimum in my opinion we should’ve at least traded down and got from Tennessee The draft picks that Arizona got when they provided the pick Tennessee used to draft Levi’s.

Maybe FAU will come through. I hope so. But he hasn’t shown signs of it so far even though there has been loss of opportunity.

It's nonsense, that's why. NONSENSE.

There's nothing even remotely close to a guarantee that you ever recoup anywhere near what you spent. It's a terrible investment idea.

I'm all for taking a mid round or late round project and coaching them up to flip them for a higher future pick, but spending a first? **** no. That's dumb.

This is the best example of galaxy brain I've seen in a while

What if Pat plays 16 games every year?

Teams are gonna trade a high 1st for levis based on preseason action and 1 throwaway regular season game a year, are they?

Well, even though nobody liked my drafting Levis idea I’m glad I raised it as something interesting to consider because I learned something. Before I had never heard the term. Galaxy Brain.. And now I have .lol

So there's a chance yer less dumber now ? Is that what yer sayin ?

Been a problem his entire career. It was a problem at K-State.

He has the worst get-off from a plus athlete I've ever seen. It doesn't make any sense.

The guys first step is good - he just....forgets to go at the snap. It's like he has some kind of learning disability out there.

It's one of the stranger things I've seen. There's just no reason why that guy should be that slow off the ball.

And unless/until he fixes it, he's not even someone that should be active on gamedays. I really do not understand it.

Absolutely. I learned something so by definition I am less dumber.

But that doesn’t take away from the fact that I fear we wasted a number one pick on FAU. Hope I improved wrong.

{Raises Hand}

I said I'd have taken Porter. Because Sneed looked like a guy we'd let walk. At the time it wasn't because I thought he'd price himself into CB1 territory, but because he'd be in the Charvarius Ward range; a good CB2 we didn't want to pay for.

Porter even making it TO us didn't make sense to me.

Just to think, now we have two 1st rd picks sitting on the roster that didn't pan out, FAU and CEH

Tell Virch not to draft anymore player called by their initials

No more hyphenated names!

Hyphenated names should be outlawed in all of society, not just for players Veach is thinking about drafting. Take it all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.

Hindsight bein 20/20 absolutely. Feels like Veach and co made the assessment that they've been killin it with late round contributors at DB and took the higher value position in pass rusher. Just hasn't worked out in their favor on this one as of yet

Jesus that screenshot. The interior DL is already engaging, the LT is backpeddling, and FAU hasn't moved a muscle.

Great players flash their rookie year. Mahomes. Karlaftis. McDuffy. Steele?

We're in year 2 and FAU looks like a guy that will be serviceable at best.

We might end up have to pay George huge money unless we find someone else out there.

Yeah - Note to Veach. No players with long names that require an acronym. Also no players who's name rhymes with Eye Sore.

He's gonna get huge money either way.

You don't draft guys in the first with the intention of trading them. That's lunacy.

Can't we just call JJ-Watt up

Yup. Good call on that.

Calling it: Cam Thomas will get more snaps than Felix on Thursday. Don’t think he’s gonna get a lot of snaps bc he isn’t a good run defender

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He recovered the fumble caused by Jones.

He made two good plays last night and was swallowed up by a mediocre at best tackle for the rest of the night.

I’m just gonna pretend we took Rice with the 2023 1st, Connor with the 2nd, and FAU with the 3rd.

Doesn't have much of a pass rush plan and still doesn't use his hands much or at all. He's negated every time once the tackle gets his hands on him.

He’s just too painfully slow off the snap. His career is gonna be really short unless that gets fixed

A 22 year old pass rusher when the defense is gassed would be nice to have

Guys, I was wrong about Felix. Two games in ,4 sacks 8 Tackles for loss , 9 PD's along with 37 tackles. Even dropping into safety position on a few plays didn't realize he could track with the best receivers like that. I can see Karlaftis getting cut next year now.

What a gem!

Ngl it hurts watching Keion White look like a damn good DL

I did that with Sneed and CEH. It works!

We took Justin Houston with a first round pick, traded back and took a flyer on Jon Baldwin in the third.

With the first pick of the 2013 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select Travis Kelce, tight end, Cincinnati.

I honestly forgot he was on the team

FWIW, FAU is a full three years younger than Keion White. He’s only 22 and could still develop into a useful player.

Come on Spags. I want this kid getting more snaps. Think he’s earned it.

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Given how few snaps he gets, I feel like I've seen him a fair bit this year. I think he's progressing well.

I also mentioned this in the game thread, but does he look more stout this year? Did he gain a bunch of muscle weight? Granted, we didn't see him a lot last year to build a memory of him, but seems like that to me.

By January the DL will rival Spags' Giants unit, with Omenihu returning.

He's still like the last guy on the line to get off the snap. I think he'd be better served just drilling his reaction time or something.

Keep in mind, he's still only 22 years old. He almost had a sack/fumble on Cousins at the end of the 2nd, that was negated by a penalty. He's showing some good movement. Needs more snaps.

I feel like he's flashing a little bit.

I hope he doesn't get caught. He'll get jail time.

Well, he did get to the QB, when he wasnt blocked. Showed good speed and caused a fumble. I'm not being sarcastic either, sometimes that's harder than it looks.

Would it be safe to assume, after three games, that FAU is playing well against the run, but isn't quite there yet with the passing game?

Dude played 18, 12, and 14 snaps against the Ravens, Bengals, and Falcons, and the defense has been pretty study against the run, especially off tackle.

Huh? He DID have a sack and FF ROFL

I'm starting to believe that FAU should be in a 2 point stance which would help his slow reaction time when the ball is hiked.

Even if FAU ends up being trash, it looks like we hit on Chamarri Conner. I know different position but they cancel each other out a little.

It is a bit weird. That seems like something that is incredibly fixable. Who knows, though.

If he can't quite figure out the edge-rush game, he could put on 15 pounds and play DT and probably do a decent job there.