We just need to take some of Jawaan Taylor's anticipation and give it to FAU.

Solve two problems at once.

Maybe in a 3-tech role similar to Wharton.

Turk may be playing his way out of town; he'd gonna get a real nice deal this off-season at his present rate.

If so, with FAU's experience inside at K-State, maybe a little more weight would make him a viable interior rusher. Though again, with that get-off, he'll end up on his ass a LOT on the interior. He can't be slow off the ball in there, they'll just put him on the ground.

Everything comes down to him fixing this bizarre get-off issue.

untouched to the quarterback for a sack, we just need a few of those in the playoffs and we can call him Frank Clark 2.0

Kinda surprised we were able to land Wharton for this season. I figured he had already played his way out.

Nah - he wasn't very good last year.

Which is why I'm pretty reluctant to consider Omenihu's return as some sort of panacea. We've seen time and time and time again that these ACL injuries just take longer to return to full go.

Oh sure, they can get back on the field, but it often takes a full season to get back to where they were.

That was why I was really hopeful we'd try to use the lost time from Omenihu to leverage an extension. Get him to add another year onto that deal, move a little money to 2025, spend that freed up money on a better short-term replacement for him than Danna and then you'd get the best of both worlds with a fully healthy Omenihu the following season.

Then he hit social media and kinda made me think we may have approached him with the idea and he told us where to stick it.

This was going to my response to your post but you got it covered.

Yeah - it was never really overt.

But it was something like "I'm an elite DE in this league and people don't want to pay me like it..." or something like that.

Which is pretty far out of left field for the off-season coming off an injury when he was under contract for the following year.

There had to be some kind of catalyst for it. I always assumed it was exactly the sort of contract extension I was hoping we'd offer.

Just accept it, he’s another early round draft bust just like Hardman, Moore, CEH, and it appears - Worthy

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Somehow that ^^^ is still too much.

lol 3 games in , now go do another franchises drafts in that same span and count their busts , I have a feeling our drafts stack up pretty good

I can't even neg rep that because I apparently already neg repped him too recently.

**** Will Ferrell and that "I want to pay with you everywhere" commercial because now I'm singing it using "Felix Anudike-Uzomah"

I got you.

Just imagine what could've been if Veach could draft.

With Mahomes leading this team I bet we could've done something absurd - like win 3 Super Bowls in 5 years.

Man he is so ****ing stupid he might be a Clint mult.

Man, if he's hoping to be paid like an elite DE I think he's going to be sorely disappointed. I like Omenihu well enough but he ain't that.

33 posts in 16 years. You should post less or kill yourself. You decide.

Danna likely out this week, will be interesting to see if FAU gets a lot more time. Against backup tackles, you would think he could really show something.

Excited to see what he can do, if anything.

I'm calling my shot:

Felix gets two sacks this week!

I think this kid could develop, he's very young and after another season or 2 I've seen flashes that I like. There's talent there.

Felix will have more sacks this year than KC Shox has good posts!

Since he already has a sack, I’m already correct.

ROFL

Should be a great week to get him in and see the speed of the game and build his run game .

Felix is only 22 years old. Many players aren't even drafted until they're 23.

As for Worthy I like what I've seen. Patrick has been off the last couple weeks and Rice is absolutely feasting. It's still early.

Danna is out, so it's time for FAU to show out. He's gonna get his chance to show what he has. I think he goes out and destroys the Chargers. Hell he should with Slater being out and Alt more than likely out.

2 QB hits. 2 pressures as well on 26 snaps (46%).

He’s showing speed and is at least providing some value as a rotational player. Still only 22 years old.

Pretty clear path for one of those 'Hardman' style careers where maybe he is a little disappointing but still contributes.

Hey, Felix ALMOST got two sacks! I was ALMOST right!

If those are our “bad” picks, then we aren’t doing too bad.

People shit on Hardman and CEH a lot, but we at least found a way to squeeze production out of those guys.

The real busts are guys like Breeland Speaks and Skyy Moore. They basically contributed nothing in their time here.

I noticed him yesterday.

He just needs more PT.

He just needs to finish the sack he almost got.

I’ll admit to being conflicted when Skyy dropped that pass yesterday. On the one hand, I was pissed by the drive ending drop. On the other hand, I was thrilled by the inevitable Skyy blasts that would ensue.

I'm not a MEH fan, but I think the injury really ****ed up a promising career. He was never the same after his rookie season.

Sorry, didn't mean to downvote

I did hhuehuehuehuehue

3 pressures on 17 rushes; George had 2 on 26

And people act like he’s some all time Jamarcus Russell level bust. It’s just not true.

He’s accounted for 2,500 total yards of offense and 19 TDs.

That’s not a star player by any stretch, but we got some production out of him.

How many years would Skyy Moore have to play to reach 2,500 yards and 19 TDs? Like 20?

Infinity

So now Karlaftis sux also. JUST GREAT!

I'm selling my stock in Skyy Moore and buying stock in Felix. I think he's looking good.

If I remember that play correctly, Herbert stepped up just in the nick of time to avoid that sack. I would have to rewatch it to be sure though.

He’s growing and showing improvement. Good pursuit and playing the run better as well. Better timing with his stunts.

Watched the game as a group, hard to catch all of it that way. KSCN says Felix was lined up over the nose? Any one have any links?

Closer to the snap, maybe he's off a bit quicker lol.

Andy must have watched the 6th grade team I coach. We put two of our littlest kids at 3 and 5 tech. They just blow by the fat kid guards and centers. You guys are welcome.

He was, when Jones pushed him aside to line up outside.

I'll say this: FAU has been playing the run like a boss.

I'd love to see him develop as a passrushing threat, but I truly don't know if it's coming, folks.

There's nothing particularly wrong with his technique or talent, except for one thing.

His get off is

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It is astonishing to see him have such a miserable get off at the snap. I was watching him like a hawk and of all 9 people lined up, between the OL and the DL, he was routinely the last one out of his stance, and it wasn't even remotely close.

I don't know how that is rectified. I don't know what's causing it. But I can't even remember a non-scrub playing with that slow of a get off.

He needs to pick up a hobby that helps reaction time like riding dirt bikes or something. Something to react without having to think about it. He's thinking not reacting and it makes no sense.

It's so strange.

Remember when Trubisky simply couldn't throw to the left side of the field? For whatever reason, anytime he tried to open his shoulders and throw to the left side, the ball just went wherever it wanted.

Even THAT made more sense than this does. That's some strange mechanical flaw or maybe even yips. And prior to the FAU thing, that was probably the strangest "man, why can't he do this at all?" sort of thing I'd seen in a long while.

But FAU just not having the ability to break off the snap is incredibly strange to me. To the point where I don't think it can possibly be mental. It has to simply be a complete lack of first step burst out of his stance. His body simply isn't allow for that level of quickness.

If you have me do that 'hand slap' game with an F1 driver, I'm going to lose 100 times out of 100 because their body simply responds faster than mine does. That's all I've got now.

It HAS to be physical, doesn't it?

I'd think that would have shown up in some kind of athletic testing though no?

Maybe his professional goal is to never be flagged for "offsides"

Maybe the Dee Ford incident traumatized him

The 10 yard split of his 40 would reveal it. The gun goes off, and he takes off. That would imitate a snap.

But FAU didn't run the 40 at either the Combine or at his Pro Day.

He ran a pretty darn good three cone drill, however (7.00). But that largely demonstrates ability to turn the corner.

He had a damn good broad jump, too, but that demonstrates explosiveness, not timing of the get off.

His lack of get off is evident in KSU tape, but not to this degree.

My standards have been lowered to the point that I am just happy he does not look like a liability out there now that he is forced to take significant snaps

Maybe he goes up against Jawaan Taylor in practice and Taylor's "timing" is throwing him off.

He's the Le'Veon Bell of DEs. He patiently waits for a hole to open up in the OL, then attacks it.

Might be onto something there.

Just have him do stunts/twists with Chris Jones all day. Jones coming off the ball as fast as he does would make that timing just about perfect, no?

FAU just setting up a niche for himself. Not unlike our previous Coverage DE, the Shart.

"Felix Anudike-Uzomah: The Stuntman"

Stuntin like his daddy

At least he’s cheap(er) LMAO

We need to get him to start hanging out with Jawaan. Maybe they can find a happy medium between his false starts and FAUs sluggishness.

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https://x.com/chiefshive/status/1848...AxkjTcY9NBH4jQ

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="et" dir="ltr">PFF gave Felix Anudike-Uzomah the highest pass rushing grade against the 49ers. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChiefsKingdom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ChiefsKingdom</a> <a href="https://t.co/OVGbG7QREl">pic.twitter.com/OVGbG7QREl</a></p>&mdash; Chiefs Hive (@chiefshive) <a href="https://twitter.com/chiefshive/status/1848456317968486530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I don't see how he was better than Karlaftis, but I'd love to see some clips.

Nobody got a 'good' grade.

FAU -- 69.9
GK -- 63.8
Malik Herring -- 62.5
Chris Jones -- 61.0

And honestly, I have ZERO idea how they got there. 21 pass rush snaps, 1 total pressure. GK, OTOH, in 38 rush snaps had FIVE.

I really do not understand how they grade DL (or OL play) at all. It just makes zero sense to me and it is SO prone to confirmation bias.

But hell, the guy played 35 snaps and didn't suck. Regardless of what you think about his grade (total grade ended up checking out as decent), he most assuredly didn't suck. He was solid.

He’s getting better. If anything he’s not gonna be a Skyy Moore level draft pick. Dude was putting in work yesterday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;ve harped on FAU&#39;s get off all season. He has been MUCH better so far through this game. Great job here getting off the ball and staying low and underneath Trent Williams&#39; block <a href="https://t.co/4tzQ5k3fpr">pic.twitter.com/4tzQ5k3fpr</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Harms�� (@InHarmsWay19) <a href="https://twitter.com/InHarmsWay19/status/1848507770296840498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FAU starts the game against a double team of Trent Williams and Aaron Banks. Part of FAU&#39;s year-to-year improvement has been in the run game, and he doesn&#39;t let either player climb. FAU and Chenal hold up and allow Watson to submarine in. FAU disengages to help with the TFL <a href="https://t.co/FDO0mPgjky">pic.twitter.com/FDO0mPgjky</a></p>&mdash; Daniel Harms�� (@InHarmsWay19) <a href="https://twitter.com/InHarmsWay19/status/1848498638651023676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He did line up inside a few times too and had some quality rushes. Maybe that’s where he can be effective?

Click thru the clip though, look at it frame by frame. Still so slow off the ball.

I don't get it.

He looks like he belongs now, which is insane to say after some of those preseason reps.

Now that they are moving him around the front so he can beat some interior OL rushing the passer, I feel pretty confident he is at least going to be right around Danna's level as a player. Still a chance by year four he's a legit starter.

FAU becoming a run-stuffing Allen Bailey-esque DE who occasionally gets to the passer would be an okay development.

Glad he gets another start tomorrow, zero reason to rush Danna back from the soft tissue stuff.

And FAU gets a pretty favorable matchup as well. I’d expect a flash or two.

Bailey had an easy 30 lbs on him though, he'll need to hit the lunch pail and weight room.

He's still so slow off the ball it may be the only thing he can ever hope to become.

Wild how slow that get off is. If he makes any sort of improvement there I still think the hand usage and bend is really decent, and could amount to something.

If it doesn't improve then he really wasn't worthy of that first round grade.

People still using PFF LMAO

If you are talking about the clips above. He came off the ball the same speed as everyone else. The only person that was a little bit quicker was Chris Jones.

But Jones beat everyone off the ball.

The second clip he’s way way late

What do you use? Your experience. LOL It is not butt sex or calling an employer of a fellow poster.

Unless we are talking about a different clip. He pretty much comes off the ball the exact time every single person on the line does except Jones.

If he is way late. Then it's an entire team problem. Also Felix took on a double team and still got the tackle.

Side note. Chris Jones has already beat his man before Chenal and Felix have engaged their blockers. That guy is a beast.

https://x.com/inharmsway19/status/18...727394196?s=46

Nice little pass rush rep from Sunday. Kid is figuring it out. He’s gonna be damn solid if not really good in a couple years.

Honestly a nice up-close reminder that even as bad as it looks, it’s not over for Kingsley if you chooses for it not to be. For 2024 yes, but dedicate to your craft and find a way young man…

It might not be over for him but if a tackle is sitting there in the draft they like I doubt they say "pass we got Kingsley "

He's showed up in flashes more and more as the season has gone on. I think the light has finally come on for him and he's getting it.

No doubts. Unless Kingsley magically turns into Joe Thomas they won’t pass on a tackle.

I'm sorry but he's still got the slowest getoff on that entire DL.

He's the last one moving on both sides of the ball. Play the video super slow, keep hitting pause and play, pause and play, pause and play.

It's going to be limit any contributions he makes for his entire career.

He gets off pretty much at exactly the same time as Karlaftis.

What pausing that clip does is demonstrate what freakish explosion Chris Jones has. FAU next to Jones makes FAU look slow, but really it's just Jones blasting off the ball.

He's not stationary as the QB is catching the ball. That's a MASSIVE improvement for him. From what I see there, he's on par with everyone on the line that ISN'T a Hall of Fame caliber DL...

EDIT: As I put it at .25 speed and do it again, he may actually be an Nth BEFORE Karlaftis. I just don't think I agree with you here. On that play, he got off the ball just fine.