And CP needs to not lose its shit when Powell doesn't catch 70 balls for 1,000 yards, or declare him a bust when he doesn't put up twice as much production as Hardman.

As long as Tyreek and Kelce are playing with Mahomes, in this offense, it will take a true NFL #1 or #2 wide receiver to impact their productivity, or elevate the productivity of the WR2 position.

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Mahomes, from the presser today:

Im ready for some god damned Chiefs football.

I am ready to start our super bowl march. The NFL really needs a 10 game type spring league. Develop coaches and players and mostly entertain my fat ass.

JIMP

“He didn’t run the fastest 40 time,” McShay said. “But when they put the GPS on those guys down at the Senior Bowl, on Tuesday practice, he ran the fastest of any of the players there. There’s one thing to run a great 40, but to have football speed, that’s what he has.”

:thumb:

Thanks for posting this. I was actually wondering about Powell's speed. He got dinged in the draft for it--but when you watch his highlights; he looks quick. Sammy kind of speed.

I miss the World League & NFL Europe. That was entertaining football.

Any chance that Powell doesn’t make the team? Fountain has looked good.

I'd say there's 2 slots available so they could easily both make it.

I look at it as 3 spot between Kemp, Fountain, Powell, Bell and Fortson.

We're not keeping all of them. You hope that you sign 3 and one of the 2 cut, makes it to the PS.

Powell has a slow learning curve it sounds like, looking backwards at how camp went and his college career.

His work ethic and talent have been praised by EB, Mahomes and Hill. I think a year on IR, getting practice reps and sitting in the classroom could be really good for him.

Wish he would have balled from the jump, but it is what it is.

Powell doesn’t seem to have great short area quickness. I watched the eagles in preseason and even though Devonta smith didn’t do a lot, you could see his quickness in his cuts. I don’t see that in Powell. He seems like he might be pretty good a lot of things but not exceptional at anything. I’m not as excited about him as I once was.

To be fair comparing a 5th round draft pick to the Heisman winner you may see some differences

I could be wrong, but I expect Bell to make the team. KC brought him back for a reason and it was not his soft hands. He was brought back as a blocker and I don't believe Fortson or Gray demonstrated that part of their game enough to make Reid comfortable cutting Bell.