Jared Wiley got 20% of the snaps from the jump as TE3. He’ll be back and I think they like him a lot.

BUT, Hopkins DID give us a killer drop in the Super Bowl. That was so cool to watch.:shake:

Hopkins whining about the ref narrative really pissed me off, on top of him being a completely worthless blumpkin when we actually needed him.

Hollywood Brown coming back is whatever. I'd prefer they didn't given it'll probably cost capital that we really need elsewhere but if it's reasonable then whatever. Hopkins is ****ing dead to me. Don't ever want to see him again.

I think this is potentially the biggest missed opportunity of the season.

That said, there's no reason to believe that Kingsley wasn't learning in practice and just by observing on a week to week basis. Maybe not as fast as he would have, but he improved.

IF he's a starting caliber LT -- acknowledging how big that IF is -- he'll be much more capable of demonstrating that next season than he was this season, regardless of what happened this year.

But it would've been interesting to see if he could've gotten to mediocre over the course of the season and allowed us to keep Thuney inside.

I suspect he probably wasn't. The coaches saw what he was doing in practice as well and never seemed to even consider putting him back out there at OT. Trying to limp him through the regular season in the hopes he was playoff ready when that time came was likely a fools errand.

I don't know. He looked like a completely different player against the Ravens and Broncos. Just totally mind ****ed.

Kingsley might be able to play Tackle still but it says a lot that they moved him to G and had as much faith in him to be the immediate backup there and almost take over for Caliendo.

There needs to be a film review on his game vs Denver at G bc from what I saw he looked much better and way more comfortable. And he wasn’t playing some slapdick either.

Zach Allen is probably the 2nd best IDL to Chris in the AFC and Kingsley did a solid job holding his own against him.

I still think the kid is our RG next year. Seems like a great fit for him

If Suamataia replaces Smith at Guard then that was a good pick. Morris gets another year of work as the swing tackle. I think that's a positive.

As long as he’s a good player somewhere, then it was a good pick.

Welp I guess it’s not happening. Sigh

Yes, the Chiefs lost in Super Bowl LIX, but they still have a loaded roster. General manager Brett Veach said “our free agency will be our draft” in the offseason with regard to key player acquisition because of a tight salary cap situation and a long list of the Chiefs’ own potential free agents that they would like to re-sign. Kansas City will have four picks in the first three rounds, having acquired an additional pick early in Round 3 by trading cornerback L’Jarius Sneed to the Titans last offseason. — Adam Teicher

Hmmmm

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That would be a lot of eggs in one basket

I just don't know how you give up that much, but if they do, I will fully support it. Just get us a left tackle, whatever the hell it takes. If it can't happen in free agency, then move mountains in the draft if that's what you have to do. If we could get one without trading future firsts, that would be insane.

That isn't going to happen...

Too many, honestly.