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We haven't argued in a while: nearly every Chiefs podcast is wrong, I think. (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=345052)

I’m a bit worried about CEH and a few of the new guys staying healthy —JuJu especially. Time to find out. Even with starters out, Patrick can keep them in games. Best team in AFC West.

I think they can go 3-0 to start.

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Originally Posted by Wilson8 (Post 16444538)

OK, the threads that we have on the 2022 KC roster are buried and this thread is about the Chiefs and is active. Let me ask some quick questions.

What the Hell is currently going on with the KC roster?

We heard that Elijah Lee was going to be on the Practice Squad but that was only temporary. He would soon be on the 53.

We heard that Blake Bell was going on IR so he could heal. Are they waiting on doctor reports on him?

Some speculated that Malik Herring was going on IR. After all the Chiefs kept 6 DEs. If so, do they bring back DT Danny Shelton?

Some have speculated that a free agent was still in the works.

Andy Reid said they were going to practice a week and then they were going to take some time off. It seems like Brett's office has closed down too.

It seems like the Chiefs also need to renegotiate some contracts. Overthecap.com shows the Chiefs with the 5th worst cap space with only $1,622,040.

Sorry if I sidetrack this thread for a couple of posts, but what is going on and why the delay?

Damn It! I am ready for some football and want to know who is on this team.

Inquiring minds want to know.

Staying with the theme of this post, is Lee still the projected starter week 1? The whole situation surrounding Lee has been a head scratcher.

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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 16444178)

The first thing to pop up on my reddit feed was an NFL bold prediction thread, and the OP's bold prediction is the Chiefs don't make the playoffs, heh.

The Chiefs only missed the playoffs once under Andy Reid all the way back in 2014 and the worst they've finished is second in the AFCW lol

the chiefs still have the best QB and coach in the NFL, they're still a top tier team and a contender even if this ends up being a "down year"

Biggest concerns with the team:
1. An injury to a staring OL. The team has virtually no depth on the line.
2. Big play % will go way down without Hill making shootouts much harder.
3. This ties into #2, young secondary will have growing pains leading to some shootouts.
4. Pass rush.
5. Juju’s health.

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 16444140)

I think it's 50/50 we make it to the AFCCG.

Mahomes on a mission is hard to bet against, but even if we're clicking on all cylinders, goddamn the Chargers/Bills/Bengals look good.

I think Mahomes will be on a mission to erase last years 2nd half collapse against the Bengals.

But, shit happens in a football game, a bounce of the ball, a slight juggle, a missed block etc. are just a few of the hundreds of things that turn a game.

One "chance play" that wasted our SB championship occurred during Mahomes first year. We would have killed the Rams that year. Won a SB. But, that didn't happened because a DL not lining up correctly at the snap.

These other AFC teams are good. We will have to play at our best to get another championship. Anything less, we are going home in the playoffs.

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Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 16444534)

Definitely foresee some struggles from both the offense and defense to start the season. Not surprising what with all the new faces, particularly all the rookies that are on the roster.

On defense and offense all these new guys and young players are going to have to get comfortable with the playbooks and each other. This was the case in 2019 as well as 2020? Whatever. It took some time, but eventually they got in the groove and their play dramatically improved.

No real reason to think history won't repeat itself to some extent this season. The defense will be up and down through the first half of the season or so, and they'll be playing an abbreviated playbook until everyone gets on the same page. Ditto the offense. It just should click quicker for the offense this time around, with the overall higher quality of the skill players.

But add in the fact that KC is playing 5(?) playoff teams from last season in the first 7 weeks, including four teams that last season owned a top-10 offense last season, and it could be tough sledding for the Chiefs until the bye.

AZ had a top-10 offense last year, and while I'm very optimistic about the defense going into this season, in recent memory the Chiefs have been pretty not good against mobile QBs, and Kyler is among the elite in that category.

Then we get LAC, now with another elite pass rusher in Khalil. And Herbert's no slouch in either passing or running either. Keenan Allen's coming off a career-type year, Ekeler looks to be healthy, M. Williams set a personal best in several categories in 2021.

Then the only cakewalk game is vs. IND, followed by the Bucs (beat us in the SB last we met), LAR with D. Adams, the Bills (that would've beaten us in the playoffs last season except for a coin flip), and the 49ers, that were in the process of beating KC in the SB, until the last 7 minutes happened.

Realistically, if the Chiefs can get to the bye 4-3, even 3-4, I do like our chances down the stretch. The schedule does ease up a bit what with TEN, JAX, HOU and SEA as a bit of a cushion. 11-6 or 12-5 seems pretty doable.

Tennessee and Indianapolis are not cakewalks

That’s just how tough our schedule is. We have Seattle, Houston, and Jacksonville as our only “gimmes”

We’ll be fine though

Almost like OP forgot how much a shit show our defense was last year for the first half of the season and Mahomes had a huge slump mid season and we were still one play from the SB.

It would be tough for our defense to be as bad as it was start of
Last year if they tried.

Remember all those years Green Bay had, outside of Aaron Rodgers, what could be argued as the very definition of average talent across the board, and was still a perennial playoff contender?

Now compare this Chiefs team's talent minus Mahomes to those Packer teams.

Pros for KC

Determined/extra motivated Mahomes
Second year for OL together
Deeper WR corps with much better threats at spots 2-4
Significant increase in defense team speed
Replacing Ben Niemann (Bolton/Gay), Anthony Hitchens (Bolton/Gay) and Sorenson (Cook/Bush) snaps on D

Cons for KC
Thin/young CB group
DT/DL depth

Questions for KC
Does someone on the DL outperform current expectations?

if one of Clark or Saunders is improved from last year, that goes a long way to answering this one. It’s reasonable to expect more from Dunlap/Karlaftis than Danna/Ingram/Okafor, but without one more step up from someone it doesn’t move the needle as much as you’d like.

Does KC continue to adjust to 2-deep coverages?
the Chiefs made good adjustments in the second half of 2021 and have much better WR personnel at the 2-4 spots, which bodes well. Can they get consistent, dangerous production from the run game, though? That’s the real key.

How does the general youth movement on D perform in a complicated scheme?

on paper, the Chiefs D is a lot faster, more athletic, and has upgrades at a bunch of spots. But how well do these guys plug in when it’s for real?

All in all, I’m optimistic but certainly see how that optimism could turn out to be too high.

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 16444811)

Does any team in the NFL have great proven OL depth? Or is it all young guys and/or washed ups?

It's really rare to go through a season with LDT as your backup G. You don't see that often. What the Chiefs have right now is about normal in terms of OL depth.

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Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 16444906)

Most teams are lucky to have a legit #1 starter. A good backup? Doesn’t exist or they would be on another team as a starter.

King Carls “best 53 roster” plan was a mistake and no one will ever attempt that again. **** your King Carl!

This this the best TEAM the Chiefs have ever fielded. No we don't have Sammy Watkins or Tyreek Hill. But we don't have Orlando Scandrick or the Terrence Mitchell in the secondary either. We may not have a Kareem Hunt in the backfield but we don't have Ben Niemann taking a roster spot either. Add in the growth of Mahomes as a QB/leader and what you have is the best TEAM in franchise history. Time to set the NFL world on fire.

Some might say, "The Chiefs are trapped in a conference with a bunch of top tier QBs"

I say, "A bunch of top tier QBs are trapped in a conference with the Chiefs."