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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I don't agree that he's not a good fit.
He was simply way further away than I realized (and probably many others) and rather than play the slice, the Chiefs just kinda buried him.
I would've thought they'd have used him as a package player to try to get some value out of him while trying to mold him into someone that was stronger at contact and could be both a quicker edge rusher AND someone who was powerful at the point of attack.
They just didn't. It's similar to some of what they've done with the young WRs. Rather than pigeonhole them in roles early on, they kinda push them down the depth chart and try to continue with the 'know everyone's job' thing until they're nearly fully formed.
Theonly thing that changes that plan appears to be need. If they just run out of bodies, they'll put the rookies out there before they're done cookin'.
I think we'll see FAU's role here continue to expand next year and it may be a Saunders sort of situation where we really don't get the best version of him until he's a FA. It'll suck, but it's better than a bust.
He's not a bust. He's not a poor fit. He just wasn't turnkey.
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I remember Terez talking about training camp when Dorsey was here and they picked KeiVarae Russell. They loved him and thought he’d be an immediate role player, then he wasn’t that guy at camp. He was overly cocky to the point of pissing off the veterans repeatedly and he sucked. He just couldn’t play like they thought, so they cut him before camp was over.
It happens. I think the same thing happened with Kamal Hadden just last year. Got beat out by Christian Roland-Wallace.
I think this is a trend with Spags. He’s not gonna put you on the field if you can’t stop the run. We saw that with Uche. He just doesn’t like the smaller rushers. I think Felix’s lack of development there was why they brought back Danna. Felix was pretty bad on run defense as a rookie but I think he’s gotten quite a bit better. I thought he looked much better there this year.
Still think he has potential to be a 5-7 sack guy I this defense, but I hope it won’t limit them from taking a DE like Nic Scourton in the first rd.