How Many Chiefs Players Will Make the NFL 100 This Year?

[RINGLEADER]

And who will they be?

I say for sure:

Patrick Mahomes
Travis Kelce
Chris Jones
Creed Humphrey
Trent McDuffie

Maybe make it:

Harrison Butker (only reason he's not above is if they ice him out for his comments)
Joe Thuney (may not make it because of his injury, but he should be above)
George Karlaftis (should absolutely make it but doesn't draw the spotlight despite great performance)

Out by technicality:

L'Jarius Sneed (will make it as a Chiefs player but Titans get credit for it)

5-8 players out of 100 is still pretty outstanding. The fact that all of them except Butker and Thuney were draft picks is a testament to Veach.

[smithandrew051]

Should be the top 53 IMO

[Rasputin]

Trey Smith doesn't get enough love

[RedinTexas]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Should be the top 53 IMO

Probably not. We still have Skyy Moore and Kadarius Toney.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Should be the top 53 IMO

For marketing reasons, they need it to be more than 53 so some non-Chiefs players can get on the list.

[ThaVirus]

Karlaftis a top 100 player in the league? Not a chance.

[stumppy]

Bolton

[BWillie]

Butker should be on the list. Period.

[Jewish Rabbi]

69 lmao

[kcgreene]

Here's Prisco's Top 100 published yesterday since we're on the topic.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...scos-rankings/

Spoiler!

1 Patrick Mahomes
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QB
His numbers were down last season, but he showed in the playoffs that he is the best player in the league -- and on his way to being considered the best ever. If he three-peats this season, is it time to say he's the best ever? (Last season: No. 1)

14 Chris Jones
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DE
The Chiefs leaned heavily on their defense to win last year's Super Bowl, with Jones being the catalyst of that unit. He can take over games, and can do so from the inside and the outside. He can wreck an offensive line. (Last season: No. 13)

18 Travis Kelce
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TE
He wasn't quite as good last year as he's been in his career with too many drops, but he still remains one of the best in the league. A bad year for him was catching 93 passes, but his yards per catch fell to 10.6, the lowest of his career. He did amp it up in the postseason with 32 catches in four games. (Last season: No. 6)

30 Trent McDuffie
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS CB
He had his best season in helping the Chiefs defense lead the team to a Super Bowl victory. He played in the slot in the second half of the season and showed off his skills there to do a lot of things, including rush the passer. (Last season: NR)

48 Creed Humphrey
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS C
He remains one of the league's best centers, although his play was off a bit last season. He is good in both the run game and in pass protection, helping form one of the best inside trios in the league. (Last season: No. 40)

51 L'Jarius Sneed
TENNESSEE TITANS SAF
After four seasons with the Chiefs, he was traded to the Titans this spring. He is a good man-cover player who often takes on the opposition's best receiver. He didn't give up a touchdown during the regular season. (Last season: NR)

86 Joe Thuney
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OG
As part of the best interior-line group in the league, he excels in pass protection. He did miss time last season and in the playoffs, which is concerning since he turns 32 in November. (Last season: No. 80)

90 Trey Smith
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OG
He is a mauler in the run game who has improved in pass protection, which is a must in their offense. He helps form one of the best inside trios in the league with Joe Thuney and Creed Humphrey. (Last season: NR)

And I love Butker, but I think it's hard to call someone a Top 100 player in a league when someone only plays 158 snaps in a season (35 of which are FGs where he shines so much) when the team is on the field for over 2.6k snaps. He played under 6% of the total snaps (1.3% if removing kickoffs and PATs, using regular season stats).

I'm all about kickers and special teams, and 100% see the importance and think Butker is the best of them, but everyone is playing a game and kickers and punters are like... they're own little subsection of football that doesn't really compare. They are their own seperate conversation.

[ThrobProng]

No kicker or punter should ever be in the top 100.

[Hayneplane]

Originally Posted by ThrobProng

No kicker or punter should ever be in the top 100.

Disagree. Not many players outside an elite QB are the difference between winning and losing close games than a clutch kicker that is consistently major to nail 50+ yard field goals.

Having a Butker or Tucker is far more valuable than having the 5th best off ball linebacker or safety.

[ThrobProng]

Originally Posted by Hayneplane

Disagree. Not many players outside an elite QB are the difference between winning and losing close games than a clutch kicker that is consistently major to nail 50+ yard field goals.

Having a Butker or Tucker is far more valuable than having the 5th best off ball linebacker or safety.

I suppose it depends on your criteria for the list. Of course kickers and punters are an important part of winning close games, but are any of them really one of the 100 best football players in the NFL? I don't see it.

[kcgreene]

Originally Posted by Hayneplane

Disagree. Not many players outside an elite QB are the difference between winning and losing close games than a clutch kicker that is consistently major to nail 50+ yard field goals.

Having a Butker or Tucker is far more valuable than having the 5th best off ball linebacker or safety.

Hard disagree. The difference between the 5th best safety or LB and a replacement level player at said position is MUCH more valuable. Justin Reid plays roughly 90% of defensive snaps. A top end safety playing 980 snaps per regular season is going to be much more impactful than the difference between a high-end kicker and a replacement level kicker.. How many drives are stopped because of the better talent that is playing on 90% of snaps?

I'm not trying to undercut Butker, I genuinely believe that he is the best kicker in the game currently, and I think he deserves to be the highest paid kicker in the league, but when his elite skill is only accessed 35 times through the course of the season (Not counting PATs as replacement level players are pretty much on par there, especially including Butker's troubles with PATs a few years back), of which he succeeds 33 of them, and a replacement level player would make 29 of them, we can't in good faith say that he's more valuable over a season than a Top 5 Safety or LB. Hell, we saw what having someone like Mathieu did for us for a few years.

Kickers and Punters are specialists for a reason, they're playing a much different game than everyone else. It's important, but it's almost a 'sub-game' within the game if you will. I'm not attempting to undercut his performance or his value to us in clutch moments, but typically a safety or linebacker will have MUCH more impact on how a game turns out than a specialist.

[Gravedigger]

It ends up being like Pro Bowl selections, so between 5 - 7 would be my guess.

Patrick
Travis
Creed
Trent
Lajarius
Nick
Chris
Maybe Trey..