Pro Bowl LT DJ Humphries Medically Cleared [signed by Chiefs]

[SHOWTIME]

Does Veach give him a call?

I predict @Chiefs. Makes too much sense https://t.co/hu5xdI5KF2

— Justin Pugh (@JustinPugh) November 22, 2024

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by philfree

So Humphries won't play Friday but probably the following week?

They are saying Humphries will start against the Chargers, 12/8, his contract still isn't official and he needs to be evaluated by Chiefs medical first

[staylor26]

I agree with Run here. Shouldn't be any different from last year, when Trey was fine.

Also, Schwartz always seems to be particularly harsh when it comes to the OTs. To the point that it makes me think there's a bias/hater thing going on.

[GordonGekko]

I still say they bring in Donovan Smith, the LT/RT insurance wouldn't hurt, he probably can be had for cheap at this point

[dlphg9]

Ok, just watched the full condensed game and focused on Wanya Morris. He actually had a decent game. 2 pressures and 1 sack. You may be able to say 3 pressures, but I need someone else to look at it.

1st Quarter - gave up 0 pressures
2nd Quarter - 1 pressure at 9:20 and 1 sack at 1:55
3rd Quarter - 1 pressure at 3:55
4th Quarter - Maybe a pressure at 3:33, his man got around him just enough to get Mahomes to step up, but the main culprits were Smith and Taylor. They got destroyed and killed any chance of a pocket.

Hell id figure out a way to keep Morris and Humphries in the game and get Taylor out of there. He got wrecked by Clowney multiple times.

[SHOWTIME]

Originally Posted by -King-

I think he has regressed some but

That’s not true. We were pretty good in my time. They’ve been a much bigger issue the last two years because Jawaan uses the same pass set every time where he sets super deep and allows the DE to get inside pressure. Until he changes it there’s nothing that will improve. https://t.co/3FrXXiosO1

— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) November 24, 2024

Taylor lining up so deep does Trey absolutely no favors and forces him to play outside rushes differently than he would would another tackle next to him. Teams are going to keep blitzing that gap since Taylor doesn't seem to want to change anything

Lining up deep suggests that a tackle is not confident in his ability to block the guy standing across from him...

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by -King-

I think he has regressed some but

That’s not true. We were pretty good in my time. They’ve been a much bigger issue the last two years because Jawaan uses the same pass set every time where he sets super deep and allows the DE to get inside pressure. Until he changes it there’s nothing that will improve. https://t.co/3FrXXiosO1

— Mitchell Schwartz (@MitchSchwartz71) November 24, 2024

Taylor lining up so deep does Trey absolutely no favors and forces him to play outside rushes differently than he would would another tackle next to him. Teams are going to keep blitzing that gap since Taylor doesn't seem to want to change anything

Don’t care. You know who has had to deal with the most adjustments and turnover of any player on the entire team? Joe Thuney

He’s had 3 LT’s in less than 2 years, one of which was a disaster, and yet he’s still doing his job at an elite level bc he’s awesome.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by GordonGekko

They are saying Humphries will start against the Chargers, 12/8, his contract still isn't official and he needs to be evaluated by Chiefs medical first

That's kinda what I figured. I would imagine that they are up on his medical since they've been monitoring his situation for a month or so. I don't think they would have signed him if they didn't think he was healthy enough to play. Hopefully they get the details worked out today and he can participate in practice this week.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by philfree

That's kinda what I figured. I would imagine that they are up on his medical since they've been monitoring his situation for a month or so. I don't think they would have signed him if they didn't think he was healthy enough to play. Hopefully they get the details worked out today and he can participate in practice this week.

I'm pretty sure it's all official, but they just haven't announced it. Also there is no way he hasn't already passed a physical.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Lining up deep suggests that a tackle is not confident in his ability to block the guy standing across from him...

Each week in other games that I don't care that much about, I see tackles so deep I wonder why they don't get flagged for illegal formation. So are their guards just better at handling that or they have the same issues?

[SHOWTIME]

Originally Posted by dlphg9

I'm pretty sure it's all official, but they just haven't announced it. Also there is no way he hasn't already passed a physical.

I read somewhere that he just arrived in KC yesterday….

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Don’t care. You know who has had to deal with the most adjustments and turnover of any player on the entire team? Joe Thuney

He’s had 3 LT’s in less than 2 years, one of which was a disaster, and yet he’s still doing his job at an elite level bc he’s awesome.

You're making Schwartz's point for him. it's that Taylor lines up the same way, with the same timing, on every play. That consistency is what is being picked apart according to him. It makes sense, to be fair.

It was the same with Orlando Brown. Once teams realized that he simply could not handle outside speed, he was cooked.

You can get beat. You can't get beat the exact same way every time.

That doesn't mean Smith doesn't struggle anyway, though. A pilot once told me that catastrophe never happens because of one big bad decision. It is a chain of small bad decisions. All one has to do to prevent catastrophe is break the chain.

[saphojunkie]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

I read somewhere that he just arrived in KC yesterday….

was it bestbuy.com

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

was it bestbuy.com

I don't know about you but I saw him at Radio Shak

[O.city]

There's games where it just seems like the Chiefs can't get any pressure.

I dunno that I remember the last time I felt like our OL did that to someone.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by saphojunkie

You're making Schwartz's point for him. it's that Taylor lines up the same way, with the same timing, on every play. That consistency is what is being picked apart according to him. It makes sense, to be fair.

It was the same with Orlando Brown. Once teams realized that he simply could not handle outside speed, he was cooked.

You can get beat. You can't get beat the exact same way every time.

That doesn't mean Smith doesn't struggle anyway, though. A pilot once told me that catastrophe never happens because of one big bad decision. It is a chain of small bad decisions. All one has to do to prevent catastrophe is break the chain.

If Taylor lines up the same way every time, why didnt Smith struggle last year? Or this season up until about a month ago?

**** that, Smith doesn't get to use Taylor as a scapegoat. Dude want to get paid. Earn it.