*****The Wanya Morris Thread*****

[Dante84]

More to come!

Wanya Morris was drafted with pick 92 of round 3 in the 2023 draft class. He scored a 8.35 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 215 out of 1294 OT from 1987 to 2023. https://t.co/KnzoH8NdfS pic.twitter.com/KZgxtMNcfb

— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 29, 2023

Pick 95: Wanya Morris OT OU

The competition at RT isn't eye popping but it may be enough to feel comfortable to not reach. Adding another hat to the ring may be the move.

Morris has the length and natural movement the Chiefs often look for at OT. Clean up his hands & thrive pic.twitter.com/tDDr7f22NC

— Matt Lane (@Matty_KCSN) April 24, 2023

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

I still wish we would have just bit the bullet and done Taylor on the left side this year.

The potential of the Smith signing was too good to pass up. I get it. I don’t blame the Chiefs for trying it out. But now they’re at risk of having a question mark at LT for yet another year.

Maybe a little bit, but I think we've seen enough from a tools standpoint to say that if we wanted to move Taylor to LT, we can. He's showing those fast feet and good athleticism.

As you noted, Smith was just too damn cheap. At that point, you add the talent and the rest is Future Andy's problem.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Any word on the extent of his injury?

[Wilson8]

Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks

Any word on the extent of his injury?

Following the game, coach Andy Reid provided an injury update on Morris.

"Really, there's not much on the injury front for you," Reid began. "Wanya was the primary one. He just kind of tweaked that knee a little bit but other than that, we came out pretty clean.

“He's going to be OK – we're just going to give him some time here to rest up and go. He was doing a nice job when he had the opportunity."

Athlon Sports - Story by Wil Rigg

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...2470f9b&ei=134

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

I still wish we would have just bit the bullet and done Taylor on the left side this year.

The potential of the Smith signing was too good to pass up. I get it. I don’t blame the Chiefs for trying it out. But now they’re at risk of having a question mark at LT for yet another year.

Hard pass. Thanks.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Hard pass. Thanks.

Why?

[Chiefspants]

Alright. We’re about at the halfway mark for this year. Do we all think Wayna is officially this season’s answer at LT?

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Alright. We’re about at the halfway mark for this year. Do we all think Wayna is officially this season’s answer at LT?

If the staff hasn’t made a change yet, then I don’t see why they would.

I think you just roll with it and get your weapons back healthy to relieve some stress.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Alright. We’re about at the halfway mark for this year. Do we all think Wayna is officially this season’s answer at LT?

he hasn't been very good.

I don't think the Chiefs have much in cap room, that red headed beard dude that youtubes said the Chiefs have 225K in cap room. So we're probably going to ride it out with him. I wish Kingsley would have earned the start over Wayna by now though.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Maybe a little bit, but I think we've seen enough from a tools standpoint to say that if we wanted to move Taylor to LT, we can. He's showing those fast feet and good athleticism.

As you noted, Smith was just too damn cheap. At that point, you add the talent and the rest is Future Andy's problem.

Taylor has been playing very good the last few games at RT at least. A rough start to the season but he doesn't let Mahomes get hit and I don't think he's been flagged in the past 3 or 4 games.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Bump

he hasn't been very good.

I don't think the Chiefs have much in cap room, that red headed beard dude that youtubes said the Chiefs have 225K in cap room. So we're probably going to ride it out with him. I wish Kingsley would have earned the start over Wayna by now though.

You earn starting positions in training camp or with snaps on the field. In season practice snaps are not going to convince coaches to put you back in.

If Kingsley wants back in this season, Wanya is going to have to majorly biff it or get injured.

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but swapping out lineman, especially LT, isn't something you can just do on the fly and it works. Even if you somehow traded or signed another LT and swapped him in, he'd need time to gel with the line and get on the same page with Mahomes before he'd become helpful, and we're already 9 weeks into the season.

I'm not opposed to getting a better LT since we could clearly use the upgrade, but I think it's too late at this point. And if they truly felt Kingsley was better and trusted him to take back over, he would've done so by now.

Wanya is the guy, for better or worse.

[RealSNR]

People are expecting these LTs we've been acquiring since 2021 to play like Willie ****ing Roaf, and that's just not realistic. Probably not ever going to happen during the Mahomes era. When Fisher went down, that was likely the last of the top 10 LTs Mahomes would play with in his career. We'll see if Kingsley can blossom into a great player, but for now, he needs refinement and more time.

Morris is the best we've got. He's not allowing jailbreak rushers every other play. There are a few, sure, but overall he's fairly adequate. He's not terrible. He's not Cam Erving.

People need to accept it and move on.

And for God's sake, no, Wanya is NOT worse than old fart bad back Donovan Smith

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

People are expecting these LTs we've been acquiring since 2021 to play like Willie ****ing Roaf, and that's just not realistic. Probably not ever going to happen during the Mahomes era. When Fisher went down, that was likely the last of the top 10 LTs Mahomes would play with in his career. We'll see if Kingsley can blossom into a great player, but for now, he needs refinement and more time.

Morris is the best we've got. He's not allowing jailbreak rushers every other play. There are a few, sure, but overall he's fairly adequate. He's not terrible. He's not Cam Erving.

People need to accept it and move on.

And for God's sake, no, Wanya is NOT worse than old fart bad back Donovan Smith

Eric Fisher is 3 years younger than Trent Williams.

**** you, Achilles injury.

[DRM08]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but swapping out lineman, especially LT, isn't something you can just do on the fly and it works. Even if you somehow traded or signed another LT and swapped him in, he'd need time to gel with the line and get on the same page with Mahomes before he'd become helpful, and we're already 9 weeks into the season.

I'm not opposed to getting a better LT since we could clearly use the upgrade, but I think it's too late at this point. And if they truly felt Kingsley was better and trusted him to take back over, he would've done so by now.

Wanya is the guy, for better or worse.

Yeah, I think it's a bad idea to start all over again. Mahomes has looked more comfortable the last 3-4 games. Just keep working on OL & QB chemistry as time goes along.

Keep working on the chemistry with newer WR guys such as Hopkins & Xavier. Get some weapons back from injury (JuJu, Hollywood, Pacheco) and that will help too.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

You earn starting positions in training camp or with snaps on the field. In season practice snaps are not going to convince coaches to put you back in.

If Kingsley wants back in this season, Wanya is going to have to majorly biff it or get injured.

ya you're probably right.

Wayna is obviously struggling at times, but we're winning with him and these reps in games should help him improve.