Man!!!! I love Andy Reid. The @Chiefs and Andy Reid are offensive line savants. Kingsley Suamataia has big time potential. I think he he can be awesome guard or tackle. Just needs a little technique work. He is an aggressive killer who is great athlete.
Kingsley Suamataia is a versatile offensive tackle who split his 1,300 career snaps at BYU almost exactly down the middle between left and right tackle.
My favorite line from Dane Brugler's draft guide: "He delivers more pancakes than Denny's" ��
Traitsy OT w/ great size+athleticism+strengt. Easy range in the run game to pull or climb to landmarks or hit set points in slide. Patient hand usage to stay square and trust his lateral agility. Pad level & overall technique should develop in NFL. pic.twitter.com/p9zOJEuMkr
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Per Verderame reports:
-Talked to Chiefs source. They said if Wanya gets hurt again Thuney is the emergency LT and Caliendo comes in at LG. Donovan Smith would be a heavy bet to get a call from Veach depending on Wanya injury.
They don’t want to put Kingsley o it there again. He’s prettt much getting redshirted from now on which is the right move.
Also said he thinks Kingsley would be a better G, which honestly I guess I could see but more-so with Wanya. Thinks LT is the number one need in the offseason.
Guess I have that flipped bc I think Wanya is a great G candidate and can be an effective starter there day 1 if we lose Thuney or Trey.
My completely untrained opinion that isn’t worth two dicks: the move to G might help mitigate his terrible footwork in space, but he lacks the mean streak to be effective without proper technique on the inside.
His footwork is bad, his hand fighting sucks, he’s not a technician, and he’s not a mauler. The least a lineman can do is be nasty. He doesn’t have any of those qualities and that makes him basically unplayable.
He’s a 2nd round pick so he’ll get his opportunity, but like Skyy Moore, he doesn’t even look like an NFL player at the moment. It’ll require a complete 180 if he wants to be a major contributor on this roster. [Reply]
I would really love to know more about what the Chiefs think of Driskell at this stage. He's been given a legit redshirt treatment -- the Chiefs don't think of him like the other OTs they've casually tried to develop in the past like Prince Winnebago because he's been taking up one of the 53 roster spots all year. That tells me they like a lot about him but don't want him to play? Are they actually trying to carve out a longterm depth role for him?
I guess I don't really see the point of keeping him around like they've been doing if they're not eventually expecting he'll contribute in some capacity. And I wonder what that could look like.
In any case it just sucks that we're carrying two redshirt tackles like this now. Would be nice if he could be better than awful if Wanya goes down again. [Reply]