Emmitt Thomas is back on chiefs coaching page
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Would you extend and restructure Sammy?

Trading him might be hard with a 21 million dollar cap hit in 2020
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Most guys don't sign until WELL into the FA period.

Of the last 10 franchise players to sign contracts after being tagged. From what I can tell two signed in March, 2 in April, 2 in May and the rest in July.

The only guy to sign his tender within a few days of being tagged was Justin Tucker. He's a freaking kicker.

Dee Ford isn't going to sign before they know whether or not somebody wants him. To let him walk for nothing is the epitome of stupid takes.
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Not seeing Speaks being manhandled. He has outside containment. Comes off the ball, gets a push up field and then everyone to his left just gets blown to the inside.

It also looks like the Chiefs had a very unbalanced line, expecting a run to the right. The safety seemed late getting over and needed to shoot the gap and take on the FB with Ragland
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Of course they would, it's the Chiefs. :-)
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:-)

He most certainly is not.
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75% of the draftniks on this board spent a YEAR bitching about the Hali pick. Slow, small, you name it. And when the 3-4 came, it started all over again.
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DUDE. you're not understanding how this works.

Of course he'll sign it, the trade depends on it. Otherwise, how could you trade him? He ain't yours.
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You guys that hate Speaks don't like him because A) you wanted to draft someone else in that spot or B) he looked like shit trying to cover RB's in the flat.

A) yeah well, whatever. and B) No shit. he's 275 fucking pounds. The fuck was Sutton thinking? It's almost like he said, " You know what, fuck you then. I'll put that sonofabitch in coverage. that'll show ya."
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I don't hate Speaks but I hated the pick at the time. He had no business playing 3-4 OLB. It will be nice to see what he can do when he's put in better situations.
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What was Sutton thinking.....really? It was Veach and Reid that said Speaks would be an OLB in this defense. Sutton merely played him where he was told.
Speaks was either a big mistake or Veach drafted him for the change in defense. I think Speaks could and probably will have much more impact as a DE in the 4-3.
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I wish we could see the first domino fall already here. I feel like it’s Houston or Ford—one stays, one goes. Probably Ford because he’s got the trade value.

It just makes too much sense given the cap situation and lack of back end talent. You’ve still got Jones as your best pass rusher so it’s not like it becomes a bad unit by any means. I just hope they can find ways to effectively use the cap space that will be created in such a scenario. We need a lot more talent at the 2nd and 3rd levels.
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yup.
If they can move money around to lower Houston's cap hit, either converting it to signing bonus, or extending or what have you and get it down to a reasonable amount, I'm all for keeping him.

I mean; Jones and Houston next to each other on the weakside in a one gap 4-3 under is pretty dope.

BUT-we need multiple guys and you can't just do it with a draft. of our big 3 defensive contracts, I just don't see how you can rebuild this defense keeping two of the three. ONE maybe.
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well, I don't see how Andy and Veach were planning on him being in coverage on RB's. This is something that bothered me about Sutton-he takes whoever, with whatever skillset, and forces them into his scheme whether it fits or not. Speaks or Kpass in coverage is stupid. Nelson 1 on 1 with no safety help down the sideline is stupid. But he would line them up that way, week in and week out. It just made no sense.
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Nate Taylor is convinced Ford is staying, so maybe that “trade” everyone is hoping for is a mirage.

I really wish there was a way to get out of the Berry mess. That contract is handcuffing the roster big time.
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