Chiefs *****The George Karlaftis Thread***** - Page 122

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What are the #Chiefs getting in George Karlaftis?

Had an NFC Personnel executive tell me “He reminds me of J.J. Watt, when Watt was coming out. An explosive and versatile playmaker who has a high motor and can line up at 3,5, or 7. Very strong kid” #NFL #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/5qM3g6OrMr
— Matt Lombardo (@MattLombardoNFL) April 29, 2022

George Karlaftis was drafted with pick 30 of round 1 in the 2022 draft class. He scored a 9.23 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 116 out of 1503 DE from 1987 to 2022. https://t.co/iXXBvnoFJc #RAS #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/eZ9XjNRDUB
— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 29, 2022

“I was sitting there the whole night hoping we’d be able to get you.”

Karlaftis gets the call �� pic.twitter.com/DRGBDekvnl
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) April 29, 2022

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Originally Posted by Marcellus:

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All, I see is hopes and dreams he'll get there, but he's a roleplayer not Justin Smith.

Sam Williams was available, and the Chiefs decided to not to select him.
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Originally Posted by htismaqe:
That goes both ways dude. You're being WAY too pessimistic.

If he was a mid round pick I'd be cool with it in the rotation. I'll always monitor Sam Williams career as a comparison like CEH & Jonathan Taylor because he wasn't an unknown commodity.
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
All, I see is hopes and dreams he'll get there, but he's a roleplayer not Justin Smith.

Sam Williams was available, and the Chiefs decided to not to select him.

What I hear is “The Chiefs didn’t draft my guy so I am going to be hyper critical of who was drafted by them”.
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
So he'll end with 8-9 sacks in the regular season. Stop being homers guys

So, you're saying that if and when George accumulates 8-9 sacks this season, which would easily make him 2nd or 3rd in terms of sacks for the team by season's end, and give us a projected total of over 60 sacks (probably enough to make KC 1st or 2nd in sacks), that's just not good enough.

:-)

maybe it's me, but I just don't understand this logic.
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Plays a shit ton of snaps.

Leads the league in batted passes.

Tied with the #2 overall pick in QB pressures.

Around the football all game long

Apparently = role player.

:-)
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Originally Posted by Megatron96:
So, you're saying that if and when George accumulates 8-9 sacks this season, which would easily make him 2nd or 3rd in terms of sacks for the team by season's end, and give us a projected total of over 60 sacks (probably enough to make KC 1st or 2nd in sacks), that's just not good enough.

:-)

maybe it's me, but I just don't understand this logic.

If he reached that mark of production it would be a justified 1st round pick and continues that. Especially if Sam Williams produces at the same level, but if Karlaftis stays as is and is just a try hard then it would be disappointing.
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Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Plays a shit ton of snaps.

Leads the league in batted passes.

Tied with the #2 overall pick in QB pressures.

Around the football all game long

Apparently = role player.

:-)

Yeah, role player and Sam Williams has equaled or is better with less snaps.

Almost getting there and being a folk hero isn't good enough.
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
Yeah, role player and Sam Williams has equaled or is better with less snaps.

Almost getting there and being a folk hero isn't good enough.

Enjoy worrying about what Sam Williams is doing while ignoring what George is doing.

We all know the first 9 games of a career is make or break.
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Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Can you make a post about Karlaftis without mentioning Williams or is this truthfully what it's about?

It's the age old if you state the problem, what's your solution.
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
It's the age old if you state the problem, what's your solution.

Sam Williams is a Cowboy so he's not a solution.

And that's only if you assume Karlaftis is actually a "problem" in the first place. He's not.

I'm going to chalk this up as this being personal to you because they didn't take your guy and leave it at that. It's really not worth discussing further.
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
It's the age old if you state the problem, what's your solution.

Thing is there is no problem that's been identified. Pass rush isn't really an issue for KC regardless of what Williams is doing for a team I give no fucks about.
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