#Chiefs CB Jaylen Watson, one of their emerging young players on defense, suffered a fractured ankle in Sunday’s win over the #49ers, sources say.
He’ll have more imaging done today to determine if a return this season is possible. But tough reality for an up-and-coming corner. pic.twitter.com/86J6M58zqm
Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief:
Never understood what he did to get in the doghouse. He played very well at the end of last year. I know we basically have lost all reason to ever question these guys, but this one just never made sense. You’re trying so hard to make Johnson work even when you have a proven commodity sitting on the bench.
As soon as he came in, the pass defense got better. That’s not a coincidence.
I thought we have found our corner to let Sneed walk. I assumed the coaches were happy with him. It looked to me that he was a starting corner in the NFL. Maybe he slacked off in the off season, didn't study like spags wanted, wherever happened is in the past, he's our best corner to step in as a starter. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
The crazy thing is they acted like they had NO ****ING CLUE who CB2 was until the middle of the first real game this year.
Nonsense. It was Watson the whole time.
Joshua Williams was the #3 , he just struggled initially.
Just because you didn't know doesn't mean they didn't know. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I thought we have found our corner to let Sneed walk. I assumed the coaches were happy with him. It looked to me that he was a starting corner in the NFL. Maybe he slacked off in the off season, didn't study like spags wanted, wherever happened is in the past, he's our best corner to step in as a starter.
Yeah, I’m not sure what he did to piss them off, but they’re going to have to just swallow it and leave him in there at this point. He’s a proven commodity and Johnson has proven he does not belong on the field right now. Even if they like his potential more, it can wait until next year. We have a 3-peat to complete. [Reply]
Josh Williams basically has a skillset where if you can mix him in as CB 3 he has a lot of value because he's good if you can keep him playing to his strengths. When he goes to CB 2 you can't protect him as much so some of his flaws get exposed.
The difference in a blah defense a top 10 defense and a top 5 defense for this team is literally quality CBs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Not really. Get some DB’s and pass rushers. LB’s are not expensive and good safeties have been cheaper than ever.
You can't have a weakness to have a top 5 elite defense. 11 (really 14 or so) good players all on the same page all the time.
In the end, it's better to set your sights on a top 12ish defense that can get stops and build your offense. It's easier to keep an offense together and translate it from year to year vs a defense. [Reply]
Re: Watson coming back … Mrs. Idaho had a compound fracture in the same area last year (lower leg/ankle area) and was non-weight-bearing on it for 16 weeks.
Once she was cleared for activity, she was back to 100 percent within a month. Able to run and jump again.
And she was 40, not an elite athlete, and did not have access to full professional care and rehab. With a more severe injury.
All that to say… it wouldn’t be surprising to me if Watson is at full strength by January. [Reply]
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Re: Watson coming back … Mrs. Idaho had a compound fracture in the same area last year (lower leg/ankle area) and was non-weight-bearing on it for 16 weeks.
Once she was cleared for activity, she was back to 100 percent within a month. Able to run and jump again.
And she was 40, not an elite athlete, and did not have access to full professional care and rehab. With a more severe injury.
All that to say… it wouldn’t be surprising to me if Watson is at full strength by January.
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Nonsense. It was Watson the whole time.
Joshua Williams was the #3 , he just struggled initially.
Just because you didn't know doesn't mean they didn't know.
BWillie is so reeruned that he doesn't understand that there can be competition at a position while coaches have a favorite or good idea of who the starter is. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief:
Never understood what he did to get in the doghouse. He played very well at the end of last year. I know we basically have lost all reason to ever question these guys, but this one just never made sense. You’re trying so hard to make Johnson work even when you have a proven commodity sitting on the bench.
As soon as he came in, the pass defense got better. That’s not a coincidence.
Looking back and I'm so confused by wtf Spags was thinking. Williams played 100% of the snaps against the Bucs and allowed 1 catch on 3 targets for 9 yards. He then played 6 snaps the next week, then 0 snaps the next 2 weeks.
Originally Posted by dlphg9:
Looking back and I'm so confused by wtf Spags was thinking. Williams played 100% of the snaps against the Bucs and allowed 1 catch on 3 targets for 9 yards. He then played 6 snaps the next week, then 0 snaps the next 2 weeks.
Wtf?
It was utter madness. I was stunned when I saw Johnson taking 90 and 100% of the snaps in multiple games and Williams getting nothing. Big error from Spags and it cost us against the Bills imo because they targeted Johnson all game. [Reply]