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TLO 05:47 PM 09-15-2024
.... Bring him in for a look?
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smithandrew051 05:56 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
I'm not going to look for the posts, but I predicted this very thing. He was going to have bad games. And I said we need to let him work through them.

I said his first bad game we'd have people demanding we call all the shitty vet LTs who aren't going to be an improvement.

And what do you know.

What's the solution? Honestly... deal with it. Let him learn. He's not going to get better on the bench.

Stay the course. If he's still THIS bad late in the season, then MAYBE you start thinking about other options.
I agree.

The bright side is that we’ve found ways to win despite his struggles.

If Andy leaves him in there (yes, I know he made a change late but he did that same thing at one time with Jawaan Taylor), then I’ll trust he’s making strides.
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Kman34 05:56 PM 09-15-2024
They will roll with what we have... We all knew this would happen..Just hope it doesn't cost us a three peat...
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RealSNR 05:56 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Good luck fixing it drafting as late as we do. All the top prospects usually go in the top 15 or so picks
And even then, one of the best LTs out there is Andrew Thomas, who had games in his rookie year that were just as bad as the game Kingsley played today. What happens if we somehow implode, get a high draft pick, and take the best LT in the draft, and he also has a bad game?

People aren't being patient or smart about this. And I'd bet next week you see Kingsley right back out there in the starting lineup.
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smithandrew051 05:57 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
And even then, one of the best LTs out there is Andrew Thomas, who had games in his rookie year that were just as bad as the game Kingsley played today. What happens if we somehow implode, get a high draft pick, and take the best LT in the draft, and he also has a bad game?

People aren't being patient or smart about this. And I'd bet next week you see Kingsley right back out there in the starting lineup.
Unless you draft Joe Thomas, your rookie LT is going to struggle.
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comochiefsfan 05:59 PM 09-15-2024
There’s a difference between “struggling” and getting beat like a rented mule.

Mahomes will not finish the season if we trot out Kingsley and he plays like he did today every week.
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TwistedChief 05:59 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Yeah. That wasn't great.

Kid got pretty much vivisected tonight and I don't think Morris is any better.
Pretty much a mirror of the Morris experiment. Some slightly competent-ish play followed by a game that the LT singularly (almost) lost by himself.
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JimNasium 05:59 PM 09-15-2024
I am troubled by the lack of chipping we were doing. Put Gray out there FFS.
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Kman34 05:59 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
Unless you draft Joe Thomas, your rookie LT is going to struggle.
This... He needs to accelerate his learning though
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KC_Connection 05:59 PM 09-15-2024
Asking a rookie to start at LT in this league on a contender was always going to be an extremely tough ask.
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KC_Connection 06:01 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by comochiefsfan:
There’s a difference between “struggling” and getting beat like a rented mule.

Mahomes will not finish the season if we trot out Kingsley and he plays like he did today every week.
Mahomes also played rattled and rushed throws understandably because that was going on, it needs to be resolved.
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RealSNR 06:01 PM 09-15-2024
You want to bring in veteran help?

Find some guy who can actually cover a goddamn TE.

We need that way more than another tackle.
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RealSNR 06:02 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by comochiefsfan:
There’s a difference between “struggling” and getting beat like a rented mule.

Mahomes will not finish the season if we trot out Kingsley and he plays like he did today every week.
Andrew Thomas used to get beat like a rented mule.

It fucking happens to rookie tackles.

Deal with it.
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smithandrew051 06:02 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
Asking a rookie to start at LT in this league on a contender was always going to be an extremely tough ask.
If Kingsley was a starting ready LT from day 1 as a rookie, then 31 GMs have some explaining to do.
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louie aguiar 06:03 PM 09-15-2024
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Yeah it was getting a little reckless out there with Kingsley

Not sure how you're so conservative to kick a FG from the 1 yard line yet leave your LT on an island against an all pro crashing down on a generational QB

Not sure Smith is the solve all but what happened today shouldn't happen again
Yeah I didn’t get that- get the kid some help
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DaFace 06:03 PM 09-15-2024
The regular season almost doesn't matter, and we're 2-0 against two of the biggest contenders in the AFC.

I bet Smith is in touch with the team, but that's a phone call you make in December, not after one bad game from Kingsley against an all pro.
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