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
His current technique leads to losses against a rusher like Hendrickson. If you watch my YouTube reviews you’ll see the left arm gets collapsed and he gives up the corner, then gets hesitant to throw the hand and gives up his chest. That’s technique, not traits. Aka he can do it. https://t.co/1HJCO4iSWu
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
And I think a not so insignificant part of it was Mahomes pressing all game. Failing to get a TD on that opening drive fucked with him the rest of the game. Was making some very uncharacteristic plays and it snowballed into the rest of the offense going off kilter as well.
Agreed.
Mahomes just isn't his usually Mahomes-ian self against Anarumo, for whatever reason. He's one of the few guys that seems to be able to scheme Mahomes into looking incredibly average, and that's not even taking into account that the entire Bengals team brings it against us like it's the last game they'll ever play.
I think (hope) Kingsley will bounce back from this. It was a learning experience for him today. Him and the coaches. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
He's a rookie, and he went against an extremely good DE today.
It was ugly.
It's the second game of the season.
If it still looks like that mid-season, then by all means, call Smith or Bahktiari.
This all day. He's a rook in his second NFL game ever. He was bound to have a 'welcome to the NFL game,' and this was his first. He needs to work on his technique, but he looks like he has the tools to be successful. He just needs more time. Let's just see how he does over the next 4-5 weeks before we start panicking. [Reply]
he's my adopt-a-chief so I'm riding or dying with him, for the next 2 games and if it's all like that, I'm calling Smith. I think he'll be fine [Reply]
Mahomes just isn't his usually Mahomes-ian self against Anarumo, for whatever reason. He's one of the few guys that seems to be able to scheme Mahomes into looking incredibly average, and that's not even taking into account that the entire Bengals team brings it against us like it's the last game they'll ever play.
I think (hope) Kingsley will bounce back from this. It was a learning experience for him today. Him and the coaches.
Mahomes averages 250 yards and two td's versus Amarumo.
1. The first game he built a double digit lead and Spags's defense let Jamarr Chase kill us. We lost on a last minute field goal.
2. Second game Pat tore them to pieces first half, built a huge lead and then played a poor second half where him and Reid failed to adapt to Amarumo's changes. 275 yards, three td's and two ints
3. Third game Pat was dealing. Put up 223 yards and TD, plus he ran in a TD. We were in control until Kelce fumbled.
4. Fourth game Pat lost all of his receivers and was playing on a high ankle sprain. He still found a way to get 326 yards, 2 td's and rushed in a crucial moment to get the foul for the game winner.
5. Fifth game he got 245 yards and a TD playing with receivers with the worst drop rate in the league.
6. Today he was poor by his standards. 150, two td's and two ints.
He tends to put up 25 points on Amarumo on average with 250 and two td's. I'd say that's acceptable tbh. [Reply]
#Chiefs Kingsley Suamataia: “They gave me the challenge to be the left tackle of this team and I need to take it upon myself even harder…None of that should’ve happened in the first place. Bad technique in those reps. Definitely stuff I can work on” pic.twitter.com/P7kKqmTAOL
#Chiefs Kingsley Suamataia: “They gave me the challenge to be the left tackle of this team and I need to take it upon myself even harder…None of that should’ve happened in the first place. Bad technique in those reps. Definitely stuff I can work on” pic.twitter.com/P7kKqmTAOL
I like his attitude. The kid will be fine. I wouldn't mind giving him a little time to learn, but game action is probably the best teacher there is. [Reply]
His current technique leads to losses against a rusher like Hendrickson. If you watch my YouTube reviews you’ll see the left arm gets collapsed and he gives up the corner, then gets hesitant to throw the hand and gives up his chest. That’s technique, not traits. Aka he can do it. https://t.co/1HJCO4iSWu
This is part of the growing pains for him and he should improve as the season goes on. Not saying that he doesn’t need help until then, but it’s hard to expect too much from a rookie 2nd Rd LT in game 2. KC will not be in a position to draft an elite, blue chip, plug and play LT for the foreseeable future. They have to develop from within which is what they are trying to do. Let’s not forget that Fisher struggled for a good while before things changed and he was picked 1.1 [Reply]