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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 RunKC:
The interesting thing is that Karlaftis is elite at 2 important things needed for pass rushers: his hands and lateral agility.

Dudes hands are huge. 10.25 is likely in the 97th percentile and you can see that helping him with power when he plays. He has short arms but his hands have helped him a lot against longer armed tackles skmply bc they can’t win that power game against his hands.

First time i've heard hand size being a requirement for pass rushers. I can't say i've ever heard that before.
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Originally Posted by CrossCheck:
He ran it at Purdue's pro day.

https://purduesports.com/news/2022/3...l-pro-day.aspx

That was a recorded as a mistake Platte RAS guy reported that because it was asked
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
That was a recorded as a mistake Platte RAS guy reported that because it was asked

:-)
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Originally Posted by Detoxing:
First time i've heard hand size being a requirement for pass rushers. I can't say i've ever heard that before.

Hand size is very helpful for the hand to hand combat they perform on the line of scrimmage.

It’s usually not talked about much outside of QB and WR, but there’s a reason they measure hand size for every position.

With that said, between big hands or long arms, you take long arms. If George’s are short, that’s not ideal.
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Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
That was a recorded as a mistake Platte RAS guy reported that because it was asked

Man I've read this six times and have no idea what you're saying
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Originally Posted by saphojunkie:
Man I've read this six times and have no idea what you're saying

Karlaftis didn't run the 3 cone
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Originally Posted by saphojunkie:
Man I've read this six times and have no idea what you're saying

:-)
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This dude is in Texas working out with Pat and his trainer. Only defensive guy I've seen there this offseason.

And he was at Von Miler's pass rush camp or whatever.

His work ethic is going to be the difference.
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This guy has Tamba Hali written all over him as a comp.
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Guy is going to be a stud.

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
Guy is going to be a stud.

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Originally Posted by staylor26:
This dude is in Texas working out with Pat and his trainer. Only defensive guy I've seen there this offseason.

And he was at Von Miler's pass rush camp or whatever.

His work ethic is going to be the difference.

Very Smart on his part.
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nice, I feel like this guy and Leo Chenal could enable us to run some 3-4. Jones back at RE and Nnadi at NT. Bolton/Gay in the middle, clark/chenal on the outside, sounds sexy on paper
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Yeah, I think I mentioned that in here somewhere when someone said "he should get on an NFL strength program and add 10 lbs..."

No way - he absolutely looked his best in 2019 and playing at 260ish could REALLY make him dynamic. I think that is an excellent development.

I like what he did last year, don't get me wrong. But that would've left in in Tweener territory, IMO. He still wouldn't have been powerful enough to maul NFL tackles and he wouldn't have the bend required to finish some of these rushes off.

A little leaner shouldn't cost him functional strength but may give him just enough burst and agility to help significantly w/ his pass rush.

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Yeah - here it is:

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/show...&postcount=640

This is absolutely a good thing, IMO.

That might've been me, among others.

I stand by my belief that he might significantly benefit from an NFL weight training program, and I can't see how adding ten pounds of muscle could possibly hurt.

But I recognize that every 10 pounds costs at least a tenth/second of speed.

I just believe that his football IQ will compensate for that limitation.
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Fun fact: #Chiefs rookie DE George Karlaftis didn't link up with @bobbystroupe through Patrick Mahomes. It was actually at the recommendation of Karlaftis' college quarterback. Karlaftis is also down in Texas training at APEC right now. pic.twitter.com/M3QxGvMKjW
— Charles Goldman (@goldmctNFL) June 29, 2022

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