Trade: Chiefs are finalizing a deal to send franchise CB L’Jarius Snead to the Titans, per league sources.
Chiefs are expected to receive a 2025 3rd-round pick, in addition to a 2024 7th-round pick flop, while Snead will sign a new contract. Trade is pending physical for Sneed. pic.twitter.com/GWjyKAgxZq
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Whistle past the graveyard all you want, but this defense has been pretty fucking awful recently to close out games.
Do you think they’re going to play this poorly in the playoffs?
They’re obviously not as good as last year, but this is the first game in however long that they’ve given up 30.
That doesn’t mean 30/game is the new normal [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Whistle past the graveyard all you want, but this defense has been pretty ****ing awful recently to close out games.
Yup. Earlier in the year we were nails at that, and now it seems like teams can just go right down the field late in the game when they have to have it.
I said this last week against the Broncos when a rookie QB comes in and makes the plays he has to put them in position to win. And everyone was all "wE OnLY alLoWEd 14 PoinTS" and I said...."yeah but that's ignoring the real issue."
That real issue was Josh Allen yesterday and the fact that we couldn't stop him when it mattered.
40 drop backs. No sacks. This defense is having issues too. [Reply]
I don’t know where we rank in takeaways but it doesn’t seem like luck is gracing us much in that department, unfortunately.
Part of it is scheme, and I don’t necessarily want to go more aggressive if it’s going to lead to more holes in coverage. But that IS something that could help us out if we were closer to average? [Reply]
Josh Allen has only taken 13 sacks in 11 games. Chiefs Defense is 27th in getting sacks. Not a surprise that no sacks yesterday. I trust Spags but I was bummed they kept blitzing and giving up conversions on 3rd and long. Seemed to be all game. [Reply]
The DL is a bigger issue than the secondary imo. Jones is not playing as well as last year, Karlaftis and Danna are absolute mid and FAU is a non-entity. Nnadi remains a liability and Turk looks knackered. At some point we've got to generate pressure with 4 because for awhile the DL not named Jones has lived off Spags' blitzing.
Sure, Nazeeh hasn't looked great and guys like Cook look pretty average to me. But they're having to hold up for far too long. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
Josh Allen has only taken 13 sacks in 11 games. Chiefs Defense is 27th in getting sacks. Not a surprise that no sacks yesterday. I trust Spags but I was bummed they kept blitzing and giving up conversions on 3rd and long. Seemed to be all game.
I didn't know it was that bad. Feels like George at least has gotten plenty. We've been among the league leaders in prior years. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Whistle past the graveyard all you want, but this defense has been pretty fucking awful recently to close out games.
I guess my point is that Sneed isn’t available to play for the Titans how would he help things here? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Hell, Veach tried to sign Bolton and Smith in the off season, whose combined contract values would almost certainly exceed 30 million annually. But no, we can't afford Sneed because of reasons. We needed to pay an offball LB that's a liability in coverage and a very good G that is liable for a stinker or two per year.
Not sure if you realized this but Sneed missed all of camp with the Titans after missing pretty much all of camp with us in 2023.
He’s not playing this weekend and will miss his 6th consecutive game. They aren’t sure when he’ll be back.
Imagine the outrage if we shelled out for this guy and he missed camp and half the fucking season making that much money? [Reply]
Like I've said already, dude isn't willing to play hurt on a bad team with no playoff hopes. He missed 2 games total for the Chiefs, one being a non injury personal issue and one being a week 18 glorified preseason game. [Reply]