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Chiefs' lack of depth at cornerback was exposed in Pittsburgh 8:28 AM CT Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Not that he alone was going to prevent Sunday night’s debacle in Pittsburgh, but the Kansas City Chiefs missed injured starting cornerback Phillip Gaines. Gaines, who tore his ACL last season, had a setback in practice last week. Coach Andy Reid called it a “tweak,” but it was enough of one that the Chiefs deactivated Gaines against the Steelers. “I’m not going to say he reinjured it," Reid said. “Whatever it was, we just decided to back off there. That’s how these things sometimes work.” The Chiefs are hoping to have Phillip Gaines back after the bye week. Erik Williams/USA TODAY Sports Without Gaines, the Chiefs lack of depth at cornerback was exposed. Steven Nelson started and rookie D.J. White was the third cornerback. White received his first extended playing time, and saying it didn’t go well is putting it kindly. This is where the failure with this year's third-round draft pick, KeiVarae Russell, hurts the Chiefs. Russell was buried on the depth chart at the end of training camp and the Chiefs released him. As a third-round pick, Russell should have been advanced enough to help in a pinch in a situation such as the one the Chiefs were faced with in Pittsburgh. But the Chiefs instead whiffed on the pick. Even without Russell, it looked like the Chiefs had some depth at corner heading into the season. They felt comfortable moving a couple of cornerbacks, Jamell Fleming and rookie Eric Murray, to safety. Fleming has since been released. They also traded Marcus Cooper, their most experienced cornerback, to the Arizona Cardinals. But they were left with a bunch of young cornerbacks: Gaines, Nelson, White, Marcus Peters and Kenneth Acker. Without a true veteran in the bunch, the Chiefs should have expected the occasional rotten game. That’s what they got in Pittsburgh. Gaines could be back in time for the Chiefs’ next game on Oct. 16 against the Raiders in Oakland. If he’s not, or if the Chiefs have another cornerback injury somewhere else along the way, they got a glimpse in Pittsburgh of what that grim reality might be like. |
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10-06-2016, 11:05 AM | #5 |
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Considering in the past 2 years, we've spent a shit load on Maclin, Schwartz, Kelce and fisher extensions and those improvements have not made any major noticeable impact on offense... Maybe if your offense has no idea how to use their toys, we should consider spending that money on a defense that does.
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So now I'm looking at the Schwartz, Maclin, fisher, Kelce mega contracts, not to mention the option we had to cut charles' contract, and wondering what a different place this team would be in if we used that for even just one or two defensive backs. Not to mention making some kind of attempt to eventually replace Hali. |
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10-05-2016, 09:40 AM | #8 |
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Has Acker even played a significant number of snaps?
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10-05-2016, 09:41 AM | #9 |
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Glad we burned two 3rd round picks
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10-05-2016, 09:54 AM | #10 |
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3rd rounders fail at like something of a 75% clip after two seasons anyway, Bill.
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So glad we kept DaT on the roster.
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10-05-2016, 10:06 AM | #12 |
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Easily the most WTF roster decision Dorsey has made.
What does D'AT do that Hill can't do? If D'AT is worth keeping, is it really worth keeping Wilson considering they are somewhat similar in terms of what they present as players..?
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10-05-2016, 10:14 AM | #13 |
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It's not just the corners though. We have 5 sacks. That's tied for 2nd to last.
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10-05-2016, 03:43 PM | #14 |
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At least we traded out of the first and drafted a player that gets 20 snaps per game.
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Almost forgot about that. Too early to judge a DL but he certainly hasn't made an immediate impact.
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