Lets talk current players and needs on our defense.

[BigRedChief]

To steal @JoeGoodberry's idea, KC's current defensive contributors:

Edge- Houston, Ford, Kpass
DL- Jones, Bailey, Nacho, Jenkins
ILB- Hitchens, Ragland, Eligwe, Smith
CB- Fuller, Amerson, Nelson, ?
S- Berry, Sorensen, Murray, McQuay

Not comfortable w/ S, CB and DL especially.

— Seth Keysor (@RealMNchiefsfan) March 17, 2018

[JakeF]

We need help everywhere so we should grab the best defensive players we can. We can use multiple defense linemen, another LB and CB(at least)

[TRR]

Originally Posted by RunKC

We’ve improved significantly over last season.

-Ragland was an elite run stuffing LB last year and now we add another guy just like him, but with more athleticism.
-Amerson is at least okay. Way better than Gaines.
-Fuller helps the Peters disaster not be as terrible as it would have been.
-Kpass is going to add pass rush this year inside on subpackages AND he ensures that we won’t see Zombo on the field unless a disaster happens.

Losing Eric Berry killed everything last year. Him taking away TE’s allows us to use more DB’s to outnumber receivers in subpckages.

Then we’ll surely revamp the secondary with a very good DB draft class. Looks much better to me.

I look at it as:

Fuller for Peters
Hitchens for DJ
Watkins for Wilson

I look at two of three positions being largely upgraded, and Fuller, while not the TO machine Peters was/is, will bring more consistency and flexibility to the CB position.

Would love to pull one more starter out of free agency before the draft.

[Chief Northman]

Originally Posted by TRR

I look at it as:

Fuller for Peters
Hitchens for DJ
Watson for Wilson

I look at two of three positions being largely upgraded, and Fuller, while not the TO machine Peters was/is, will bring more consistency and flexibility to the CB position.

Would love to pull one more starter out of free agency before the draft.

I think you mean Watkins.

[TRR]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

I think you mean Watkins.

Nope. Sammy Watson.

[Chief Northman]

Originally Posted by TRR

Nope. Sammy Watson.

Is he Randy Watson’s brother? From Sexual Chocolate?

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

Is he Randy Watson’s brother? From Sexual Chocolate?

aka Joe the policeman, from the Whats Going Down episode of 'Thats My Mama!'

[Hoover]

I still think Kimball Andrews could be a full time HB!

[BigRedChief]

Is Williams any good out of AZ?

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Hoover

1. There is no reason to freak out.
2. Its the NT spot that I'm concerned with in free agency. I don't want them to spend stupid money on the postion, but we need a good stop gap.
3. People need to stop thinking that the Chiefs are at a disadvantage because they lack a first round pick. Teams are made in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rounds. We have five picks in those three rounds. This is where I want the Chiefs to grab D linemen and DBs. Like five of them.
4. Our holes on offense are minimal. Yeah, it would be nice to have a better #2 TE behind our all world TE in Kelce. Yeah, we lost Fulton, but there are plenty of bodies available.
5. We will add cheap FAs to fillout the roster. The second week of free agency is not the time to find those guys.

It's March. Lets talk after the draft about what the defense looks. I bet we will feel differently.

Good common sense here !!

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

Veach needs to rebuild quality depth around key pieces so we can contend in the face of injury.

a la just like the Eagles !!

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

Losing Berry showed me this: the safeties we have playing around him are JAGS. Parker’s release was obvious and I am thinking Sorenson could be replaced by a younger, cheaper option as well. The other thing though, is that we have to also insure against Berry’s availability. No guarantees to his long-term health and his abilities are likely declining.
The Watkins acquisition is in part a response to cater to Mahomes’ abilities, but also a response to what happened in the playoff game when we lost Kelce. Veach needs to rebuild quality depth around key pieces so we can contend in the face of injury.

I expect a draft heavy with db acquisitions, a TE, OL and DL.

Excellent analysis !!

[TRR]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

Is he Randy Watson’s brother? From Sexual Chocolate?

Damn that boy can sing! He good!

[RINGLEADER]

Originally Posted by Chief Northman

Is he Randy Watson’s brother? From Sexual Chocolate?

That boy is good!