DT Gervon Dexter, Florida
Allow me to soothe the savage nerves of the grown men of ChiefsPlanet, who belly-ached my warnings of a Bengals loss, dismissing it as the paranoia of a pessimist with delusions of grandeur. The loss was not a fluke; it was the result of the Bengals wisely capitalizing on a few weaknesses the Chiefs exhibit across the board. One of those weaknesses was the Chiefs' willingness to plug in Mike Danna at DT regularly in """"obvious passing downs"""", which apparently includes 2nd and 7, now, Spags? C'mon. The Bengals ran power right at him. (Of course, they ran power with success at everyone.)
Truth is, the Chiefs plug Danna in there because they miss Tershawn Wharton, but I don't know if Wharton solves the problem either. The Chiefs ideally need a run plugger on this team who can shoot gaps for a passrush. And Gervon Dexter is the perfect fit for that role.
At a Chris Jones-ish 6'5", 320 lbs, he's more of a notched-down Fletcher Cox: strong and shockingly quick in the passing game, but still a load to move against the run. It's still unclear to me if he is any kind of a plugging 1-tech like Spags traditionally likes, but Tershawn Wharton out-snapped all the run-pluggers anyways. If you're going to emphasize the need for that second penetrative tackle, why not find a guy who can fill that role and keep your DL's size maximized to dictate to the offense? I think Dexter would be an outstanding get for this team, and even more urgent
if they don't think Jones is financially extend-able.