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Originally Posted by Direckshun
This is (likely) Chris Jones playing a chunk of his snaps as a legit 4-3 base DE.
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Again, you're hung up on your concept of position and prototypes.
You're exactly who I'm talking about.
Wharton's still here. Now Reed is here. And so is Jones.
So yeah, you'll see a chunk of snaps with those three and Clark. Why is this a problem for you? Why isn't it simply a way of getting your best players on the field at the same time?
legit 4-3 base DE? We're in a base 4-3 like a third of the time. We're usually in a heavy nickel type or dime defense with like 4 safeties. I think you're looking at things through an outdated conventional lens when that's not really how this team operates (or really, the NFL in 2021, but KC is certainly on the front edge of innovation I think we'd all have to agree-particularly on offense.)
Kpass was like 290 lbs, huge for a 4-3 DE, so yeah they moved him inside some on passing downs. Why is this like...groundbreaking news for you?
Obviously, they've liked the positional flexibility of having Jones be able to play inside and outside.
Is this just another thing with you, like not liking Veach's tier system?
Because it seems like it.
I think these guys have shown me that 1)they know more about football than I do, 2) They've earned the right to implement their plans before I'm going to criticize and 3) They are constantly innovating from the front office on down and nobody really knows what they're going to do, so wringing our hands about stuff in March, and May, and June when we have no real idea what they're going to do is silly.