There are several free agents or potential free agents that might be able to help.
Melvin Ingram - South Carolina/Chargers, Age 32, HT 6-2, WT 247, Arms 31 ½”
2020 stats – 7 games, 10 tackles, 0 sacks, 2 PD||2019 – 13 games, 48 tackles, 7 sacks, 5 PD
Justin Houston - Georgia/Chiefs/Colts, Age 32, HT 6-3, WT 270, Arms 34 ½”
2020 – 16 games, 25 tackles, 8 sacks, 1 FF||2019 – 16 games, 44 tackles, 11 sacks, 2 FF
Jerry Hughes – TCU/Colts/Bills, Age 33, HT 6-2, WT 254, Arms 33”
2020 stats – 15 games, 29 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 3 PD, 2 FF||2019 – 16 games, 23 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 3 PD
Could save Bills $6,350,000 by cutting. Also drafted Gregory Rousseau (30) and Carlos Basham Jr (61) with first two draft picks.
Alex Okafor - Texas/Cardinals/Saints/Chiefs, Age 30, HT 6-4, WT 261, Arms 34”
2020 stats – 11 games, 16 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 FF||2019 – 10 games, 22 tackles, 5 sacks, 5 PD, 1 FF
Ryan Kerrigan - Purdue/Washington, Age 33, HT 6-4, WT 265, Arms 33 3/8”
2020 stats – 16 games, 17 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 1 PD||2019 – 16 games, 25 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 1 PD, 1 FF
Adrian Clayborn - Iowa/Buccaneers/Falcons/Patriots/Browns, Age 33, HT 6-3, WT 280, Arms 32 ½”
2020 stats – 15 games, 12 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 PD, 1 FF||2019 – 15 games, 18 tackles, 4 sacks, 2 FF
John Simon – Ohio St/Ravens/Texans/Colts/Patriots, Age 30, HT 6-2, WT 260, Arms 33 ¼”
2020 stats – 16 games, 53 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 PD||2019 – 16 games, 44 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 PD, 1 FF
Olivier Vernon – Miami U/Dolphins/Giants/Browns, Age 30, HT 6-2, WT 262, Arms 33”
2020 stats – 14 games, 36 tackles, 9 sacks, 3 PD, 1 FF||2019 – 10 games, 26 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 FF
Tore Achilles week 17, of 2020 season.
Pernell McPhee – Mississippi St/Ravens/Bears/Redskins/Ravens, Age 32, HT 6-2, WT 265, Arms 34 1/4”
2020 stats – 15 games, 34 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 PD||2019 – 7 games, 19 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 PD
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Maybe one of these two might be our 5th DE -
Tim Ward – Old Dominion/Chiefs, Age 23, HT 6-6, WT 255, Arms 34 ½”
2020 stats – 1 game, 5 tackles, 1 sack||2019 – 0 games
Kamalei Correa – Boise St/Ravens/Titans/Jaguars/Chiefs, Age 27, HT 6-3, WT 250, 31 ½”
2020 stats – 9 games, 9 tackles, 1 PD||2019 – 16 games, 37 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 PD
But that's still not very good and it certainly won't scare an offense.
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Originally Posted by Wilson8:
The Chiefs have Frank Clark, Michael Danna, Taco Charlton, Joshua Kaindoh, Tim Ward, Demone Harris, and Austin Edwards as our DEs. We also have Georgia/UDFA Malik Herring who is recovering from an injury.
One of the best ways to help the secondary, is to have a good pass rush and I don't believe we have the players currently to do that.
Everybody keeps saying this. Pass rush isn’t exclusive to edge rushers.
We now have the best interior pass rush duo in the league. Who else has 2 interior guys capable of double digit sacks?
Yes, we should absolutely sign somebody like Ingram or Houston, but this idea that our pass rush hasn’t been addressed at all is silly.
You’d be hard pressed to find many teams with a trio as good as Clark, Jones, and Reed.
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