I figured I would create one location to house all of the breaking news, rumors, pessimism, despair, helplessness, frustration, and of course optimism leading up to the 2019 NFL Trade Deadline on:
Tuesday, October 29th @ 4:00p Eastern Time
3 weeks from today! We all have ideas of what the Chiefs need so I won't go into that, but hopefully this day will come and go with better results than last year for us. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
When you have true 'stuffer' DTs in the middle, you can probably get away with that. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them pivot in that direction next season when Jones walks.
Nnadi and another space filler (Saunders if he can get that base just a little stouter at contact) can take enough heat off the Mike that an undersized athlete might be just fine. Not DoD (he's more 'tweener' than 'hybrid', IMO), but someone with just a little more thump behind them.
Deion Jones is probably asking a bit much, but someone of a similar stripe. A 225ish lb athlete who can hold up at the point of attack but isn't necessarily going to be a monster there. Joe Schobert has been mentioned in the draft thread and yeah, he's almost exactly what I'd have in mind.
I think of Schobert as being a 'game' run defender more than I do a guy who's gonna go blowing up run plays. He's gritty and determined and finds a way to involve himself in the run even if he isn't wrecking them; not unlike DJ in a lot of ways. But he's an elite coverage backer. Jones is like that as well.
They can be found, but it's not terribly easy. And no, there's nothing remotely resembling that on this squad right now. Not with Lee having regressed to his Jets form instead of the pretty physical presence he was in the pre-season.
Are you talking about Schobert from the Browns?
If so, is there a possibility of getting him?
He's pretty good in coverage and can play the run. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BossChief:
How are any of those trades stupid?
Overpaying draft capital thus setting the market at exorbitantly ridiculous prices. HOU not as much as LAR and PIT. PIT doesn't even make sense, they're going nowhere. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Are you talking about Schobert from the Browns?
If so, is there a possibility of getting him?
He's pretty good in coverage and can play the run.
UFA in the offseason so nothing is impossible there.
I wouldn't call it likely by any means - the Jets absolutely butt-fucked the market for off-ball linebackers with that Mosley deal. What an abortion of a contract that is.
I just don't see how Schobert isn't in the $15 million/yr range at that point. It sounds absolutely insane but like I said - NEVER underestimate stupid. [Reply]
