Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I've been following that guy since I drafted him in our alternate reality game a few years ago. He's such an inexplicable story.
First, he got drafted by the Cowboys, which screwed him over. They had Demarcus Lawrence and Randy Gregory and David Irving and Tyrone Crawford and a couple of other guys. Charlton was a first-round pick so he should have earned his way onto the field, but it was a really crowded position. So he sank to the bottom of the bog. He was getting some playing time, but not much.
So then the Cowboys cut him and Miami picks him up, and he takes off. He's averaging a sack a game and I'm blaming Dallas for his failures, and then all of a sudden Miami benches him. They don't just bench him, they make him a healthy inactive for the back end of the season.
So we know he's got talent, but we also know that he's got a flaw that drives coaches crazy. He's not playing within the scheme or he can't recognize plays or he's a locker room problem or something. The key is whether Spagnuolo can maximize his talents and minimize whatever this seemingly fatal flaw is.
That’s crazy. I remember the Cowboys being high on him when they drafted him. Talk about a low risk, high reward signing. I have a good feeling this will work out well. I would love to see him become a stud with us as a fuck you to Jerruh. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic:
That’s crazy. I remember the Cowboys being high on him when they drafted him. Talk about a low risk, high reward signing. I have a good feeling this will work out well. I would love to see him become a stud with us as a **** you to Jerruh.
he becomes a stud next year, he’ll sign with someone else the next year. A one year wonder is our ceiling. Down side is that he causes a locker room issue. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
he becomes a stud next year, he’ll sign with someone else the next year. A one year wonder is our ceiling. Down side is that he causes a locker room issue.
No, a one year wonder and a comp pick is our ceiling.
And no, he’s not going to “cause a locker room issue”. He will be cut before that happens. [Reply]
I had honestly forgotten about Speaks completely until a few weeks ago when I was rewatching the 2018 season, and was like “who’s that 57 guy, oh yeah, don’t miss him at all”. [Reply]
Originally Posted by kcclone:
Teams like KC are perfect for one year prove it deals with guys who are on their last chance or have underachieved
That's what I'm seeing. Every guy on this is under a microscope by the rest of the NFL because we are the new standard on how you build a team. But we got Mahomes and they dont. [Reply]
OK, please don't kill the messenger, but I just had a stark, unsettling realization.
My beloved, Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs, are the equivalent of the AL Davis Raiders when it comes to player acquisitions.
The Raiders used to be the team that drafted players with character issues, and who signed the players the rest of the league shunned because of off the field issues or a history of run-ins with law enforcement, etc.
And now that team is us. We draft players who have issues, like Hill, Peters, and now Willie Gay Jr. We acquired Frank Clark, and Breeland was just arrested, and on the heels of that news we sign Taco Charlton. And a few years ago we had a player commit murder & suicide.
But thank goodness there is still a difference between my Chiefs and those filthy, disgusting Raider teams. Our Head Coach has a history of helping men turn their life around, and Andy Reid wants to help these players become better team mates and better people. Al Davis never cared about those players, he just reveled in pissing off the commissioner, and enhancing his team's reputation as a bunch of bad apples.