Aside from the illegal hands to the face penalty, Nnadi had a solid debut also.
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That's part of the problem. Unless the Chiefs are bringing exotic blitzes, they have shown no consistent ability to generate pressure from just their base defense.
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One takeaway I was rather pleased with last night, was that the refs didnt go apeshit with the new helmet rule

It was called a few times, but not as bad as I had feared... lets hope it stays like that through the season
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That helmet rule will likely be called rarely in the regular season. The blatant leading with the crown stuff.
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It's so arbitrary that I worry that it'll only be called when the Patriots don't convert a third down, or when the Steelers' opponent does.
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Although Niemann has looked pretty good against 2cd and 3rd stringers. I think some of you are hyping his play a little. He very well may make the team but it will be as the 4th/5th ILB ST type player.
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It might be more than that if Eligwe doesn’t stop sucking dick
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Man was I wrong about that guy.

What he did last year against the Titans in the preseason game was even more impressive anything Niemann has done, but he’s been shit since. I wouldn’t be shocked at all if he’s the odd man out because they love Smith for ST’s.
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This right here. Right ****ing here guys. This is a big reason why Speaks was drafted.

This looks like it’s going to be a ****ing disaster. Terrance Smith gets owned, Kendall Fuller has his back turned and is running away from the ball to cover the vertical route and the hole opens up:



Speaks ****ing worked this guy, outmuscled him and ****ing won. End result was a 3 yard gain (this was the Nnandi penalty).



This is way better than Dee Ford and his bullshit run defense.
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And that wasn’t just anyone that Speaks overpowered and threw aside. That was Jake Matthews, who is the 3rd highest paid LT in football :-)

He’s definitely flashing
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Thats the real problem isnt it... will it be just another tool to screw non-glamour boy teams with
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It really was outstanding, he is one big powerful kid

Everyone is pretty down on the defense, but holding them to 3.3 ypc bodes well
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Did he lead the team in tackle the first preseason game and then have a Pick 6 and more tackles in Game 2?

Niemann has, plus he has not missed any tackles. No way Niemann gets cut over those guys. The kid has it!
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Eligwe is a different kind of athlete. I’m not talking production. I’m talking the talent/upside he flashed. It wasn’t meant to be a shot at Niemann at all.
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I saw only a few plays last night, but i saw one really good play by Ford where he held his man at arms length and made the tackle on a running back.
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