— The LIV Chiefs Kingdom (@1_ChiefsKingdom) April 25, 2020
We had Lucas Niang at #57 in the KC Draft Guide, so this is awesome valued. Played through a hip injury last year. This is definitely a guy earmarked to take over for one of the Chiefs tackles in the future. pic.twitter.com/a1P53sN9bL
New Chiefs OT/OG @Kbniang8 has some WILD college stats. He didn’t allow a single sack in 975 career pass blocking snaps. If that’s not impressive enough, he committed just 3 penalties on 1,982 career snaps.#NFLDraft | #Chiefs | #ChiefsKingdom
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
I wonder if Niang would hold up as well on the left side?
I feel like with Mahomes the left/right stuff matters a lot less than most QBs. He never just stands there like a statue. He's always moving around, and he almost always feels the rush coming, or at least anticipates it when it should be there. He only gets caught off guard on plays where the O-lineman gets beat instantly.
But teams do still line up their best DE on the left tackle's side usually. [Reply]
You really gotta give the entire OL a solid B or B+ so far. Room to improve, but clearly better than average. Which is incredible with 5 new starters and 3 rookies. Great stuff. [Reply]
I’m here waiting for the Lucas Niang highlights while watching Trey Smith kill dudes.
I’ll admit Niang hasn’t been a complete fail but I still have a fear he is going to get Mahomes killed.
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JFC this dudes been serviceable after a year off, a hip injury and as his first two games in the mens league. Hes gone against a top 3 rusher two above average journeyman and a touted rookie rusher and done well. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
I haven’t been happy with the center position since Mitch Morse left.
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Hell, Mitch Morse had a notorious record in KC of missing games. Multiple concussions just in his years with the Chiefs. Given what we knew at the time when Morse left KC, I think it's actually more likely that Morse would've gotten Mahomes killed by getting injured and leaving the door open for a turd to mess everything up.
I know he's been just about 100% healthy since signing with Buffalo, but at the time it was totally smart to move on because we just couldn't trust him.
Until we start seeing something that is a glaring sign, I think Niang is far more trustworthy. [Reply]
Morse spent nearly half the time on the injured list in the 2017-2018 seasons. No way did it make any sort of sense to re sign him, especially at an 11 million AAV. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Do you have a fear that Creed Humphrey is going to get Mahomes killed?
At least there you’d have real evidence of an errant snap, which would force Mahomes to wind up on the bottom of a dog pile.
You have absolutely nothing to point to when it comes to Niang
Humphrey also struggled getting to the second level and missed a block on the Mahomes INT and got blown up on the CEH fumble. Very rough game for Humphrey and you know if Niang performed that way the bird leg watchers would have been all over him. I think hiccups like that are expected with a young line, btw, but so far Niang has been fantastic in his first two career outings. [Reply]
I’ll give the 5 new starters including 3 rookies some time to develop and build chemistry together. Not to mention learn the system and playbook. Obviously they don’t have to learn all the routes like skill positions, but there’s a little more to it than just run block or pass block the person in front of you. This is a very big and talented OL across the board. [Reply]