Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Joy of Sacks
When I was a child (*spoken in Bill Cosy Jello Puddin Pops voice*) I once attended a football game where Derrick Thomas sacked the Seattle Seahawks QB (Dave Kreig) seven times. In the 2008 football season the Chiefs sacked the opposing QB ten times total. In order to be succesfull in 2009 the Chiefs will need to find a way to put more pressure on the QB. Now that Jared Allen is gone, the Chiefs don't have a pure pass rusher; Hali showed that he is ineffective in playing that role. Putting pressure on the QB does a lot to make the job of a young secondary easier. I think finding a high-quality pass rusher is going to be essential for the Chiefs to have a Dolphins-like turnaround in 09.
I don't think we realized how spoiled we were to watch a Chiefs Defense that had both Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith. Thomas is now a finalist for Hall of Fame consideration, and all of us here at The Trifecta are hopeful that he'll make it.
What is the solution for the Chiefs lack of sacks?
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Well, the obvious answer would be to trade a DE with our first pick. Though most of the mock drafts have us drafting Stafford or Bradford (depending on who Detroit drafts).
A few other mock drafts have us taking a non-quarterback. Interestingly, Scouts.com has us passing on Stafford and, assuming that we can't trade the pick, picking A. Smith, the OT out of Alabama.
The few other mock drafts that have us taking a DE, have us taking either Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech or Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas. I know nothing about either player.
If Herm is still coach, I'm betting he drafts a DE. I would actually prefer this because I would assume that there is a less of a chance that Herm would mess up the development of a DE as opposed to a QB. Though, our experience with T. Halli might prove me wrong.
In any event, don't expect a Dolphin's turn around. I suspect that their turn around has less to do with talent and more to do with their 2008 opponents, which included the two worst divisions in football (AFC West and NFC West).
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