Pro Football Focus names the 3 best players on the Chiefs' roster
Pro Football Focus writer Ben Kinsey recently named the three best players on each NFL roster and he had a couple of easy choices with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kinsey went with quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce — the two no-brainer choices — along with defensive lineman Chris Jones. From PFF: The […]
Pro Football Focus writer Ben Kinsey recently named the three best players on each NFL roster and he had a couple of easy choices with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Kinsey went with quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce — the two no-brainer choices — along with defensive lineman Chris Jones.
From PFF:
The Chiefs lost some of their star power this offseason with the Tyreek Hill trade and Tyrann Mathieu departure in free agency, but there’s still plenty to go around.
No player has converted more first downs or touchdowns as a receiver than Kelce since 2018 (274), and 263 of those have come from Mahomes. One would imagine that Mahomes would lean even heavier on Kelce in 2022 with Hill’s departure.
On defense, Jones is the player Kansas City needs to wreck offensive gameplans week in and week out. Frank Clark hasn’t lived up to expectations coming over from Seattle, leaving the Chiefs thin on impact pass-rushers beyond Jones. His 257 pressures over the last four years rank second among all interior defensive linemen.
Mahomes and Kelce are obvious choices. Kelce is the best tight in the NFL and Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL.
Jones, however, is an interesting choice.
If the Chiefs are going to get back to the Super Bowl, they'll need Jones to perform at a high level.
The biggest reason Kansas City lost to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship game last season is because they weren't able to exploit Cincy's porous offensive line.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was sacked 19 times during the playoffs (an absurd amount for a team that reached the Super Bowl). But only one of those sacks came from the Chiefs.
That's obviously not a recipe for success.
Kansas City didn't do much this offseason to address their pass rush, so they'll need Jones to step up and carry the load — especially since Frank Clark hasn't lived up to expectations.
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