We didn't have a single place last year to post about Montgomery, Lazard, Klein, Osemele etc. so I'm starting this one.
Haha. Yes. Sorry. Was on my phone.Can you edit the thread title to say “Cyclones” instead of “Cyvlones” please? Or maybe a mod could.
Can we suit him up on Saturdays?I saw this from a USA Today affiliate yesterday on Osemele's debut with the Chiefs - high words of praise. He must be healthy finally. Blurbs:
For all the things Veach has done to keep his roster core together this offseason, the Osemele signing might be the thing that puts him over the top for Executive of the Year when the season is done. Against the Texans, per Pro Football Focus, the veteran had the third-most positively graded run blocks he’s ever had in a single game in his NFL career.
Whether you agree with PFF’s grades or not, the tape shows the truth. Osemele was a battering ram, giving the Chiefs the ability to throw haymakers at the Texans when the Texans were expecting an aerial attack, and providing a new level of physicality. Defensive tackle Carlos Watkins would most assuredly agree.
What made the Osemele signing interesting, though, is that the Chiefs were a predominantly zone running team last season — per Sports Info Solutions, they incorporated zone blocking schemes on 66% of their run plays in 2019, as opposed to 27% gap runs. With Osemele on the field in 2019, the Jets increased their percentage of gap runs from 33% to 37%, and reduced their zone run rate from 62% to 55%. This makes sense in that, while Osemele can certainly make himself useful in zone stuff (you don’t really have just gap or zone blockers in the NFL), he’s a dominant, physical blocker in a defined space.
link: https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2020/09/11/chiefs-clyde-edwards-helaire-kelechi-osemele/
Lazard looking sharp against my Vikes so far. Props to him on working his way up.
To be fair he was probably playing against worse corners.Only Cyclone to catch a TD this weekend.