{"id":14627,"date":"2024-12-05T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14627"},"modified":"2024-12-05T08:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T08:20:22","slug":"breaking-andy-reid-reveals-main-thing-chiefs-are-banking-on-at-left-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14627","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Andy Reid Reveals Main Thing Chiefs Are \u2018Banking on\u2019 at Left Tackle!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Andy-Reid21-e1733342566551.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Andy-Reid21-e1733342566551.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Andy-Reid21-e1733342566551.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Andy-Reid21-e1733342566551.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Andy Reid Reveals Main Thing Chiefs Are 'Banking on' at Left Tackle\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid discussed the immediate plan at left tackle in Week 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Throughout the 2024 season, the Kansas City Chiefs\u2019 Achilles heel on the offensive side has been the left tackle position.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs general manager Brett Veach brought in 30-year-old veteran D.J. Humphries just before Thanksgiving to help rectify that problem, but whether it\u2019s Humphries or Joe Thuney serving as the starting left tackle in the coming weeks, head coach Andy Reid made it clear that KC is most likely \u201cbanking on\u201d experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Humphries and Thuney] are veteran guys\u00a0that we have an option to put in there. So, [we\u2019re] kind of banking on that,\u201d Reid said on December 4, ahead of the Week 14 matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWanya [Morris] and Kingsley [Suamataia] have taken most of the snaps\u2026 and D.J. [Humphries] hasn\u2019t played [in 2024], other than the [eight] years before this,\u201d the Chiefs HC went on, reiterating: \u201cSo, we\u2019re banking on that part of it with a couple of those guys \u2014 that [the] veteran part of it can step in there and take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the press conference, Reid noted that they are taking things \u201cday-by-day\u201d with Humphries as he gets himself back into football shape. He also confirmed that Thuney and Morris are the other options at left tackle against the Chargers, let\u2019s say the coaching staff deems the newcomer isn\u2019t ready come Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, eventually, you want to get somebody in there [at left tackle] that does a good job and really can stay in there and be that guy as we develop the young guys,\u201d Reid expressed. \u201cYou\u2019re going to have some hiccups \u2014 we know that, we knew that going in. But we\u2019ll see if D.J. [Humphries] can do that. [Either] he can do it [or] if he can\u2019t, he can\u2019t. So, we\u2019ll see how it goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>New Chiefs OT D.J. Humphries \u2014 a Veteran of 99 NFL Starts \u2014 Could Serve as Latest Championship Stopgap at Left Tackle<\/h2>\n<p>Including the playoffs, Humphries started 99 NFL outings for the Arizona Cardinals from 2016 through 2023. Certain seasons, he missed games due to injuries, but the former first-round talent has never dressed for a game that he didn\u2019t start.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an impressive resume to call upon considering Kansas City\u2019s revolving door at the position in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Since moving on from LT stalwart Eric Fisher, the Chiefs have trotted out Orlando Brown Jr., Lucas Niang (six snaps), Donovan Smith, Morris, Thuney and Suamataia at left tackle. Outside of Brown \u2014 who walked in free agency \u2014 none of these players have proven 100% that they can be the long-term solution.<\/p>\n<p>Suamataia has a chance with more development. Morris is still in the mix, perhaps. But none of the candidates have taken the job of Patrick Mahomes\u2019 blindside blocker and run with it \u2014 and that player probably isn\u2019t Humphries either.<\/p>\n<p>However, what the former Cardinal does give KC is another viable stopgap. For now, with a three-peat within reach, that\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n<h2>Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Says D.J. Humphries Has \u2018Impressed\u2019 Him, Not Frustrated by Left Tackle Situation<\/h2>\n<p>Mahomes addressed the media on December 4 after Reid, and he was asked about Humphries and the left tackle situation as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see how talented he is,\u201d Mahomes said of Humphries ahead of Week 14. \u201cThe physical gifts are there. It\u2019s been cool to watch him interact with other guys too, you can tell he\u2019s smart [and] he\u2019s willing to teach guys \u2014 which is big in that room, we\u2019ve got a lot of young guys there. So, I\u2019ve been very impressed and I\u2019m excited for him to get more and more work with more and more practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for all the changes at left tackle, Mahomes voiced that he doesn\u2019t believe the inconsistency at the position has affected him \u201ctoo much.\u201d He also told reporters that he did not request the benching of Morris despite looking visibly upset in Week 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not [request a change at left tackle], no,\u201d Mahomes replied. \u201cI was more upset just cause I felt like there [were] people open and we hadn\u2019t scored in the red zone. So, I knew that was a big drive and I think I was just more upset about the fact that we didn\u2019t execute at a high enough level in the red zone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid discussed the immediate plan at left tackle ahead of a Week 14 matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Andy Reid Reveals Main Thing Chiefs Are \u2018Banking on\u2019 at Left Tackle!! - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14627\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Andy Reid Reveals Main Thing Chiefs Are \u2018Banking on\u2019 at Left Tackle!! 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