Chiefs LB Tamba Hali Could Surpass Broncos LB Elvis Dumervil In 2010

Hali made more plays in the form of turnovers and safeties in his 8.5 sacks than Elvis did in his 17.

Herm also said Tank Tyler was a steal and was going to be the next great defensive player in the NFL after he drafted him.
And Brody was on the verge…
And Tony Richardson wasn’t needed…
And… oh forget it… you see where I’m going.

They’ll line up Dorsey a little wider or drop Hali into a zone, occasionally, but really they’re not looking for a whole lot of covering-in-space from him.

I think the previous regime only saw ’tweeners as hand-in-the-dirt DEs, and expected LBs to cover like safeties.

I always saw Hali as the closest thing to Derrick Thomas that the Chiefs have had since. I think DT had better speed and about the same amount of power as Hali, but even though he COULD run with a RB in the pattern, it wasn’t something one necessarily wanted to see very often. I’m hoping to see Hali line up between Dorsey and NT, just to throw offenses off-balance a time or three in a game. He can attack that B-gap or loop around Dorsey on the outside. O-Lines might struggle with those kinds of changeups.

Does that include DJ, considering your quote “pay the man & play the man?” :-)

But even marginal improvement in both of the areas you mention should turn his 8.5 sacks well into double digits.

Semi-homo

http://www.milehighreport.com/2010/8/2/1601449/chiefs-lb-tamba-hali-could-surpass

How much commission are you getting on us Joel? ha.

Get Pat Kirwin’s book too dude. It is great!

No commission…just thought it was really well done/interesting.

You can disagree with someone without being insulting or demeaning about it.

Ya gotta go with what your eyes tell ya, fgxtom, even if you’re seeing it differently than the majority. It’s not like the smartest guys on here are NFL coaches.

+91

I thought he did OK with what he had, and where they were pointing this team for the future. There were things he had to do and players he had to do it with that were less than ideal. If KC had stuck with 4-3, they were closer to having a semi-respectable defense. But that would’ve set ’em back for this year.

if Eric Berry will be used like the Packers once used LeRoy Butler. Wasn’t he the only player in history with something like 20 sacks and 20 int’s?…or maybe 30 or each? I know it was something like that.

And Tyson

…to see that Hali abused Clady. You will get precisely that. Jack.