Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and Charles McDonald break down why Ohio State safety Caleb Downs would be the perfect fit in Kansas City.
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Downs going to the Chiefs.
Do you wanna talk about that one too?
Eric B- New age Eric Berry- Yeah for, for Andy Reid.
I, I keep looking at this Chiefs secondary, I’m like, “Holy crap, man.”
Like- this, this is- Are you sure?
Yeah, yeah.
Like, really?
Really?
Th- this, this, this, this Y- you guys know it’s April now.
Like, it’s I don’t, I don’t know what, what other moves- April y- you were, you were planning on making, but, okay.
Like, y- you traded Trent McDuffie to the Rams or Jaylen Watson signed with the Rams.
man, that, that listed some, some pretty big losses.
So I, I, I was just looking at it from the standpoint of, well, we just Y- you kinda just need t- I, I think just to hit a single or just take something that feels a little bit safe in your secondary and just put it there.
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And when Caleb Downs can fall in at nine, like, that makes a, a lot of sense.
I think, our lives has, like, Jamari Connor slated to be the starting strong safety for the Chiefs this year.
I would rather have Caleb Downs out there, personally.
Personally, if, if I had the If y- if I had the chance to, to do it, I w- I would, I would probably have Caleb Downs, in that spot.
And I think I also I, I think maybe just at, at nine, like, man, th- they could really use a cornerback.
I’m not sure that there’s a cornerback here.
Like, Delane, Delane is a good player, or is he going to eight, um- We have him at eight.
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Okay.
The Saints.
So, right, so the thing- And then, and then probably McCoy, but McCoy has injury stuff.
Right, Mc- You know?
Yeah, McCoy got the injury stuff, and like, if you’re And, and McCoy’s talented, but- Yeah you kinda need somebody- Oh, yeah, I really like McCoy you need something today- But, yeah if you’re the Chiefs.
If so, let’s, let’s just take someone who, I mean, been one of the best defensive backs in college football since he was 18. and I, I think when you just throw out, like, the idea of Caleb Downs kinda working with Spags to try and just plug holes on this defense as they arise during the season, that, that could be a good fit, and he can do a whole lot of things.
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And I think just to get, like, something that feels stable in your secondary while you try, while you start going through, like, the, the retooling over the next couple years, that would probably be a big just relief to have someone like that, that steady back there.
and also he’s, he’s, he’s probably ready to be, like, one of the better safeties in the league right away, which is the kinda talent that the Chiefs need if they’re gonna get back to the Super Bowl race.
‘Cause, woo, the rest of that defensive backfield is a little thin right now.
They, they could go any position, I totally understand.
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Yeah.
Like, like they could go receiver, and I’m like, “Yep, get it.”
They go Kenyon Sadik at tight end.
I’ll go, “Yep, get it.”
They go D-line.
I go, “Yep, get it.”
kinda just speaks where they’re at.
no, and i-i The guy that kinda really solidified that defense for Spags was Justin Reid, who’s now with the Saints.
S- Downs could be a plus Justin Reid, you know?
Like, just a, a kinda similar play styles actually.
but just like a better, more juiced up version of that.
So-