The most necessary rookie, indubitably, is third total decide Derek Stingley, Jr., the cornerback out of LSU. He may wind up being crucial choice Nick Caserio makes throughout his tenure as common supervisor for this soccer group. So it stands to purpose that if a beleaguered, backup cornerback is getting in any respect jerky about his present lot in life, Caserio must ship his ass far, far-off from Stingley.
And so it was that Lonnie Johnson was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday afternoon for a conditional seventh spherical 2024 draft decide, which is principally the NFL equal of haggling on the final remnants of a storage sale. “FINE, just give me a conditional 7th round pick in 2024 for this set of TV trays, and let’s call it a day already!”
Johnson had foreshadowed the commerce on his Twitter feed on Monday round lunchtime, par for the course for one of many extra immature, consideration seekers on the Texans.
Before y’all get to speaking krazy on this app I requested for this myself thanks @HoustonTexans for the chance this isn’t a farewell that is extra like see ya quickly ‼️ pic.twitter.com/B5fk45oLcq
— Lonnie Johnson jr. (@Lonnie30johnson) May 2, 2022
So it is off to Kansas City for Johnson, who heads into the ultimate 12 months of his rookie contract, however won’t even make the group. Here are some ideas on this commerce:
The one protection I’ve for Lonnie Johnson….
Make no mistake, Lonnie Johnson’s failures as a an NFL participant so far in his profession are largely the fault of Lonnie Johnson, however I’ll make one protection for him. For no matter purpose, the Texans by no means appeared to have the ability to decide precisely what his greatest place was. His rookie season in 2019, Johnson performed cornerback. Then in coaching camp in 2020, he was moved to security. In 2021, Johnson began the season as a security, and was moved to cornerback throughout the season. That’s a troublesome technique to undergo life, particularly when it was at the side of a number of head coach and GM modifications. That’s my ONE protection for Johnson. The relaxation? Well, right here goes….
That mentioned, Lonnie did not do himself any favors
Lonnie Johnson was largely drafted due to his bodily traits. Brian Gaine, the GM who chosen Johnson again in 2019, would reiterate the phrases “height, weight, speed” advert nauseum, when he would choose gamers who embodied that phrase. Johnson was a type of. However, the extent of play by no means matched up with the bodily attributes. Johnson was careless in executing assignments, routinely blowing coverages.
In 2021, he would make “business decisions,” when he would keep away from contact close to the aim line. His lack of maturity manifested itself on the sector when he would level fingers at teammates after he would blow assignments. Bottom line, he simply is not an excellent soccer participant. Maybe that modifications with a change of surroundings.
This makes complete sense for Kansas City, although
And the change of surroundings brings me to the Chiefs’ facet of this equation. Sure, Johnson has been an underperforming, immature soccer participant in Houston during the last three seasons, however Kansas City is giving up nearly nothing to amass him. A conditional seventh spherical decide in two years about as meager a suggestion as an NFL group might make, and it ought to be a get up name for Johnson that the league thinks so little of him to the place that’s ALL he’s being traded for. For the Chiefs, they get the equal of a scratch off ticket — if it hits, money it in, and if it would not, toss it within the trash. To Johnson’s credit score, he’s reaching out to his new teammates.
@tkelce we cool now bro 😂😂😂 #ChiefsKingdom
— Lonnie Johnson jr. (@Lonnie30johnson) May 2, 2022
Time to tally up the shortage of our bodies nonetheless remaining from pre-Caserio
I summed thus up on Twitter after the commerce, right here you go:
With the commerce of Lonnie Johnson, Max Scharping and Tytus Howard are the one remaining gamers on the group drafted earlier than 2020. The Texans haven’t any gamers on the roster drafted earlier than 2019.
— Sean Pendergast (@SeanTPendergast) May 2, 2022
The Texans drafted 9 gamers this previous weekend. They have 10 TOTAL draft picks of their very own on their roster from each different non-2022 draft in historical past mixed.
2019 – Howard, Scharping
2020 – Blacklock, Greenard, Heck
2021 – Mills, Collins, Jordan, Wallow, Lopez— Sean Pendergast (@SeanTPendergast) May 2, 2022
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