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Pro Football Focus will be running through 50-plus pending/soon-to-be free agents between January 7, 2019 and March 8, 2019 to offer a detailed analysis of the top players bound for new contracts and (possibly) new teams in 2019.

tenure in Arizona was slowed by injury at times, but when healthy, he showcased top-level talent, highlighted by a 90.7 overall grade in 2015.

According to Andy Reid, after an off day on Sunday, the Chiefs will begin in-season style practices starting on Monday, Aug. 31.“So, they get a day off tomorrow and then they'll be back at it," Reid told reporters following Sunday's practice. Yes, most of Mathieu’s dominance during the decade came away from Kansas City when he was with the Arizona Cardinals. Tyrann Mathieu defends the safety position in new interview with PFF 12 posted by Pete Sweeney on Jul 17, 2020 #Chiefs ' All-Pro S @Mathieu_Era …

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Tyrann Mathieu’s ability to cover the slot to an extremely high level gives the Chiefs plenty of flexibility, ... And while Moseley had ups and downs, his PFF grade was solid in every facet we measure over the full season.

Another moment commemorating Super Bowl LIV will be the arrival of the team's Super Bowl LIV rings. Austin and Mike also sit down with Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu. In the regular season, the Chiefs allowed 4.95 yards per rush attempt (when you exclude quarterback sneaks, kneels, reverses, jet sweeps, etc.)

The honey badger should only continue to improve as he heads into free agency. Mathieu still has the makings of an electric playmaker on defense, and he should be a difference-maker wherever he ends up in 2019.Mathieu was a force against the run last season, finishing with the fifth-best run-defense grade (84.6) among safeties. There's also the lottery ticket that is Jason Verrett, who the team re-upped for one last gamble that he can get healthy and become a mainstay.

The Honey Badger played at least 300 snaps each in the box (419), as a slot corner (352), and at free safety (301), and as his overall grade would suggest, he played well enough in all those roles to finish the season in the top 25 percent of all safeties around the league. They have just 12 days to go until the season opener against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium on Sept. 10. Not only is the slot so valuable, but the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers were the two best teams in the NFL when targeting slot receivers and inline tight ends. There should be a few more players revealed in the coming days, but let’s go ahead and look at the newest Chiefs added and what was said about them by PFF’s Sam Monson.Mathieu also should have been in the NFL Defensive Player of the Year conversation in 2019, his only season thus far with the Chiefs. Enter the Honey Badger. Though Mathieu won’t be mixing it up in the trenches every play, adding a solid run defender can only help that cause for improvement.Mathieu serves as an upgrade in coverage for Kansas City, as well.

It's been a highly-anticipated moment among fans and according to Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, we should be getting our first glimpse at the rings pretty quickly. We’re talking about a player that lines up everywhere from deep safety to linebacker spots. He played college football for Louisiana State University (LSU).

He’s an all-around defensive weapon and the Chiefs really have given him a lot of freedom within the scheme to do what he does best, which is getting after the football.Sign up for the Chiefs Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morningThe Kansas City Chiefs have successfully completed their 2020 training camp. Coverage has been an issue for Baker and no team was worse against short passes by DVOA in 2019 and the Cardinals ranked just 25th against deep passes by DVOA last year. fan what the focus heading into 2019 should be, there is a resounding answer – improve the defense. Last season, on a one-year deal with the Houston Texans, Mathieu recorded a 75.1 overall grade which ranked 21st out of 93 qualifiers at the safety position. https://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/12/pff-all-decade-top-101-team-derrick-johnson-tyrann-mathieu-travis-kelce-kansas-city-chiefs/ Why Tyrann Mathieu—CB, S, or DB—is a DPOY contender Arizona Cardinals free safety Tyrann Mathieu (32) knocks away the ball from Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Chris Givens (13) during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) The rookie out of Louisiana Tech had four straight seasons of solid PFF grading in college and allowed fewer than 50 percent of passes thrown his way to be caught. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY SportsPut all of that together, and the Chiefs got a well-rounded, versatile defensive weapon to add to their secondary – an area that sorely needed some reinforcements.