Kansas City Chiefs 2016 roster: Thoughts and musings

Hello, Sam Barrington … Farewell Ramik Wilson.

There is a lot to like about claiming Sam Barrington off of waivers from Green Bay. When healthy he was a much better (or at least proven) starter than any inside linebacker that Kansas City has that isn’t named Derrick Johnson.

I’m excited about the possibility of Justin March but we saw in the preseason that he isn’t the physical thumper that KC has typically started next to DJ. With the loss of starter Josh Mauga for the season the Chiefs were sorely lacking in experience at the position. They now have it in Barrington.

If you do a little digging on Barrington it appears that Packers fans thought pretty highly of Barrington before he missed almost all of last season to a foot injury. He started training camp on the PUP list but eventually came off and saw some preseason game action. The general consensus seems to be that Barrington wasn’t quite back to his old form just yet. Does that mean that Barrington isn’t ready to play every day yet? I don’t know.

Would an 80 percent Sam Barrington be an upgrade over March in the starting lineup? I don’t know. It seems that Barrington may be a more natural fit for the run stopping linebacker next to DJ but we’ll have to see what happens. I would think March still gets to start the season as the starter but if the Chiefs struggle to stop the run I wouldn’t be surprised to see Barrington on the field.

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