Kpassagnon’s development
The Chiefs made a few interesting moves for the future in this year’s draft when they traded up to get Patrick Mahomes as their future franchise quarterback and selected Tanoh Kpassagnon to provide a pass rush anchor once he’d adjusted to the pros. The former was expected to sit for a year. The latter was supposed to sit until he was ready.
The good news is that Kpassagnon has largely sat until recently when he’s been slowly earning more and more reps along the way. Just recently he played in 10 snaps in a game, his highest total, but that’s trending upward which means Sutton and Andy Reid are seeing something in practice they want him to duplicate on the field.
If Kpassagnon can show flashes on the field of the sort of potential spoken about by John Dorsey when they first selected him, this could be the biggest boost of all for the Chiefs. After all, Kpassagnon earned comparisons to Jason Pierre-Paul and Sean Jones coming out of Villanova. The bust rate on edge rushers can be a bit high and the leap from Nova to the NFL is a large one, but the Chiefs planted a second round stake in this one, showing their level of belief.