Kansas City Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub will once again face some turnover in 2023.
This time it won’t necessarily be due to players moving on in free agency or otherwise, but rather that players who participated last season will be taking larger roles on offense and defense. Players like Isiah Pacheco, Skyy Moore, Joshua Williams, Bryan Cook and Jaylen Watson are looking at larger roles, which means that Toub will have some work to do.
Speaking to media members following last Thursday’s OTA practices, Toub touched on a few of the new players who he thinks will help out his special teams unit.
“I’m excited about the young linebackers, (Isaiah) Moore and (Cam) Jones, the two (undrafted) free agent kids that we have,” Toub said. “I like the kids that we drafted, (Chamarri) Conner and (Nic) Jones. Both of those guys are going to help us right off the bat. The d-lineman, the defensive end, possibly some role players but not so much as a four-phase guy, but I’m excited about the young players.”
In addition to the players who joined the team in the draft and undrafted free agency, Toub is also looking for a pair of young players to improve their game over 2022. He even thinks that one of them could be the team’s top player in the gunner position.
“Really it’s those last year’s young players that are getting better that are going to – guys like (Jack) Cochrane and Nazeeh (Johnson). You know towards the end of the year Nazeeh Johnson, as a gunner, he was playing better than anybody in the league. So, I’m excited about him. He’ll probably be our number one gunner coming into next year.”
Given how much roster control Toub has been given in the past, it’s probably safe to put Johnson on the 53-man roster in ink.
