After their 2021 campaign ended in a disaster of an AFC championship game, the Kansas City Chiefs loaded up on defensive talent in the offseason. Chief among their fresh faces is rookie George Karlaftis, the sensational pass rusher from Purdue, who burst onto the scene as a first-round pick in April.
A huge part of Kansas City’s struggle on defense last season was a consistent inconsistency in actually sacking the quarterback, despite boasting a halfway respectable pressure rate. Karlaftis looks to change things in that department and gave the press some insight into his sick-sack-strategy during Tuesday’s media availability in St. Joseph.
“I wouldn’t describe it as bull rushing,” He explained of his signature moves that landed him in the top 30 back in April. “For me, I’m a power rusher. You see guys around the league, you see the speed guys like a Von Miller, you see the power guys. But if you really look at the game and study the game, you see that over half the guys that sack come from power. So just from that alone, you hear Von Miller talk (he) has 100-something sacks, over 60 of them or 70 of them were from power.
