How Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Fits with the Kansas City Chiefs

May 11, 2014   ·   Brett Gering   ·   Jump to comments

If you walk up to Canadian offensive tackle Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and end your introduction with a mocking, "Eh?", your life's list of regrets will need another page. 
There's no doubt that the Kansas City Chiefs' final selection of the 2014 draft puzzled nearly every season-ticket holder. 
If you consider yourself among that crowd of skeptics, count on that changing before the final period of this article. 
Firstly, Duvernay-Tardif measures at 6'5", 321 pounds, but his athleticism is reminiscent of someone 20 to 30 pounds lighter. He pulls around tackle like a red-eyed madman and steamrolls defenders if they don't prepare for impact. 
He exhibits an aggressive, contact-craving mentality that lays the foundation for his dominating run blocking. 
As for toughness? Throughout his senior year, he suffered a torn labrum and never even went as far as to walk to the sideline.
And for the sake of destroying another stereotype, the incom...

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