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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
So we weren't in the hunt for Earl Thomas? There weren't tons of credible rumors that the Chiefs were talking trade trade trade at all spring meetings? You think we got the best deal possible for peters and Ford? You think we paid the right price for Watkins and Hitchens? You don't think we paid a huge price for Clark even if you like the trade? Even if you like the moves we made, is there a doubt that for the most part veach has only closed deals where we significantly overpay?
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We were certainly in the hunt for Earl Thomas and Veach almost got him on a dream 1-year deal. Kudos to Veach for coming so close before the Ravens aggressively leapfrogged us (and probably overpaid themselves). Not to mention Veach probably would've traded for Thomas at the deadline last year if not for the injury.
Clowney? Collins? Peterson? No reputable source ever offered evidence that we were actively engaged with those guys. So did we miss? Or did you just hyper-obsess about them because you're a member of a Chiefs message board that hyper-obsesses about everything?
You mentioned that we always seemed to miss out on big-time free agents and then claim that we overpaid for Watkins. You'd probably say the same about Matthieu. How many deals for premier players get done at levels that you think "Wow, that's cheap"? Flowers? Collins? Ford? All of those seemed inflated.
The market is the market.
As for the Ford and Peters trades, same thing. The market defines the value. Peters put us in a horrible position and had a limited number of (west coast) teams he would've accepted a trade to. In hindsight given his performance, a second was golden (and I was okay with it at the time too). As for the Ford trade, they totally turned over the defensive coaching staff and he didn't have the same value under the new regime. They flipped him for a decent pick. Did I want them to do better? Absolutely. But it's not like other teams were blind to his injury history and his one-dimensional skillset. Again, the market is the market.
So yes, I think it's all in your mind. The things you're complaining about are the reality of the game for all teams. This isn't just some Chiefs-specific curse.