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11-18-2020, 03:07 PM | Topic Starter |
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Veach's Core Tenets for 2021 and Beyond
We have all key starters locked up, save a few (HB, for example) for at least another 2-3 years.
With the cap being what it is, we will likely not be signing *expensive* free agents in the next year or two. Notice I didn't say *big name*, because we've seen big names come and sign at a discount because of Mahomes, Reid, etc.. What the Chiefs will value moving ahead is a large number of draft picks each year. This is the only way we can simultaneously infuse affordable talent onto the roster while continuing to pay our stars. The only way this approach works - while staying in contention for SB's - is if we hit on our draft picks. Thankfully for us, we have a 40 year old genius at the helm who has proven time and time again to find gems. So as we watch Brett make moves in the future, they will likely abide by the following tenets. Brett Veach's Core Tenets 1. Pay our stars what they deserve to keep them happy and bought in. 2. Do not trade away high-round, or mid-round, draft picks (rounds 1-5) 3. Continue to hit on talented draft picks and UDFA's (absolutely critical) 4. Do not overpay for our own upper-level talent; let them walk to other rosters to be overpaid 5. Acquire compensatory picks whenever possible (players, minority coaches & GMs) 6. Acquire late-round draft picks by trading mid-lower roster players 7. Use late-round draft picks to acquire mid-round draft picks for talented players 8. Very aggressively pursue low-risk, high-reward players to possibly infuse talent w/o using (much) draft capitol, and possibly net future comp picks. Last edited by Dante84; 11-18-2020 at 03:37 PM.. |
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11-18-2020, 03:36 PM | #2 |
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Brett Veach's Core Tenets
1. Pay our stars what they deserve to keep them happy and bought in. Mahomes Kelce Hill Jones Clark Mathieu Butker 2. Do not trade away high-round, or mid-round, draft picks (rounds 1-5) unless absolutely necessary Hardman (Hill's future was unknown, needed to guarantee speed for Mahomes' development) 3. Continue to hit on talented draft picks and UDFA's(absolutely critical) CEH Danna Wharton Townsend Durant Hardman Thornhill Saunders Fenton Nnadi Pringle 4. Do not overpay for our own upper-level talent; let them walk to other rosters to be overpaid Fuller Ogbah Wilson 5. Acquire compensatory picks whenever possible (players, minority coaches & GMs) Fuller Ogbah Wisnewski Wilson Fulton 6. Acquire late-round draft picks by trading mid-lower roster players Washington 7. Use late-round draft picks to acquire mid-round draft picks for talented players Keyes (?) 8. Very aggressively pursue low-risk, high-reward players to possibly infuse talent w/o using (much) draft capitol, and possibly net future comp picks. Ragland Watkins Ogbah Bell Charlton Benjamin Baker Erving Lee |
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11-18-2020, 04:47 PM | #3 |
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Good stuff Dante, very well thought out... he seems to be following your blueprint to a T
#4 is critical, when guys outprice themselves they gotta go... HATED losing Ogbah, he's like second or third in sacks right now IIRC But overpaying someone like him has a cap crippling trickle down effect |
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11-18-2020, 05:17 PM | #4 | |
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Once the QB is locked up, the next hardest thing is drafting well (#3). If you can't do this, you end up as the Packers for the last 10 years. If you miss on your drafted players because they aren't talented, or you don't have enough volume of picks, your depth suffers and you begin to (#4) overpay your FA's to stay and/or take large gambles and (#2) trade for players that ruin your draft capitol. In this scenario, you end up as the 2019 Rams or the Chicago Bears. Veach has played it brilliantly on all fronts, and if he continues to do so, we are going to be set up for a decade or two, the way the Patriots were. |
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11-18-2020, 10:19 PM | #5 |
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Need more O line talent and LBer studs from here going forward. Keep stocking the CB positions as well.
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11-18-2020, 10:57 PM | #6 |
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Kind of crazy to think about the expendable players that Veach got rid of and the value he got for it. This might be the most underrated value to Veach’s genius.
Parker Ehringer traded for Charvarious Ward Alex Smith traded for Kendall Fuller Marcus Peters traded for 2nd rd pick (Juan Thornhill) Eric Murray traded for Emmanuel Ogbah Carlos Hyde traded for Martinas Rankin—we were gonna cut Hyde anyway DeAndre Washing traded for TBD 6th rd pick Veach has been a goddamn savant with these trades |
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11-20-2020, 08:22 PM | #7 |
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Kinda wish we had Ogbah back....dude is playing some good football this yr
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11-21-2020, 04:19 PM | #8 |
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Chiefs sign FA Stefen Wisniewski
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12-17-2020, 05:56 PM | #9 |
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Chiefs sign FA Tajae Sharpe
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12-21-2020, 03:03 PM | #10 |
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39% of his draft picks were SEC players. He's drafted at least two every year.
17% were ACC 17% were Big Ten 6% were Big Twelve The rest were from smaller/lesser conferences. Veach is far more likely to draft SEC players. There should be at least two in every mock draft if you want to be realistic. It would be interesting to see undrafted free agent signings by conference. Last edited by Riflemen; 12-21-2020 at 05:05 PM.. |
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12-22-2020, 06:37 PM | #11 | |
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