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I think the number 1 want is WR but the number one need is LT. Hollywood and Rice are leagues better than Morris/Prince Tega or whatever is slated to start there. It's just not as sexy and much harder to hit on in the draft. With Mahomes I'd lock in a LTOF and then give the Steelers 2nd round WR drafting a try honestly. You may never have Jamaar Chase but having Juju, Claypools and Pickens on rookie contracts is valuable.
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This has been discussed quite a bit. It's 1. LT 2. WR for me in terms of "fix it now" needs. Needs for the immediate future are TE, IOL, DT, LB, and RB.
The question is whether or not an LT prospect who is much further along in development than Wanya Morris will present itself. You also probably aren't adequately fixing both in one offseason. The issue I see with a lot of projections for the Chiefs is that we're being force-fed RT prospects as LT prospects. And hey, maybe I'm the wrong one. That's certainly a thing. For me, when you get past Alt, Fashanu, and Fautanu the pickings get slim quickly. I really like Mims, Guyton, Fuaga, Latham, Suamataia, and Fisher... as RTs. I don't know if any of that lot can actually play LT in the NFL. I'd give Suamataia the highest probability. Then you have the anomaly that is Jordan Morgan. I like everything about him but his arm length is a major concern. It's a concern because controlling speed and keeping hands off of him is going to be really difficult in the NFL on an island. If a LT in those top 3 fall, I think you make the move. If a WR in the top 4 falls, I think you make that move. I think about them in that order and I think 16 is your cap on moving because higher starts costing too much. I would hate to see Veach use future 1s or 2s to make a move and if he does I think it has to be for a LT and LT only. Ideally, the secondary goal should be to plug as many holes in the roster as possible before they become holes. Getting ahead of losing Kelce, Smith, Bolton, and most of the DTs are things I'd look hard at trying to do. Some of that could be affected by a trade-up, especially if it's for a LT because you certainly still need to entertain WR. My 10 cents. |
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Part of me wants to take a swing on bekton and try out that early round 1 upside and part of me believes it’ll never work. But if it did you erase a future need and ink him for a few years. Then you have the option of trying out these RTs and hope one can eventually work on the left or just replace Taylor on the right.
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I do find it interesting that we haven't signed Smith at LT yet.
Typically Veach doesn't like to go into a draft with a wide open hole at a spot, and that's what we have at LT currently. You might argue we addressed the WR hole with the Brown signing, but that's only a 1-year deal and obviously the pending Rice suspension is out there. I would expect us to get Smith signed to a 1 year deal here in the coming days, but we shall see. |
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04-17-2024, 10:32 AM | #11 |
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Yeah but at that time it was believed Taylor would be our LT, no? And we thought maybe Niang was slotted for RT, so, while not awesome, it wasn't as big a hole as imagined and could be filled in the early/mid rounds.
This year its Morris and no one heading into the draft (so far) at LT. |
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#32 #64 2025 1st 2025 3rd(Chiefs) Chiefs get: #19 #52 Kupp At #19 Veach can take the best OT on the board. Veach also gets Kupp on a 3 year deal that will only cost us about $20M a year! Then to make the math work and give Kupp a lower 2nd round pick value(See Diggs trade for Marketplace value atm) we swap our late 2nd(#64) with Rams #52. Gets our tackle, elite WR at a great price with low risk AND an earlier 2nd rounder to grab another WR or OL or even just BPA. |
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In running the mock drafts one thing that I've noticed is that we tend to get pretty good players falling to us when Bo Nix and/or Michael Penix are taken in the first round. The site that I've been using ranks them at around #31-#32. Minnesota is really looking for a QB and I'm sure they're working hard to trade up, so if they're unsuccessful in that pursuit, they might entertain trading down with us. We'd get the #23 pick and they'd get the #32 pick + other compensation.
Miami might be another that would consider trading down. They only have 6 picks in the draft and they supposedly need IOL, NT, and DL. They're currently at #21. |
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