Will we make a big splash next year?
Listening to Veach’s presser and interview with Florio, he referenced that Clark told him not to use next year’s first to make a move this year (because the draft is in KC).
Now, some of the KC press tweeted it out and said that Veach “joked” about Clark saying that, but if you watch it, Veach isn’t joking, he’s just saying it. He then laughs when he says he told Clark that “Vegas is hosting this draft and don’t have a first.” That almost led me to believe they might have considered moving way up this year had Clark not shut it down. In any event, it’s clearly important to Clark that we show well as the draft host next year, and that got me thinking: is there potential for us to make a huge trade up next year, if there’s a “dude” that Veach wants? If so, who? And how high? It would have to be for a premium position of need, so maybe WR or Edge. Or, maybe there’s a Kyle Pitts type of player at TE or a freak DT? Anyways, just throwing it out there, as maybe we can’t rule anything out. |
Veach is getting Will Anderson...in my dreams...
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Unless these qbs are actually the real deal I don't see how he doesn't go number one
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Probably depends on how the year goes.
WR room will be pretty empty barring FA or several extensions. DE is probably still a colossal need. Hopefully we're still at the end of the first round... I think we will be... It will depend on how the round falls. |
It’s going to depend on who gets invited. I would imagine that Clark wants their guy walking out on that stage in front of all the fans.
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You have to understand Clarks position. He has to consider the Brand as well as the team. No way do you host the draft and not have a first rounder, unless you are Vegas (not the company you want to be in).
I think we all agree that Veach killed this draft, murdered may be a better word. Im sure Clark and Veach considered options and Clark realized we could improve without trading next years first which would be his preference anyway. Trading up from 32 next year is going to be expensive! |
This is our 2023 roster:
QB: Mahomes RB: Edwards-Helaire, Pacheco FB: WR: Valdez-Scantling, Moore TE: Kelce, Gray LT: Brown (assuming an extension), Niang LG: Thuney, C: Humphrey, RG: Smith RT: Kinnard, Niang DE: [strikethrough]Clark[/strikethrough] (cut), Kaindoh DT: Jones DT: DE: Karlaftis, Danna, Herring OLB: Gay ILB: Bolton OLB: Chanel CB: McDuffie, Sneed, Williams, Watson S: Reid, Cook, Johnson K: Butker P: LS: Winchester This is a team that is going to have to make investments at the DL and probably keep adding weapons at WR. Significant free agents: WR JuJu Smith-Schuster WR Mecole Hardman TE Jody Fortson OT Orlando Brown G Andrew Wylie G Nick Allegretti DT Tershawn Wharton DT Derrick Nnadi DT Khalen Saunders CB Rashad Fenton S Juan Thornhill P Tommy Townsend |
great post ^. This is why i come to this place.
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The draft is always more entertaining when you have some draft picks to use.
I don't think that Chris Jones is with the 2023 Chiefs. Chris needs to have a very good year in 2022 to keep his value up. His cap number for 2023 is $27,041,668 and KC can save $20 M by trading or releasing him. Maybe a trade just before the draft and use a high pick for a DT. |
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I suppose KC could extend, but Chris's playing value and his cost are going in two different directions. Let's see him healthy and playing well and then figure out what to do. |
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I think resigning OBJ and Townsend is a no brainer - as for the rest, it is going to depend on how Spags feels at the end of the season of how well his "D" did. Also, how did the offense do? What do we have at WR, TE and RB? How did our draft picks do? What position(s) do we need to address at that point in time? |
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Only with like ten times the cap space. |
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But not only did the Chiefs not take Jordan Davis, they didn't take any DTs. So... they have no DTs under contract in 2023. They can't let Jones walk without leaving the cupboard completely bare, but they can extend him. |
Once KC cuts Clark and re-signs Orlando, they should end up around $30m in space.
If they can work out a 3-year extension for Jones that decreases his hit by 8-10 million, that'd be a huge win. I don't really want to see Jones go in a trade because he affects QBs regularly and it's not that easy to find defensive tackles that do that consistently. The depth behind Jones in Wharton and Stallworth might be types that you re-sign, but also not that difficult to get from a 3rd/4th round guy either. There should be a fairly solid market of run plugging defensive tackles to fill the voids of Nnadi and Saunders if one or both aren't brought back on short deals. At WR, if Ross is a guy, then that would be a huge boost to the overall depth. If he's not a guy, then you're looking at a bigger issue IMO. I think we'll see a rotation of 1-year deals to fill that group out until Veach can build it back up. Honestly, that seems to be the status quo in the NFL right now... Guys are taking 1-year deals more and more and banking on a breakout season to get a long-term lucrative deal. It makes it easier for teams to just fill voids cheap. As for the question presented, no, I don't see a big splash incoming. Maybe another mid-tier move like we saw this year but that draft capital is too valuable for this team to rebuild the overall depth of the roster for the next few seasons right now. Honestly, I don't see next year playing out too differently from this one. Probably a focus on ER and WR with early picks unless they can land a quality free agent, then use the 5 picks from the 3rd to 5th on DL and OL depth. |
We're not likely to have anything but a late first, and the FA class of 2023 is severely lacking compared to 2022: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/2023/
If there's a splashy play, best I could imagine would be a 1st rd WR. Which would be pretty exciting actually. |
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