Since when has KC signed more than one big name at the beginning of free agency? They got Hollywood, and they re-signed Jones. That was your big ticket items.

From there, it was always going to be bargain shopping.
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:-)... You don't think Veach would have maneuvered to get someone they wanted... This narrative is complete BS.
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Here's the big picture that I think maybe in the moment we're missing:

Brett Veach's job is to put together a championship caliber team.

If all he does from here is bring back Donovan Smith and Mike Danna, this team looks like it has a top 5 defense and a top 5 offense on paper.

It's pretty hard to argue with that a month from the draft.
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Wut? This makes no sense at all. So this was the best and basically only offer they've had on sneed this whole time? So the past week has been just praying someone came and beat the Titans offer before they settled on that trade? That's the only way this timeline makes any kind of sense.
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Sooo...BV should learn to Time-Travel? Understanding the market actually takes "time in the market". Was there a level of collusion against the Chiefs? Maybe. Were NFL "experts" and talking heads believing Sneed would return a 1st? A few. Were many assuming he would return a 2nd and 4th/5th? Yes. Did any teams end up offering a 2nd? Doesn't appear so. It's safe to say BV and most plugged-in to the NFL were surprised at the return. MOve on, take the 3rd and the 20 milll and fix the cracks.
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Maybe the Chiefs medical staff told Veach that Sneed's knee will be lucky to make it through ten games next year without major surgery.

Veach says I have to dump this lame duck plus our salary cap is too high anyway let's dump Sneed for greener pastures.
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Yep, not that hard. This will make us a better team, but not quite as good at CB, but we have decent depth there.
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I see some sentiment floating around that Sneed ****ed us by demanding to be paid. I'm not really sure how any rational person could come to that conclusion.

Sneed played his ass of for us, no complaints, was instrumental in winning two titles, and the guy cumulatively has made less than 4 million dollars for that.

Sneed has not made shit. He earned every penny of that contract he demanded. 55 guaranteed.

As far as the madden mentality goes, folks need to wake up and understand this isn't your shitty EA videogame where you get fantasy compensation.

No team that is competently run is going to offer high value to a cap strapped dynasty for a player that the entire world knows they can't keep, or have to significantly hamstring their flexibility to keep them.

It's why there were no solid offers for Chris Jones on his first negotiation. The league is saying to the Chiefs, you can take what we offer, you can pay what you really can't pay, or you can let the player walk.

We got what we could for Sneed. A 4th round pick contributed to two titles and was traded for a 3rd rounder.

He turned a 4th round pick into two rings and a 3rd rounder in return and people are saying Veach lost. Lmao.

Veach is playing the long game here.
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Could be worse…he could have given a record-setting contract to a brokedick QB with sub-Alex Smith numbers in the playoffs. :-)
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It wasn't the money

It wasn't the picks,

It was the money

AND the picks.

It is what it is.
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The way this played out, I think the chiefs respect sneed, but didn’t want to spend the money to keep him.

My assumption is with McDuffie and the young corners they have, the team feels like they have capable talent to replace him. The next guy up might not lock things down as well as sneed, but there isn’t a gaping hole. It’s just how this league is built…players from the champs are going to get paid, and the team is going to have to make tough choices on who to keep.

Snee dearned his bag, he was a great chief and I hope he does great, except when the titans play KC.
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Well damm.. I was already in the mindset of him staying.. I guess LT tackle is the target now.. Don’t really like the comp but I trust the process.. There is a plan..
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This isn’t a great trade, but we’ll be fine. Our Defensive Backfield has had a real next man up mentality for a while. I’m gonna trust they have a plan - why wouldn’t I?
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In a year that we're attempting to three-peat. If it's any other year whatever, but I can't believe they let him walk for nothing this year.
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Also, is any 1 DB really worth all that much anymore? Ignoring when a team completely overpays for one.

Teams can seemingly always find the weak link in the secondary. It seems really important to have several good DBs than a couple great ones surrounded by garbage.
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