I don't really know what to think about this season.
On one hand we went 15-2. On the other hand it was all one score games and then we got blown out in the SB and didn't look like we were in the same stratosphere as the Eagles.
Confusing indeed.
The reality is we probably aren't as good as 15-1 and aren't near as bad as we looked in the SB. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
They’re gonna either have to overpay a guy like Stanley and hope he stays healthy or you keep value patching it until you can develop or draft a guy.
Thems the breaks when you win 15 games a year and go to the Super Bowl
I say we fix it now and pay Stanley and dominate, and have Humphries as tactical depth. Fixing LT in FA also frees up the draft a bit to go after other needs like RB, TE [Reply]
Are the people freaking out, holding their breath, and demanding a fix now because they WANTS it going to spend the whole offseason doing this?
The Chiefs are going to work to address the LT issue.
The last time they needed to do this, they tried to make the best FA available the new highest paid LT in football history, then pivoted and spend huge at LG and traded a 1st for a young good player they tried to give a huge deal to, and when he foolishly walked on that, they pivoted and paid the top remaining FA tackle big money.
The point is, they’re going to attack the positions of the roster that need to be attacked.
But they also aren’t going to do something crazy and reckless.
I think there’s some merit to the idea of bringing in Humphries and Jedrick Wills if they can, and throwing numbers at the positions, if they can’t trade for or pay an easy button answer. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Sure, but your critique essentially comes down to "Veach hasn't pulled a franchise LT out of his ass".
Paying Taylor 20 million AAV on the premise that he could play either side just to leave him at RT and sign a broken down Smith to bandaid LT isn't putting your best foot forward. Leaving the room as Suamataia and Morris isn't either, especially since the Chiefs weren't ready and willing to help mitigate the struggles Suamataia would inevitably have and instead left him out on an island to die. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GordonGekko:
I say we fix it now and pay Stanley and dominate, and have Humphries as tactical depth. Fixing LT in FA also frees up the draft a bit to go after other needs like RB, TE
We are not drafting a tackle in this draft. We already have 2 LT's that we used high draft picks on to develop.
We cant just keep using high round picks on LT's and hope one develops. Those picks in the first 3 rounds are needed desperately in other positions other than LT. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GordonGekko:
I say we fix it now and pay Stanley and dominate, and have Humphries as tactical depth. Fixing LT in FA also frees up the draft a bit to go after other needs like RB, TE
You think we can afford two vet tackles at one position? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
We are not drafting a tackle in this draft. We already have 2 LT's that we used high draft picks on to develop.
We cant just keep using high round picks on LT's and hope one develops. Those picks in the first 3 rounds are needed desperately in other positions other than LT.
A late 2nd and late third are hardly "high" picks. basically a 3 and a 4. Brett Veach flushes turds more valuable than the Wanya pick. [Reply]
May be unfounded, but I'm pretty concerned they've permanently tanked Suamataias confidence. Same thing happened to Moore. I doubt he'd have been anything more than a 4th/5th option in the offense but maybe he wouldn't have devolved into a completely useless sack of shit if he wasn't thrown out to fail on punt returns. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
Paying Taylor 20 million AAV on the premise that he could play either side just to leave him at RT and sign a broken down Smith to bandaid LT isn't putting your best foot forward. Leaving the room as Suamataia and Morris isn't either, especially since the Chiefs weren't ready and willing to help mitigate the struggles Suamataia would inevitably have and instead left him out on an island to die.
Without Jawaan Taylor you'd probably have a hole at both T spots, so I don't see how this changes my point at all. He also helped bring us a SB that you otherwise might not have had with 2 holes at both T spots last year.
There's a reason the best you can come up with it "they should've traded up for Slater!", but keep pretending there isn't. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dunerdr:
You think we can afford two vet tackles at one position?
I don't know what the market appetite is for Humphries as he hasn't played much football last two seasons, his appearances this past season were definitely below average/not good, and then is an injury risk. I would think he would be cheap and then maybe if he trends up we could move him to RT for struggles Taylor [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Without Jawaan Taylor you'd probably have a hole at both T spots, so I don't see how this changes my point at all. He also helped bring us a SB that you otherwise might not have had with 2 holes at both T spots last year.
There's a reason the best you can come up with it "they should've traded up for Slater!", but keep pretending there isn't.
I have no problem with signing Taylor. I kind of do with leaving him at RT. He should've been moved to LT from the start, unless they were just bullshitting to justify the contract that they believed he could play either side. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch:
I have no problem with signing Taylor. I kind of do with leaving him at RT. He should've been moved to LT from the start, unless they were just bullshitting to justify the contract that they believed he could play either side.
I think it was less justification and more posturing so they could approach the rest of FA and the draft with a less glaring and obvious need at LT.
Front offices lie sometimes with things they say publicly. For negotiating reasons. [Reply]
