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No changes. Final draft.
I kept trying to think of someone other than La'el Collins in the first round, but at the end of the day, he is, IMO, the best offensive lineman in this draft, capable of playing four positions and upgrading all of them (as it currently stands for the Chiefs roster). While people continue to think that selecting an offensive lineman is a "safe pick" or a dull pick, it was the worst position group on the roster in the 2014 season and the reason why this team wasn't in the playoffs. Even Charles has come out and verbally taken the 2014 line group to task for seriously underperforming. This would have been a playoff team capable of winning a few if they had slightly better performance from LT, LG, RG or RT - all positions that Collins would/could/can play.
He's insurance at LT if Fisher busts out in his third year (which I don't think happens, but if it does...), he's insurance against Allen or Stephenson sucking at RT (which is distinctly possible as I don't know if Allen is NFL level capable or Stephenson can't play against NFL DL strength without the drugs). At the very minimum, he'd give the Chiefs a Pro Bowl level performer at RG.
Selecting Collins simply makes too much sense for a team with far too many question marks in a position group that is incredibly important for this system with this QB.
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