Mock (2/10)

[Direckshun]

Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs franchise: OT Orlando Brown.

3. The Chiefs cut: DE Frank Clark, ILB Anthony Hitchens

4. The Chiefs extended: WR Tyreek Hill for 4 years, $80m ($52m guaranteed), WR Byron Pringle for 2 years, $6m; DE Melvin Ingram, 1 year 6 million ($1m guaranteed); CB Charvarious Ward for 4 years, $40m ($18m guaranteed).

5. The Chiefs tender: WR Marcus Kemp, TE Jody Fortson, CB Chris Lammons

6. The Chiefs re-sign to minimal deals: RB Jerick McKinnon, RB Darrel Williams, RB Derrick Gore, FB Michael Burton, TE Blake Bell, OG Andrew Wylie, C Austin Blythe, DT Derrick Nnadi; LB Ben Niemann, LB Dorian O'Daniel, CB Mike Hughes

7. The Chiefs let walk: WR Demarcus Robinson, WR Josh Gordon, OT Mike Remmers, OT Prince Tega Wanogho, OG Kyle Long, DT Jarran Reed, DE Alex Okafor, CB DeAndre Baker, S Tyrann Mathieu, S Dan Sorensen, S Armani Watts.

8. The Chiefs sign WR Odell Beckham Jr. (Rams) for 2 years, $30m ($16m guaranteed), DT Akiem Hicks (Bears) for 2 year, $22m, ($9m guaranteed), DE Randy Gregory (Cowboys) for 1 year, $13m ($1m guaranteed), LB Damien Wilson (Jaguars) to vet minimum, S Xavier Woods (Vikings) for 1 year, $5m, S Ronnie Harrison (Browns) for 2 years, $7m.

9. The Chiefs are currently predicted to get two 7th round compensatory picks, but I'm going to assume neither is actually awarded, as the NFL only hands them out to the top 32 compensatory picks, and last year, there were no 7th round compensatory picks awarded.

The draft:

1. DE Travon Walker, Georgia
2. WR David Bell, Purdue
3. S Kerby Joseph, Illinois
3 (Poles). DE Sam Williams, Ole Miss
4. OT/G Andrew Steuber, Michigan
7 (Hughes). DT Thomas Booker, Stanford
7. LB Merlin Robertson, Arizona State
7 (Durant). CB Jermaine Waller, Virginia Tech

the roster:

QB: Mahomes, Buechele
RB: Edwards-Helaire, Williams, McKinnon, Gore
FB: Burton

WR: Hill, Beckham, Pringle, Hardman, Bell, Kemp
TE: Kelce, Bell, Gray, Fortson

LT: Brown, Thuney
LG: Thuney, Allegretti
C: Humphrey, Blythe
RG: Smith, Allegretti
RT: Wylie, Steuber, Niang (IR to start year)

DE: Gregory, Walker, Kaindoh
DT: Jones, Wharton, Saunders
DT: Hicks, Nnadi, Booker
DE: Ingram, Danna, Williams

OLB: Gay, O'Daniel
ILB: Bolton, Niemann
OLB: Wilson, Robertson

CB: Sneed, Ward, Fenton, Hughes, Lammons, Waller
S: Thornhill, Woods, Harrison, Joseph, Anderson

K: Butker
P: Townsend
LS: Winchester

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Agree with part 1. I'd argue so long as they are at least as good as Ron Parker, we'll be fine. Ron Parker, honestly, wasn't all that bad.

I look at that time with KC having Parker and Abdullah starting, and I never really thought the position was in dire straights. I don't think you have to go balls deep at the position to have solid players there. It's nice to have at least one really good one but I'm not sure it's the need we think it is. We had a nice go with Mathieu locking down slot receivers but that isn't the norm.

Oh Ron Parker was a pretty good player for along time I meant Ron Parker in his last year. He was bad like real bad.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I think you couldn't be more wrong.

A washed up Eric Weddle is starting for the Rams in the super bowl. Think back to all of the super bowl Champs I bet you'll remember a handful of who the safeties were. There's other positions with way more value.

[kcbubb]

This proposed defense would be near last in the league? Where do you see this defense ranking?

[Couch-Potato]

I like the Odell and Gregory signings!

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by kcbubb

This proposed defense would be near last in the league? Where do you see this defense ranking?

I think you'd have a defense that's middle of the pack against the run and should be a lot more explosive against the pass. I've tried to pack on depth at all four DL positions, so when the inevitable Melvin Ingram injury comes down the pipeline, we're still two-deep across the board.

I think the secondary is ... alright. I honestly have just run out of resources with all the investments needed at WR, our own pending free agents, and DL.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Couch-Potato

I like the Odell and Gregory signings!

I like them too.

Unless Odell goes off for 150 in the Super Bowl, he should be attainable. And we know Veach has no problem circling back on players he's previously missed out on. Odell unlocks the offense and effectively breaks every defense we face.

Gregory is a roll of the dice but on a one-year term, you hope he keeps his head screwed on. Maybe the strength of the locker room along with the prospect of thriving next to three other stud DL and a Super Bowl possibility will keep him out of the dog house for 6 months. We'll see.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Titty Meat

A washed up Eric Weddle is starting for the Rams in the super bowl. Think back to all of the super bowl Champs I bet you'll remember a handful of who the safeties were. There's other positions with way more value.

due to injuries. And washed up Weddle is better than any version of Dan Sorensen.

It depends somewhat on what you do schematically, but in a scheme like Spagnuolo's, having good, smart, versatile safeties and slot defenders is super important.