Mock (9/4)

[Direckshun]

Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs finish 12-4, win the AFC West, and secure a 1st round bye. They host the Steelers again and manage to fend them off for a trip to the AFCCG, where they lose badly to New England. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach stay on.

2. QB Alex Smith is traded for a 2nd rounder in 2018 and a 3rd in 2019.

3. OLB Tamba Hali and ILB Derrick Johnson retire.

4. The Chiefs extend CB Terrance Mitchell 3 years, $18m ($7m guaranteed).

5. The Chiefs sign WR/KR De'Anthony Thomas for 2 years, $5m, OG/C Zach Fulton for 2 years, $5m, NT Bennie Logan for 3 years, $27m ($14m guaranteed), K Cairo Santos for 4 years, $11m ($4m guaranteed).

6. The Chiefs tender NT Rakeem Nunez-Roches, ILB Ramik Wilson.

7. The Chiefs sign FB Anthony Sherman, DE Jarvis Jenkins, ILB Kevin Pierre-Louis to minimal deals.

8. The Chiefs let walk QB Tyler Bray, RB C.J. Spiller, WR Albert Wilson, OL Jordan Devey, NT Roy Miller, ILB Terrance Smith, CB Phillip Gaines, CB Kenneth Acker, P Dustin Colquitt.

9. The Chiefs sign QB Matt Moore (Jaguars) for 1 year, $4m, WR Alshon Jeffery (Eagles) for 5 years, $55m ($24m guaranteed).

10. The Chiefs are picking 29th, and have one compensatory pick (a 5th) for QB Nick Foles. They have three conditionals: a 6th for OT Isaiah Battle, a 7th for DE David King, and a 7th for CB Marcus Cooper.

The draft:

1. OLB Dorance Armstrong, Kansas
The Chiefs combine both of their 2nds to move up into the 1st.

The Chiefs don't have that many roster spots free -- not after shoring up three of their biggest weaknesses in signing Alshon Jeffrey and extending Logan and Mitchell. Trading Alinex Smith, and the retirement of DJ and Hali opened up the team's coffers and it has allowed them to make a splash that could make them Super Bowl competitive.

Armstrong is an outstanding passrusher and would be an early favorite to becomes DPOY if not for him taking a year as a rotational guy. Ford will likely walk in 2019 unless he takes the next step, so Armstrong provides blue-chip insurance.

3. CB Carlton Davis, Auburn

A long corner with great upside.

4. QB Max Browne, Pittsburgh

Heady QB with some physical ability -- the Chiefs will need a #2 in 2019 after a one-year rental of Matt Moore.

5 (Nick Foles). CB Anthony Averett, Alabama

Another long corner from a competing school. The Chiefs let Phillip Gaines and Kenneth Acker walk this offseason, and DJ White just isn't up to the task.

6. TE Durham Smythe, Notre Dame
6 (Isaiah Battle). RB Ito Smith, Southern Mississippi
7 (David King). ILB Kenny Young, UCLA
7 (Marcus Cooper). P Johnny Towndsend, Florida

All kinds of special teams additions here, with some upside for each player.

roster:

QB: Mahomes, Moore, Browne
RB: Hunt, Ware, West, Smith
FB: Sherman

WR: Jeffrey, Hill, Conley, Robinson, Chesson, Thomas
TE: Kelce, Harris, Travis, Smythe

LT: Fisher, Schwartz
LG: Ehinger, Witzmann
C: Morse, Fulton
RG: Duvarney-Tardif, Witzmann
RT: Schwartz, Erving

DE: Jones, Jenkins
NT: Logan, Nunez-Roches
DE: Bailey, Kpassagnon

OLB: Ford, Armstrong
ILB: Ragland, Eligwe
ILB: Wilson, Pierre-Louis, Young
OLB: Houston, Zombo

CB: Peters, Mitchell, Nelson, Davis, Averett
S: Berry, Parker, Sorensen, Murray, McQuay

K: Santos
P: Townsend
LS: Winchester

[RunKC]

Bennie Logan
Dee Ford
Terrance Mitchell-unless he falls off a cliff this year
Mitch Morse
Chris Conley--I think we can get him at a good price.

We need to extend all of these guys first and foremost. If we can make one big splash, I'd like to see it be a defensive player.

[O.city]

I don't like Jeffrey here.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by O.city

I don't like Jeffrey here.

Me either.

[kccrow]

I'd rather dump that cash on Allen Robinson, who is 3 years younger than Jeffrey.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by kccrow

I'd rather dump that cash on Allen Robinson, who is 3 years younger than Jeffrey.

Well, maybe not now.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Modser

Well, maybe not now.

[Direckshun]

Hey, he's a whoooooooooooooole lot cheaper now.

[kccrow]

I'll take a cheaper Allen Robinson please.

Just an ACL and he should be easily ready for next season. Let's go.

[Direckshun]

That is totally a signing Veach would make, too.

He traded for Ragland, and signed Roy Miller, both who were/are recovering from bigtime injuries. It makes them cheaper to acquire and if they fully recover, well then boom.

[Halfcan]

Lose BADLY to New England?

Thread fail.

[Halfcan]

Never understood the love for Jeffrey either. 24 million guaranteed? Won't happen with the Chiefs.

The only 55 mil contract they will be giving out for a WR will be for Hill.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

Lose BADLY to New England?

Thread fail.

The thread was started before the start of the season, idiot.

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

The thread was started before the start of the season, idiot.

Doesn't matter when it was started- you are predicting the Chiefs to Lose Badly in a playoff game-way to be optimistic.

Why do you root for a team that you automatically is going to end their season in disaster? Since history is on NE's side - does that mean they will win every Super Bowl from here on out?

I think the Chiefs have a very deep and talented team this year. Not saying they won't choke in the playoffs again- but I don't think there is a team that can blow them out. It is going to be a fun season- stop predicting doom and gloom.

[Direckshun]

Losing bigtime in the AFCCG to arguably the best dynasty of all time is not ending your season in disaster.

I don't need to justify why I root for the Chiefs, so I'm not going to even bother.

The OP is how I project the season will end and the offseason could ostensibly go, haphazardly combined with my own wishlist.

[OldSchool]

Do you see any good, potentially transcendent (guys who can take the defense to the next level like Willis, Kuechly, etc) ILBs who may be coming out soon?