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DraftTek 7 round mock.
DraftTek doesn't have the final picks or anything. They don't have the fact that we're likely to earn two sixths and a seventh from compensatory picks, and it's not clear they know the Fenton 7th rounder is unlikely to activate. And we still don't know which 6th rounder the Chiefs gave up for Toney, their original 6th or the Dolphins' 6th acquired for Tyreek.
But it's still a fun exercise. Here's what they have: 1.30. DE Andre Carter II, Army Costing over $65M, which ranks 1st overall in positional cap dollar expenditure, the defensive line continues to be the team's biggest money pit. This has been a theme for the past three years. The reason is clear, the Chiefs fell into a damned-if-you-do; damned-if-you-don't scenario.2.62. S Tykee Smith, Georgia 3.94. DT Kobie Turner, Wake Forest 4.122. OT Warren McClendon, Georgia 4.132. RB Tank Bigsby, Auburn 5.165. DT Keondre Coburn, Texas 6.196. TE Luke Schoonmaker, Michigan 7.226. CB Sevyn Banks, LSU 7.249. WR Justin Shorter, Florida 7.251. OLB Dee Winters, TCU 7.252. WR Michael Wilson, Stanford 7.257. OT Luke Haggard, Indiana |
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01-19-2023, 11:13 AM | #2 |
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A safety in the 2nd and a RB in the 4th? That should go over well.
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Projected depth chart (with minor creativity from me) for this roster:
QB: Mahomes, Buechele RB: Pacheco, McKinnon (re-sign), Edwards-Helaire, Bigsby FB: Burton (re-sign) WR: Smith-Schuster (re-sign), Toney, Valdez-Scantling, Moore, Shorter, Wilson TE: Kelce, Gray, Schoonmaker, Fortson (tender) LT: Brown (tag), Niang LG: Thuney, Wylie (re-sign) C: Humphrey, Reiter (re-sign) RG: Smith, Wylie (re-sign) RT: McClendon, Niang, Haggard DE: Carter, Dunlap (re-sign), Kaindoh DT: Jones, Wharton (tender) DT: Coburn, Turner, Nnadi (re-sign) DE: Karlaftis, Danna WLB: Gay, Winters MLB: Bolton, Chenal SLB: Chenal, Harris CB: Sneed, McDuffie, Williams, Watson, Banks S: Reid, Smith, Cook, Bush (re-sign) K: Butker P: Townsend LS: Winchester |
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Oh, and a 4th round RB to platoon with the guy we took in the 7th round who was popping off 5 yards/carry once we gave him the ball? Because we've not had any success at finding scrap-heap complementary RBs.... No, those are TERRIBLE positions to select there. For a team that needs DL, OL and WR help, targeting S and RB anywhere on the 2nd day (or early 3rd) is ridiculous.
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Hell, I'd rely on Wylie as the starting OT before I put McClendon in there. Which is why we have no business drafting a safety in the 2nd.
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Yeah - the more I look at that draft, I friggen hate it.
I'm fine with Carter in the 1st, but the rest of that draft is completely wrongheaded.
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I have not particularly liked what I've seen out of Cook on the field this year. I do defer to the coaching staff, however, and if they don't feel like he's ready for the S2 role, then it makes sense to make a big investment to lock that position down. And I think it's possible that Bigsby replaces Pacheco by season's end, or at least takes 50% of the snaps. He's basically Pacheco with some wiggle. |
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Too high for Tykee Smith and too low for Warren McClendon IMO. Just switch them I guess, and it makes a lot of sense. I honestly wouldn't mind this draft.
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Why in gods name are we wanting to replace Pacheco with "some wiggle" by blowing a 4th rounder on it?
Do we have no sense of any value here? Say you get a 25% better RB. Was that worth it at all? |
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I don't particularly know if Pacheco's success on the ground has caused defenses to stay honest against the run. McKinnon was ripping off 7 yards a carry in last year's AFCCG but the Bengals kept dropping 8. If Bigsby tests well, he's 2nd round value. If you can add a guy who can not only get the yards you need but can somehow penetrate the defense's mindset the way Pacheco has yet to do, you may finally be able to keep them honest. And then Mahomes eats. |
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Coburn is going to be a solid pickup for whoever gets him. Most of his career at Texas was filled with revolving defensive coordinators. When he finally got back to back seasons with the same system, he really flourished as a productive run stopper who has some skill getting to the passer.
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What does penetrate the defenses mindset even mean? |
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Why in the scenario are we resigning Nnadi and not Saunders?
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