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The future is even harder to believe!?
I said before that this team had a killer set up for next year. I made this case in October.
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So here's the case re-made and updated: Again, look at this roster for 2023. Because it's even more ****ing madness. QB: Mahomes, Buechele (RFA) RB: Pacheco, McKinnon (easy re-sign), Edwards-Helaire FB: Burton (easy re-sign) WR: Valdez-Scantling, Moore, Watson (easy re-sign), Ross TE: Kelce, Gray, Fortson (RFA) LT: ???, Wanogho (RFA) LG: Thuney, Wylie (easy re-sign) C: Humphrey RG: Smith, Wylie (easy re-sign) RT: Niang, Wanogho (RFA) DE: Danna, Kaindoh DT: Jones, Wharton (RFA) DT: ??? DE: Karlaftis, WLB: Gay MLB: Bolton, Chenal SLB: Chenal, Cochrane (RFA) CB: Sneed, McDuffie, Watson, Williams, Johnson S: Reid, Cook, Bush (easy re-sign) K: Butker P: Townsend (RFA) LS: Winchester 2023 Cap space: $45m+ with a Frank Clark cut and a Jones extension, and even more with a Mahomes re-structure 2023 Draft picks: 11: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th (Hill), 5th, 6th 6th (Pringle), 6th (Reed) 7th, 7th (Hughes) Key FA decisions to make: LT Orlando Brown, Jr.: will he bring his price down?, will they franchise him again? might they actually tag-and-trade? FS Juan Thornhill: a talented, sub-Pro Bowl starter WR JuJu Smith-Schuster: seems like an obvious re-sign, price shouldn't be too bad WR Mecole Hardman: he either signs a one-year prove-it or he walks DT Khalen Saunders: he either signs a one-year prove-it or he walks RB Jerick McKinnon: a must re-sign and should be cheap They make a call on Orlando Brown (he'll be in KC in 2023 no matter what), and they sow up Sneed. I think the Chiefs sow up JuJu as well, and extending Jones is necessary. They'll bring back McKinnon, no question. They'll shop Clyde Edwards-Helaire but they may just keep him for the final year. Maybe they bring back Wylie for OL depth across the board. They body up with B-quality depth at DT. Maybe bring back Dunlap at DE. The Chiefs burn their 1st trying to fix their tackle situation. They'll try to add a passrusher with promise, and draft speedier offensive skill positions. Add tons of depth in the trenches. All of this, is still true: This team may win a Super Bowl this year. They shed Tyreek Hill, the best WR in the NFL, and still got better on offense. And they're going to have ungodly cap space, a dozen picks to stock this roster. It's going to be absolutely disgusting how good this team is going to be next year, and for the foreseeable future. The Chiefs are in transition this year and still may win it all. If the Chiefs win the Super Bowl this year, we may legit be talking threepeat. They're going to be that good. |
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01-23-2023, 02:43 PM | #2 |
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RDE and LT are just two spots we've gotta fill and they're gonna suck up a big percent of the Cash and or Picks.
I don't know what they're gonna do but unless they can hit on a 2nd rounder or something there, it's gonna be pricey. |
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01-23-2023, 04:26 PM | #3 |
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Don't forget, Nate said we're shopping CEH this offseason, so expect a pick or a player back to add to this list.
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01-23-2023, 10:08 PM | #6 |
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Coming back to this, I think the Chiefs are incredibly well-positioned to use this draft to extend the championship window even more.
I think a tag-and-trade on Orlando Brown opens up a lot of opportunities for the team. Not sure what the price is, but the Bears strike me as an obvious and easy trade target. They need OL upgrades, they have cap to burn, and Brown would be a better fit with a Josh Fields than in a pure passing offense like KC's. Even #64 would be a pretty good value back for KC. Spend the money you're not spending on Brown to sign Jawaan Taylor away from Jacksonville. Shoot, if you want insurance you could spend the remaining AAV savings from Brown to Taylor on someone like Andre Dillard or Kelvin Beachem. And you'd still have cap to be aggressive in pursuing a DT or re-signing Juju Smith-Schuster if you want. So, then you'd be armed with #31, #63, #64, and #95 in the top 100. Maybe make a small move up from 31 or 63 to get your guy in those spots. But shoot. KC would be positioned to do something like: #31: Long-term T answer (Anton Harrison or Matthew Bergeron) #63: trade up to the early 50s (Seahawks?) and grab a WR (Rashee Rice?) or a DE #64: BPA at DT (Mazi Smith, Keanu Benton) or DB #95: BPA It's an exciting path to think about.
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Saunders has been awesome. I love that guy. Resign him ASAP. Nnadi can GTFO though.
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