Mock (1/30)

[Direckshun]

Let's party.

1. The Chiefs franchise Dee Ford.

2. The Chiefs extend WR Tyreek Hill for 4 years, $80m, DL Chris Jones for 5 years, $90m.

3. The Chiefs cut: DE Justin Houston, LB Reggie Ragland, S Eric Berry

4. The Chiefs re-sign to minimal deals: FB Anthony Sherman, WR De'Anthony Thomas, TE Demetrius Harris, C Jordan Devey, DT Justin Hamilton

5. The Chiefs tender: WR Marcus Kemp, ILB Terrance Smith, S Jordan Lucas, K Harrison Butker

6. The Chiefs let walk: RB Charcandrick West, WR Chris Conley, WR Kelvin Benjamin, OG Jeff Allen, C Mitch Morse, DE Allen Bailey, OLB Frank Zombo, CB Steven Nelson, CB Orlando Scandrick

7. The Chiefs sign OT Jake Fisher (Bengals) to 1 year, $4m; OLB Anthony Barr (Vikings) to 3 years, $40m; CB Darqueze Dennard (Bengals) for 2 years, $14m; S Landon Collins (Giants) to 3 years, $36m.

8. The Chiefs are selecting 29th. They are not in the hunt for any compensatory picks.

The Selections:

1. CB DeAndre Baker, Georgia
2. DE Oshane Ximines, Old Dominion
2. DT Demarcus Christmas, Florida State
3. CB Michael Jackson, Miami
5. RB Rodney Anderson, Oklahoma
6. OLB Porter Gustis, USC
7. ILB Jahlani Tavai, Hawaii

Roster:

QB: Mahomes, Henne, Litton
RB: Williams, Williams, Anderson
FB: Sherman

WR: Hill, Watkins, Robinson, Thomas, Dieter, Kemp
TE: Kelce, Harris, Yelder

LT: Fisher, Fisher
LG: Erving, McKenzie
C: Reiter, Devey
RG: Duvarney-Tardif, Wylie
RT: Schwartz, Fisher

DE: Ford, Ximines
DT: Jones, Christmas
DT: Nnadi, Williams, Hamilton
DE: Speaks, Kpassagnon

OLB: O'Daniel, Smith
ILB: Hitchens, Niemann, Tavai
OLB:Barr, Gustis

CB: Fuller, Dennard, Baker, Jackson, Smith
S: Collins, Lucas, Sorensen, Watts, Murray

K: Butker
P: Colquitt
LS: Winchester

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by Chargem

I'm very suspicious about the cap in this one, unless you're structuring new contracts to absolutely balloon in 2020 and beyond.

You pretty much stand pat on offense though which is kind of disappointing, WR outside of Hill and Watkins is very poor quality and you bring back stone hands Harris.

Robinson has more than shown he can be a 3. As for depth if(when)Watkins gets hurt, if Rodgers can make some of the JAGs he’s played with look like studs, Mahomes could certainly do that with Kemp and Gehrig

[tmax63]

Originally Posted by bowener

Why are people cutting Houston in their mocks on this board? You either restructure his contract, leave it be, or trade him. Those are the options. He is somebody the team should keep. If you honestly believe you couldn't get more than a 3rd for Houston, then you don't watch or understand football. His contract won't scare anybody away nor his age. On the field he is phenomenal at doing his job. It just so happens Sutton asked him to do shit that took him away from what he is best at, which is getting to the QB. Put him at DE, put a decent secondary behind him, and watch him and Jones **** up teams.

Houston's big problem is he hasn't been healthy and produced since he signed his contract. He had 22 sacks the year before his contract and about 30 total in all the years since. He's not worth the 21M cap hit. Not when you get similar production for 1/3 of the money and can use the rest to sign a stud FA CB or safety to dramatically improve this defense.

[Chargem]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Robinson has more than shown he can be a 3. As for depth if(when)Watkins gets hurt, if Rodgers can make some of the JAGs he’s played with look like studs, Mahomes could certainly do that with Kemp and Gehrig

Especially if you consider that Watkins could be cut after the 2nd year of his deal, I think that's a little short sighted. Mahomes is amazing but you don't just give him garbage and assume he's going to make lemonade out of it.

The offense could genuinely use a decent 2nd TE and a slot receiver, at bare minimum. Someone from the draft who could maybe replace Watkins the following year would be a bonus.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

I like where your head is. I'm not sure a 5th is too high for Dickson, but I sure wouldn't bitch.

Hard to bitch when the Seahawks took him in the 5th last year. haha. He was projected to be a 3rd round pick and they got a steal. The Chiefs make stupid decisions like bringing back a punter on a lucrative deal instead of burning a late round pick on one every 4 years. Anyhow, it's whatever. I've tried to bury that in the back of my cranium for a while now.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by kccrow

Hard to bitch when the Seahawks took him in the 5th last year. haha. He was projected to be a 3rd round pick and they got a steal. The Chiefs make stupid decisions like bringing back a punter on a lucrative deal instead of burning a late round pick on one every 4 years. Anyhow, it's whatever. I've tried to bury that in the back of my cranium for a while now.

Goddamn it. I thought it seemed like a long time since I watched him.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by Chargem

Especially if you consider that Watkins could be cut after the 2nd year of his deal, I think that's a little short sighted. Mahomes is amazing but you don't just give him garbage and assume he's going to make lemonade out of it.

The offense could genuinely use a decent 2nd TE and a slot receiver, at bare minimum. Someone from the draft who could maybe replace Watkins the following year would be a bonus.

Only so many draft picks. Defense needs to be fixed now. A WR can be drafted next year. First several picks have to go to D. So you’re(not you, personally)banking on a fifth or sixth round guy and at that point, I’ll take Kemp or Dieter or even Pringle for 2019.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Only so many draft picks. Defense needs to be fixed now. A WR can be drafted next year. First several picks have to go to D. So you’re(not you, personally)banking on a fifth or sixth round guy and at that point, I’ll take Kemp or Dieter or even Pringle for 2019.

I think we need one more year of heavy D draft. Next year I think you go back to balanced, and would be looking for O'linemen and WR's.

[Chargem]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I think we need one more year of heavy D draft. Next year I think you go back to balanced, and would be looking for O'linemen and WR's.

That's fine, but you then have to get at least a TE in free agency who's better than stone hands Harris, and given how "complex" Andy's playbook is it makes far more sense to take a 3rd round WR this year and let him learn the playbook this year and make an impact next year when you might have to let Watkins go.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

I think we need one more year of heavy D draft. Next year I think you go back to balanced, and would be looking for O'linemen and WR's.

Agreed

[Great Expectations]

The OP makes way too much sense to actually happen. If we do anything close to this I will be ecstatic.