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Nobody is saying teams don't draft for need. Of course they do and quite often, in fact.
The question is whether or not, when balancing need, player, and positional value, you're giving overwhelming weight to just one aspect of the draft (need) and forsaking the others.
Like you said, "The Chiefs entered last years draft with DE being an even more glaring need than RT presently is."
One, there are going to be guys in the draft that fill bigger needs than RT. There are also going to be guys that have more player or positional value. In fact, at the end of the first, even though there's no guarantees in the draft, you have at least a chance of getting a guy that satisfies all 3.
I'm not saying RT isn't a need. I could totally see them doing it. I just don't want them to do it in the 1st. The only way you could justify drafting a RT first is if you value need greatly over value. I just don't see the Chiefs doing that.
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