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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By
Look, I have no problem with people who like specific players in drafts and pimp them, whether I agree with their assessment of the player or not. I have a problem when they go nuts because, after every team in the league has passed on them multiple times, their team passes on the player again and chooses someone else. The Chiefs chose the O-lineman they felt was more likely to help their team. If it doesn't pan out that way, such is life.
However, acting as if the Chiefs ignored the O-line when they drafted an O-lineman, signed a former starter to compete for (and so far win) a job on the line, and traded for 2 additional players to try to shore up that line is ignoring reality.
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The Chiefs had six picks in the draft where they could have drafted an OL after they took Jackson. They took a project TE, a 3rd/4th corner, a DE, a WR/KR, a kicker, an OT, and a running back.
They traded for two OL after they realized that they didn't address the problem with even so much as a stop gap.
The problem lies that they passed up talented players in the draft, who were cheap and good value at that point, for positions of lesser need and impact.
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