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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Not true.
The window is open. But it will be closing by 2014. This team isn't as young as you think it is, not by a long shot. The window was opening when Scooter took over the reigns and drove the team into a mountain.
4 years later all the young talent that came in over the last couple years of Herm's time here is approaching the end of their prime years.
This isn't a team that should be rebuilding, but it's definitely a team that should be operating with the knowledge that a rebuild will be necessary by 2015. And honestly, looking at this draft, I think that's exactly what they did. They went after Smith knowing that they need some base-level competency at the position in order to take advantage of the primes of their best players. They then used the rest of the draft on picks that many of us see as somewhat redundant picks, but on BPA guys that they realize will probably be needed to step in sooner than you think.
As I've taken a longer look at this draft, I think they did a very smart thing in how they approached it. This team isn't a young team anymore and Reid/Dorsey wisely approached it as a team starting from scratch.
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I don't think we really disagree with much here. I don't think the team will need a rebuild if they draft and play free agency smart, which sounds like what you're saying at the end there.
The way I'm saying it is that the window that should have been opening during Pioli's reign is finally opening now and if the Chiefs make the right personnel moves they can both start to win now and continue to win for several years to come. It's not the kind of win now situation that took place in Vermeil's last years or that is taking place in Denver.