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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Well Dorsey's gone and I feel your Cassel projection is a tad optimistic. Moreover, I don't see any way the Chiefs could 'furiously' try to trade down and find no takers, not with the Eagles obvious interest in Smith and the Bills cutting Fitzpatrick.
I will not accept the "we tried but couldn't" excuse this year. It doesn't even begin to pass the sniff test.
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If I had a time machine back in the fall and caught myself pining for a trade down like I am now, I would have killed myself on the spot. On the ****ing spot.
But now that I am, I think if we've learned one thing about Pioli, it's that "we tried" means "we were open to it if we didn't have to make any sacrifices whatsoever." Everything from acquiring ANY legit QB prospect in four years of drafts to searching for a head coach and offensive coordinator to getting Dwayne Bowe's deal done suggests that the options were ALWAYS available. And I imagine with the thread coming out that a trade down in 2009 WAS possible but not taken by Pioli, it leads me to believe that we could have been so much better off for doing that.
Dorsey signed Bowe for an entirely reasonable amount of money and got Tyson Jackson to STFD and
. I'll bet he finds a trade down partner.