Thanks! And thoughts on the final draft grade?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by RunKC

I think you’re spot on here. Like it or not the Chiefs are desperate and a guy as talented as Josh Simmons was is never gonna be available to this team picking so late so this is an outlier.

I think the extra pick from Sneed and the Chiefs not trading away assets, but rather gaining one, helped the risk allocation for them.

We’ve had 7 LT’s in 4 years since Eric Fisher ruptured his Achilles. They have done everything possible to try to fix tackle using a 1st, 2nd and two 3rd’s as well as paying top dollar for Taylor and none it has brought the dividends they hoped for.

Without injury I’d guarantee this kid is a top 10 pick in this draft and everyone from Nick Saban, Matt Miller, Todd McShay and Louis Riddick echoed those comments.

They’re banking on him being *at worst* a decent playable LT that is young, and man even an average LT would such a dramatic upgrade for this offense.

Per the analytics, LT was responsible for 34% of pressure responsibility last year, which was over 20% higher than the 2nd worst team at 28%. Keep in mind that the offense had to have training wheels put on it and have half of the plays taken out bc of the LT and injuries to skill players, so that 34% may be a little kind for what reality showed on tape.

They’re very desperate and I can’t blame them

I'm more than fine saying that LT was the biggest problem on the OL last year.

If we can also acknowledge that based on those same stats, PM was the 2nd worst QB in the entire NFL in creating his own pressure. Nix was the only guy in the league who was responsible for a larger percentage of the pressures against than Mahomes.

Nix was a rookie with a steady OL so it stands to reason that he'd be responsible for a fairly high percentage of the pressures against him.

PM had a pretty serious issue at LT and has a ton of experience at this point.

An average OT can make things easier for him, yes. But he did a lot to make things harder for himself last year and he absolutely must improve in that regard. Not his OL, not his weapons - HIM.