The Chiefs Defense: An Absolutely Terrifying Set of Statistics

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Who said anything about cutting young players?

I said they've put themselves in a position that they have to draft exceptionally to win in the future. (3-5 years down the road, and beyond)

As players age, their productivity declines.

They went out an spent a ton of money to win NOW, future be damned.

Unless they strike gold in the draft over the next 2 years and find replacements for these aging players (which all happen to be at key positions) then they're screwed.

The average age of the offense is 30 years old. Every impact player they have is over 30. (Favre, Jones, Coles, Woody, Faneca, etc)

They have youth at two positions, center and left tackle.

They are in better shape on the defensive side of the ball averaging 27 years old. All of their age is in the front 7, all of those guys are in that 30 YO range - which is the beginning of the slide, in a lot of cases.

Where they are really strong/young is in the backfield.

IMO, the Jets are going to end up right where Vermeil's Chiefs did - they'll all "get old" and have their skills diminish around the same time. If they draft like we did, they'll fall of the face of the map - just like we did.

You're missing my point -- sure, if they are trading away all their draft picks, or cutting promising but young guys (like Minn. with Thigpen), then yeah, they may be mortgaging the future. If you sign good veteran players instead of playing crappy young players with no future, how are you mortgaging the future. My point is simply you either draft well, in which case you'll be good in the future, or you don't, and signing old good players doesn't matter.