No we're drafting an EDGE in this draft

But that upside is so high. If there was a training/medical staff that could work with that history it would be KCs. McKinnon was injury prone until he got here, Kelce hasn't missed a game in forever, Mahomes bounces back from almost everything etc..... I honestly can't remember the last time injuries truly hurt this team or KC had a huge list of players on IR. Maybe it was the SB loss to Tampa?

Just shit posting here and not at all serious but Kadarius Toney had a pretty lengthy issue with injuries and welp

I like the player and brought up the possibility of trading for him a month or two ago, but there’s no way you can trade anything significant for him and then turn around and give him a new deal with lots of guarantees.

That said, KC would be a great fit for him. Premier position coaching and medical staff could breathe life into his young career.

Does that make him a FA? He will play for another team next season or they will work out a contract with him? Would we have to trade something for him or was he basically released?

He is still under contract with Washington until after this season.

Yeah same draft class and situation as CEH not getting that 5th year option. Probably.

There is the allure of bringing in a really good edge rusher that could dominate a football game. Chase has not been that player for two years, but maybe he could return to that.

Injury history of Chase Young -
Sep 27, 2020 - Inguinal Groin Strain Grade 2. Missed one game for his rookie season.
Nov 14, 2021 - Knee ACL Tear Grade 3. Missed 21 games in 2 seasons recovering from injury.

tredadda mentioned Jerick McKinnon and this is a good comparison because both players had a major ACL injury that takes a lot of time to recover from. Jerick missed his 2018 and 2019 seasons recovering from his ACL tear, grade 3.

Chase Young can still be a really good football player, but he is not a free agent and he is still being paid well as a 2020 1 (2) draft pick. His cap for Washington for 2023 is $10,997,509. They could save $5,323,219 with $5,674,290 of dead money in a trade.

A team trading for Chase with his current contract, would still have to pay $5,323,219 for 1 year of his service.

It is interesting to think about but considering KC would have to trade for him and still have to pay over $5M. Also, has he fully recovered?

The contract long term for him would be a barrier, if he could stay healthy he could easily be better than any DE available in this draft and especially where KC is picking.

No deal!

Just $5million? For Chase? That's a steal and a half if he could stay healthy. Dude is a beast.

He definitely WAS a beast before his injury. He only has a couple of sacks since then though so his beast status after recovery remains to be seen.

Anything less than a first and I'm in

Well that's true. And I didn't pay any attention to him after his injury for some reason.

I guess if Veach acquired him, I'd trust that Chase is healthy.

Good God though, if he was healthy, our DL would be pretty scary. George, CJ and Chase all on the same line in a passing situation? That'd be nuts.

That ACL tear is pretty concerning.

I mean, we just got rid of a big money DE underperforming supposedly because he wasn't fully healthy in Frank Clark. Do we really want a guy coming in and trying to baby a bad wheel?

Not sure that's the move.

However, Veach did trade away a first rounder for a 2 season bandaid at LT, so it isn't out of the question if he believes that Chase Young can not only play the full season, but do it at a high expectation level.

ACL is a pretty ugly injury for a D lineman.