I bet you were against the drafting of Tyreek Hill too and the signing of Frank Clark

At this point what do we have other than "if"?

A draftee would be unproven.

Fisher is hurt and his future is uncertain.

Remmers is awful.

Seriously, what do you want to do at this point that's a "sure thing"? Because there isn't one that I can see.

Already said it multiple times. Trade up for one of the best T prospects in the draft. It'd be a hell of a lot closer to a sure thing in my eyes than pencilling in Niang who was a RT in college and coming off an operation to his hip.

Again. Even with the injury (which he played with and performed at an elite level) he was great. After the surgery and a full year to heal, he will be at peak ability. He’s also had a year to study the playbook and absorb responsibilities and concepts.

There is no reason to not think he can perform at a high level at either OT spot.

Have you read what players like Chase Young said about him?

So you're giving away multiple picks, probably 1st round picks, to get another "if".

Sorry, but that's just not a solid plan. It's a whole lot of wishful thinking and that's about it.

Remmers was awful at LT...you should probably re-evaluate his performance at RT.

Just a suggestion.

I don’t remember Remmers having a bad game at RT, but I may be forgetting something.

Both advanced stat sites I use show he didn’t give up a sack while playing right tackle and was only flagged 4 times.

We were talking about LT. In the context of my question, his performance at RT is irrelevant.

Yeah, I've seen plenty of players come back with lessened abilities after a surgery, especially since we haven't actually had him in the building to evaluate, but let's just drop it. Agree to disagree here.

In no way shape or form should KC trade up to draft a LT.

Are you insane?

He has lost his mind over the SB loss.

There's likely to be a plug and play starting OT available at #31. There's no need to trade up if you really want a starting OT.

The simple fact is that draft picks don't always pan out, regardless of where they were picked. The guy picked right after Eric Fisher isn't even in the league anymore.

There's no such thing as a sure thing so all of this talk is kind of silly.

There's no way to address the situation that isn't riddled with question marks.

Uhh, why not? By most accounts Schwartz is done and Fisher just ruptured his achilles in December.

This is going to be a draft where elite front offices like ours are going to kill the draft. There’s not as much film to watch from this last year of college and I expect some “Ldarius Sneed” situations to come to fruition based off 2 year old data from Veach.

In no way do I want to see us move picks in the mid rounds AND a future premium pick to move up for a position we probably have covered in house or at most can be filled through a stop gap FA option.

Because you can likely have just as good a chance at getting a starting LT at 31 as you could by trading up. This is a very good OT class and there's no reason to throw away picks when you're not guaranteed anything.

Look at it this way:

As deep as this OT class is, by trading up to say 20, you're getting your pick of 3 or 4 guys, one or two of whom will likely be available at 31.

If you're talking about trading up to get a guy like Slater or Darrisaw, you're talking about trading MORE than what we traded to get Patrick Mahomes.

I'm hoping you can see how that's just a bad idea given the circumstances.