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Originally Posted by PGM
You are being foolish and overreacting...The CP hallmark.
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The window for starting QBs winning championships is 31. Alex is 30.
KC lacks a competent free safety, and absolutely no depth on the defensive or offensive lines.
They need at least
one game changing player on offense aside from Jamaal, and probably need two. Jamaal isn't getting any younger at a position that gets most of its production from guys in their first three years in the league. Sure, Knile looked good at times but there's no guarantee he'll be able to add 1800+ yards of total offense like Jamaal does.
Cooper is unproven at CB. Flowers and Smith are somewhere above JAG level and KC has four games against great offenses in San Diego and Denver. KC needs one more legitimate pass rusher that can at least approach the effect Houston has on defense to get pressure.
Kansas City is just not a good team, and there isn't a lot that can be done this year to fix that considering their draft position.
So you look to next year... Alex will be 31, Jamaal will be one year older and the Chiefs could take Xavier Su'Fila-whatever just as easily as they could take Beckham, Cooks or Lee and there would still be a lack of depth either in offensive weaponry or on the offensive line. Hali and Flowers are probably gone or will have played poor enough that replacing them is a necessity.
Chances are the Chiefs won't be able to compete in 2015 either. If you're in such a position that you're not good enough to compete for playoff success for two years in a row, then some big chances are needed in the roster.
If every draft pick from 2013-2015 pan out, then the Chiefs
might be good enough to win a playoff game in 2016 and be in a good position to get to the conference final in 2017. That's an optimistic guess based on
But most draft picks in general don't pan out, and KC's drafting history writ large is pretty poor... So it'd be safe to say it'd take an extra year of drafting and player development to get in a position to be a legitimate team.
2018.
So what's the better option: try and eke out wild cards every other year with the aging roster the Chiefs have now or rebuild the team to be a consistent post season threat?