If the Chiefs traded a 2nd for Thomas, let him play out the year and then let him walk away for a big contract elsewhere, wouldn't they be likely to get a 3rd back in the form of a compensatory pick (albeit a year later, iirc)? I'd be okay with that in an attempt to fix the defense.
Of course, that same reasoning is why the Seahawks are going to want more than a 3rd.
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