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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi
Okay after 114 pages, I have come around a bit. I'm going to admit some things...
-I am too attached to the draft. The #29 pick is not as valuable as my evening Thursday with beers and friends watching the draft makes me think it is.
-I had already decided in my head a first was too much and hearing "first and a second" made my brain short circuit. In actuality when you look at the draft slot numbers it is only a slight overpay.
-I hear "domestic violence" and think oh shit not this again but I had not heard about his upbringing and story and it is not quite what I thought it was.
-I see those contract numbers and got triggered about overpaying but it appears this contract is manageable and doesn't prevent the Chiefs from signing any other current players.
-I clearly had not seen enough Clark film. I thought he was "good" and the Chiefs think he is "DMVP candidate good" and there is a wide chasm between those two.
-This guy is a monster. He reminds me more of Khalil Mack than anybody else.
I have come around on this pick. Imagine the Chiefs taking a center at 29 or taking a guy with the skills to be a defensive MVP candidate.
It's a good thing I'm not the GM.
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You make a key point there with your second to last bullet. If the team thinks he's the second best pass rusher in the NFL, which is what some reports said motivated them here, then a slight overpay is nothing.
Are we going to be upset about some special teamer that we could have gotten with the extra draft value when Clark makes a critical sack on third down? Or every time he puts an opponent in a 2nd and long situation by being able to play the run? If we get off the freaking field in the AFC Championship game this year when a team is running down our throats because they know we can't do anything about it?
People forget that the team was on pace for some time last year to give up the most yards any team has ever given up. EVER.
It's ok to pay a premium to fix that. Really.