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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Draft picks are a crapshoot if you're expectation is to land frank Clark. Obviously not likely at #29. They dont even need to land a superstar. Let's say we draft a solid WR2. Now not only do we have the $20m money we didn't spend on Clark. We also save $20m because we can cut Sammy Watkins without hurting our offense.
Now with that $40m, what do you do? Fair question and why I'm open to an aggressive trade for Clark. But the other options aren't necessarily bad either. You could spend or trade on multiple players immediately to fill multiple holes. You could frontload the hell out of Chris jones and tyreek (assuming he's good to go) so we have more flexibility to make big moves next year or even after the big mahomes contract. Again, I get why we went with the Clark strategy. But arguably it also puts more pressure to win in the next three years where being more patient gives us a lot more flexibility to extend our window beyond 3 years.
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You don't even have to try to land a Frank Clark. How many first round picks will be playing in 5 years? According to this article, just over half:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ds-for-success
(article is old in terms of rookie contracts but analysis is sound)
An NFL contract is for anticipated future production. It is far more reasonable to believe that Clark will produce in the future than a rookie, even a first round rookie. The nice thing about the Clark contract is that it is essentially a 3 year contract, giving us his best years and allowing us out at a small price if he doesn't work out. The downside is the cost against the cap next year and the following.
Of course, if the defense doesn't shit the bed and Mahomes gets us to the SB, nobody will bitch about the cost.