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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Those are throwaway picks for a SB organization w/ a deep roster. They have 5 picks on day 3 that flat out don't !#@#ing matter for a good team because 3rd day picks are going to struggle like crazy to make the roster.
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More picks allows more flexibility in the draft. Also, more picks puts less pressure on the GM to get each selection "right". It's okay to miss on a late 3rd or 4th rounder when you hit on a 6th, which the Chiefs have done several times since Reid became the HC.
Take away those two picks and it's much more difficult to fill out your draft class.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
If you can snag a pick in the 3rd round to trade back a handful of spaces - go ahead and do that. But anything in the 5th or later is worthless to this roster and this team.
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Fenton, LDT and Fulton were all 6th rounders and while Fenton performed well during his rookie season and the book is yet to be written on his career, Fulton and LDT were most certainly hits.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Those are wild cards and you can use UDFA and street FAs to fill those roster spots just as effectively.
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As I've been saying for the past month, the UDFA market is going to be absolutely insane because teams weren't allowed facility visits nor were they allowed medical exams and physicals. There will be an enormous amount of talent but there will be questions surrounding most of those players, mainly due health. It wouldn't surprise me at all if many UDFA's end up getting larger contracts than many 6th and 7th rounders.
In case you missed it, Veach addressed it with Peter King, which was featured in his interview yesterday but hasn't seen any traction around here, for whatever reason:
“You hit the real story behind the draft,” Chiefs GM Brett Veach said last week. “The biggest challenge for most staffs this year will not be in the draft, but [in undrafted] free agency . . . It’ll certainly be a story for years to come for all draft rooms, how it all went down.”