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Originally Posted by MightyMouse
I truly believe Sutton was always gonna be gone and the plan was to move into a 4-3 in 2019. I think Speaks and DOD got picked to get them a year of experience but ready to help the move into a 4-3. It’s hard to change in one off season from they were getting a start on that. Unfortunately both look like reaches.
I don’t think anything negative of Speaks based on year one. He looked over weight and slow at training camp. There seems to be this belief you either think he will be good or a bust. Some of us are just cautious because no part of Speaks game as shown he will be anything more than a average to below average rotational guy. That is based off of what I’ve seen from the guy. I’ve said before and say it again, I’m not saying cut the guy and I hope I’m wrong because if he could just be then Okafor then that could save us like 5-6mil and not make DE a priority next draft.
I’ve heard Petro freaking out about the 2021 roster but in reality it’s not in bad shape if a couple guys can be ready to start. So far this staff seems to be developing pretty well and spags does an incredible job of working with what he is given.
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Veach has said they make moves thinking a couple years out.
In 2018, they'd decided that Mahomes was ready.
You really want to change BOTH sides of a play-off caliber football team? Put the pressure on a first year starter to have to score every drive?
Nah. They knew they were moving on from Sutton. But it was time to hand the keys of the offense to Mahomes. They opted to hope the defense could hold the line one more year.
It worked out to where it couldn't have gone much worse, but I understand the thought process, and I did at the time, and if you wanna go back and look, I was saying so all throughout.
And I was good with gutting the damned thing in Mahomes year 2 and starting over.
Those cats drafted in '18 were drafted for scheme flexibility. I don't know if they had Spags earmarked (but it's entirely possible they did) or whether they knew for sure they were going 4-3 but either way, they knew Sutton was gone. He was a lame duck. They just didn't want to up-end the entire team in one offseason. It's just common sense.