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Originally Posted by BossChief
I’m pleased to hear the news about Fisher and Schwartz and glad we won’t need to pump major resources into OT for an immediate player or 2. It opens up the possibility of significantly upgrading center with Linsley, but even that may not come to fruition.
I see a couple of the other LBers as having upside of a 3 down linebacker with work (Parsons, Moses and a couple others) but they hold more risk than Collins and will also require more work to get their upside realized. I’d prefer those kinds of prospects after a trade down or in the second round, but I wouldn’t be mad if Veach takes one of them.
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Parsons won't ever get to 31. He's probably a top 20 pick even with the character concerns.
Moses is way overrated. There will be better options in the 2nd and 3rd than him, IMO.
And in reality, we're really in the same place.
I don't have a problem with them drafting a LB. I don't have a problem with them drafting an OT.
What I have a problem with is that this team should have a singular focus at any point in the draft. There is nothing this team needs so badly that all other concerns should be tossed aside and ignored.
This team still needs WR's, DE's, and DB's, all of which are more valuable in this system than LB's and IOL. That doesn't mean they shouldn't draft a LB, it just means they should let the board play out and take the best player, at a position of need, and holds the best value. That could be Zaven Collins or it might be Rashad Bateman. I trust these guys to know what they're doing.
The Chiefs should be approaching this with eyes wide open, not with one arm tied behind their backs.