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Originally Posted by staylor26

Umm Niang actually played football in 2019.

Little was completely out of football and played less football in 2019 as well.

Niang also wasn’t considered a RT only prospect, and I’ve acknowledged that Little played LT so there’s a difference there, but it’s not an entire ****ing round difference.

But hey you know where everybody is going on draft day! You’re the expert! Just look at Ezra Cleveland who you claimed wouldn’t even be available at 32 and he went 26 picks later! “Top 20 pick any other year”, right?

Niang’s situation was common knowledge to people following him last spring and pretty common to any Chiefs fan once we drafted him and looked at his story:

He still hadn’t allowed a sack since the start of his junior season, but he had surgery in early November with an eye on TCU’s pro day in March to prove what he could do with two healthy hips.

Niang never got the chance, with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down the remainder of the pre-draft process. Now, in a deep class of offensive tackles, the lack of medical certainty with his hip might mean a substantial drop on the draft board for a road-grading right tackle who, in any other year, might’ve been a first-round pick.

But fair or not, several other options at the position are perceived to be safer picks. Niang finds himself in a battle of perception ahead of the draft, with little options other than to hope his game tape speaks for itself.

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