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Originally Posted by staylor26
There was no combine so that’s not the case here.
He’s going off of this rule that he’s made in his head where any LT we can possibly get at 63 has to be a huge project because reasons!
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Any tackle you get beyond the top 20-24 or so is usually a project.
Most starters in the NFL were taken at or before that range or in the 4th and developed.
Run has legitimate reasons he's not articulating.
I'm not advocating KC not take a tackle in the 2nd or 3rd or wherever there is value but I can say that probabilities are not in your favor to get a starter for 2021 if you don't go up in 1.
So, if you don't want to lock yourself into that scenario, the only realistic options are to 1) sign a vet right now and the only vet with schematic fit at LT really is Okung or 2) trade for a vet and there aren't many realistic options there.
It's especially frustrating that the Chiefs didn't sign Reiff after missing on Williams. Sign Okung and hope he stays healthy? Trade for Dillon and hope he's grown into a starting caliber lineman? Sign Roderick Johnson who's looked good in limited reps but better at RT? Hope like hell that Niang can play LT?
None of those options look as appealing to me as trading a 2nd and 4th or whatever it happens to take to move up for Sam Cosmi in the 20 range.
Can KC sit at 31 and get a LT for 2021? More than Probably not. The Chiefs aren't the only team that needs a LT right now, so they will be hot commodities. We know that the Chargers, Vikings, Colts, and Steelers need LTs and we know that the Cowboys, Bears, Redskins, and Jaguars could be players.
Round one LTs look to be Sewell, Slater, Darrisaw, and Cosmi. After that, a bunch of RTs and a fall off to guys like Radunz, Hudson, Little, etc that should be late 2nd-4th round guys. No trade up means a developmental guy later.
It just doesn't look that great for letting the board fall to you theories.