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Originally Posted by kcbubb
Does this need to be explained? LT is a premier position. You put your best protector there. I don’t want to go into the season counting on Niang at LT. He’s never played LT and it’s too risky when he’s protecting Mahomes. Drafting a LT at 31 is too risky unless one of the top 3 fall, which they won’t. At minimum, Niang would need to beat out a stop gap LT that we sign and the stop gap could be depth. You don’t go into the season with Niang penciled in as the starter at LT.
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Do you really think this hasn't all been discussed AD NAUSEUM for months now?
We don't know what the plan is.
Maybe it's Niang at LT. Maybe it's not.
Maybe it's draft a kid at #31, or maybe it's #63.
Maybe it's pair that with a stop-gap short term guy like Okung. Probably, this is the plan.
Maybe it's trade for a LT from another NFL roster. Who knows? We don't. Veach knows, and he's not talking.
Niang was a first round talent that fell in the draft because of a hip injury. I expect he's in the plans at one side or the other.
I wouldn't expect anything to just be handed to a rookie right out of the gate.