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Originally Posted by wazu
Then he’s a more expensive version of Hardman rather than Pringle or D-Rob. I actually would consider him a small upgrade over Hardman. I feel like the Chiefs have done nothing but whiff at the WR position outside of Tyreek for almost all of Andy’s tenure. Tyreek was the exception that made it all okay. MVS is a guy I’ve watched a lot and really felt like he sucked. So seeing him get paid a veteran deal and be hyped as part of the answer is not real encouraging 2 days after losing Tyreek.
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You're kinda oversimplying things if you're boiling everything down to "he's equivalent to Pringle" or "he's a more expensive version of Hardman," no? The guy is 6'4 and fast and has some ability to track a ball downfield. That doesn't sound much like Hardman's role as a gadgety player, does it?
As for failing at the WR position, okay, sure. But you could've said the exact same thing at ILBer and then suddenly we have Bolton and Gay elevating the position. The sample size is relatively small and they've never made an investment equivalent to a first round pick which I'm highly confident they'll be doing here.
You said it yourself: "part of the answer." If we hit on our pick, we have pick/JuJu/MVS at a meaningful discount to Hill/Juju/WR3. I don't think the room will be nearly as good in year 1, but if the pick works, you can see how it could be extremely competent. But we also get to use the 29 and 50 to move up to 15-20 and get an elite edge rusher. Okay, that's good. And we get to use more of the cap space we have to sign Gilmore, Ingram, etc to fill out the roster.
And then next year, we have a younger team with a lot more cap flexibility.
You can't judge this deal just based on year 1 let alone on day 2.