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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
They're solid value because....well frankly we overvalue them. It's also why they're 'continuously available' to us. Because they SHOULDN'T be coming off the board before we pick.
These are the same conversations we had in 2019 when Juan Thornhill was a 1st round value. And Marquise Blair and Nasi Adderley and Taylor Rapp.
I did it last year with Grant Delpit.
And in the most egregious of cases you see someone like Chauncey Gardner-Johnson who we were talking ourselves into 'with what's really just a 2nd round pick anyway' going all the way to the 4th round.
They're safeties, man. They're the relief pitchers of the NFL. These guys are guys who couldn't hack it as CBs so they got moved to S and find a role.
We just overvalue them here in a big way, IMO.
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I don't think you're paying attention to how the Chiefs use them, though. In a conventional defense, you may well be right. Simple, straightforward skillset usage.
That's not what Spagnuolo does. Our Safeties have to be part linebacker, part traditional strong safety, part free safety, part slot corner. And they need to do any of those things while showing something else on any snap. It's a big part of the defense.