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Originally Posted by O.city
Unless a big time WR prospect falls a bit and you wanna trade up for him, just keep swinging at those 2nd round ish WR's.
I'm of the opinion that Andy will want to keep the OL together as long as possible, so I think they sign OBJ to a long term deal at LT and consider LT thru RG done for a couple years.
Wouldn't be the worst idea to take a RT early but you've gotta attack the DL pretty hard.
They're just really in the spot where they don't need to shoe horn themselves into any one spot. Just keep stacking the BPA and depth and see what sticks.
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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
I strongly disagree about OBJ and LT, but beyond that I’m not so sure they won’t be backed into a corner to address DL. The DL room is empty next year, and Chris Jones is in the last year of his deal. 2-3 DL picks are likely going to happen because they have no other choice.
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Originally Posted by O.city
Jones will sign an extension, they'll fill some around him, I'd guess that's a FA priority.
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I'd be shocked if they don't extend Jones this offseason. Eventually you have to pay the Mahomes piper, and extending Jones this offseason, well look at the cap implications.
If you look through several elite DTs, the NFL only seems to give them that "cheap first year" about half the time.
The four DTs who are at Jones' level or within screaming distance of him:
Aaron Donald's first year cap hit: $27m
Leonard Williams: $9m
DeForest Buckner: $23m
Jonathan Allen: $7m
So it's really hit and miss. Jones' cap hit in his first year was $15m, which seems to split the difference.
Either way, you can probably save money on that first year, but I doubt you can save as much as you think you can. Should be enough to get the Chiefs to $50m in cap space though, assuming you bite the bullet this year on Mahomes/Kelce/Thuney, which you should.