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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Buffalo and Cincinnati are great examples of why I don’t love this. There are offenses that are just really really good and they’re going to get theirs against us. We can beat these teams in shootouts. I don’t love having to beat these guys with a balance of defense and an offense that does just enough.
Over the past few years what has lost it for us in the playoffs? Last year it was our offense. The year before our offensive line. Hell the defense bailed our offense out in the Super Bowl until we got it together in the 4th.
Our offense has become very efficient. But we know we are capable of so much more than that. We still have games like cincy and Tennessee and vs the rams where we are really really grinding for yards. Our production really downplays that these games were really difficult for our offense. Our WRs don’t match up well against really physical teams. And some teams have been able to figure out kelce just enough to make it real difficult for everyone else. Hell, we don’t necessarily have this version of kelce for too too long. We know mahomes can power his way through these games but he shouldn’t have to. We know he can flat out dominate if you surround him with talent.
I think veach has shown he can still build a solid defense without a whole lot of resources. It does feel like he needs a lot of investment to make them truly great. Meanwhile, do you think any defense is stopping us if we add a mclaurin or metcalf?
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As much as I'd love to see Veach going up top for a guy like Jalin Hyatt to make this offense more explosive, you have to fix what ails you.
Right now, what ails KC is terrible tackle play.
It's difficult to get a starting caliber LT outside of the top 15. If you're going to get one, you have to make a serious investment. If you're not making that investment, you usually have an aging tackle and can find a nice project guy in the 3rd to 4th to develop.
League-wide, here's the distribution for Left and Right Tackles (AVE = average pick in that round, % = Count in that round out of 32 teams) using initial starters (i.e. before injuries happened):
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RND LT AVE % RT AVE %
1 18 13 56% 11 16 34%
2 3 44 9% 5 51 16%
3 4 81 13% 7 78 22%
4 2 119 6% 1 140 3%
5 1 168 3% 1 158 3%
6 0 0 0% 0 0 0%
7 3 241 9% 1 248 3%
CFA 1 0 3% 6 0 19%
If you swap Trevor Penning (R1-19) for James Hurst (CFA), that puts the league at 60% of LTs coming from Rnd 1.
Obviously, it's not necessary to take a tackle in round 1 but your best bet to get a starter is in that round on either side. At a minimum, it's best to take either by the end of Day 2 (78% of LTs taken by then and 72% of RTs).
I can't fathom Veach targeting an offensive playmaker right now when he not only needs to fix the atrocious tackle situation but also needs to fix the defensive line. Fixing the O-line will open this offense up as much as another playmaker will and Pat won't be running for his life and have injury risk.