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Originally Posted by RealSNR
Keep drafting them. **** paying these prices for the position
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That's the most cost-effective option. Problem is getting lucky and drafting one.
But take the D. Hopkins example. Let's say he could be had for around $20M/yr. About 5M less than what Tyreek wanted, iirc. He would instantly change how defenses could play KC. Thre would be little to no option for boxing Kelce on every passing snap and rolling the dice singling every other receiver. DHop would have to be accounted for most of the time with some kind of double/bracket or whatever.
And yeah, most of the time it doesn't seem necessary when KC is again the no. 1 offense this season, but we're kind of forgetting just how many times really good defenses stalled this offense, and those are the defenses we'll be playing in the postseason more often than not. Having a true WR1 would tilt that dynamic in our favor again and make it basically impossible for teams to simply man press our receivers; they'd have to do something about it.
And it should be doable, if a top-tier WR is available, considering that Veach was perfectly willing to pay Tyreek $25M, and sign OBJ, extend CJ and so on.
Obviously, none of this works if said receiver wanted top-3 money, but top-10 money might be doable, is all I'm saying.