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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief
Reid's philosophy has always been to get the best 5 guys on the field, so in that scenario it's quite simple; Smith is your LT and Taylor is your RT. I really don't see how this is going to play out any other way.
It's pretty clear that the Chiefs insisting Taylor was going to be their LT was nothing more than a smoke screen, just like all the WR videos coming out of top flight guys (except for Rice) practicing with Mahomes.
Quite frankly, it would have been downright irresponsible for the Chiefs to depend on Taylor learning a new position at LT and expecting Niang, Prince and Morris to hopefully figure things out on the right side. We are protecting the best QB ever to play the game here, and I'm personally tired of seeing him hop around on one leg, and I'm sure they are too. They need to have their asses covered. If it turns out Taylor at LT and Niang at RT looks like the best combo, then great, but you sure as hell couldn't go into the year counting on that. This way your floor is relatively high, while keeping the ceiling high as well.
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There's no way the Chiefs paid Taylor all that money and won't at least make the attempt to switch him to left. They're also paying Thuney. Creed and Trey won't be playing for peanuts anymore after the 2024 season. You've got all those things to juggle and you STILL don't have the LT figured out for the long term? I reeeeeally doubt the Chiefs think Wanya Morris is the answer there.
Yes, Andy believes in playing the best 5, but he's also not a dummy. He knows Taylor is currently way better at RT than he is LT, and that's how things will be for awhile. Just saying, "That's how the lineup shakes out!" gives him no chance to make the switch, and that's really what they need to try to make happen.
Again, if he can't make the switch successfully, they'll do what's right and readjust next offseason. But ever since they cut Fisher, the team has been in this question mark hole at LT to start each offseason. That's Mahomes' freakin blindside protector we're talking about here, and every offseason is up on in the air. Maybe Morris will be a pleasant surprise and it turns out we got our longterm starter. ****ing great. But you know Veach isn't going to count on that, and we can't afford to pay for a starting LT in FA if we leave Taylor at RT. We will have pigeonholed ourselves into a rookie or a freakin 3rd round pick by default if Taylor isn't the guy.
You gotta admit that scenario isn't ideal.