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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
When you can't draft 'em, you can only work with what you've got.
And no matter who we draft or how high we move up, we CANNOT expect a rookie to be a viable starter next season. I don't know how many of these guys we have to see struggle in year 1 at OT before we come to grips with that. Even the blue-chippers need time more often than not.
The odds of there being anyone better than Robinson or potentially Humphries on the market are just really remote. Terron Armstead could be a cap casualty, I guess, but they don't clear much space by cutting him. I believe Bolles is a FA but he'll get tagged if not extended. Maybe Ronnie Stanley? Tyron Smith has the same age/injury concerns he had last season, I don't want to give him a long-term deal.
Robinson (or Humphries) will be the best of the lot in FA unless the Ravens let Stanley walk and I just don't see that as terribly likely.
That's your market and scarcity is gonna make 'em expensive. So I guess you draft in the areas you draft well and pay for the expensive veteran where you haven't.
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And we’ve seen the caliber… or floor… for an LT that the Chiefs can effectively work with to run a highly productive offense.
Eric Fisher.
OBJ.
Donovan Smith.
Seems like Cam Robinson or Terron Armetead is at the level of those players.