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Originally Posted by FloridaMan88
That’s the consequence of one of the positions they did go cheap at… LT.
The Chiefs center, RT, and LG have three of the highest salary cap #’s on the roster… while both of their LT’s to start the season are making less than their third string RB (Perine).
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Except they didn't go cheap at LT. They tried signing Trent Williams but he wanted to go to SF.
They then pivoted to Brown Jr. who they tried to resign, but his pride got in the way and he signed with Cincy for less than what KC offered.
They moved on from him to Donovan Smith who was a stop gap and sadly the best option available.
This year they drafted a high upside guy in Round 2 who ended up being far more raw than anyone expected. Plus they brought in Humphries once he was medically cleared and he sadly did not pan out.
It's not like there is this glut of FA LTs out there that they passed on to save a buck or two. LT is the second hardest position to fill on offense outside of QB. It's even harder when you draft 28 or higher every year.
We are seeing the effects of why dynasties are so hard to build and maintain. Every team in this year's playoffs have benefitted from down years except KC.
Outside of tanking (which Mahomes will never do), this is going to be the lot of this team for many more years.
This means in order to maintain the dynasty they are going to have to be smart with FA signings as well as keeping as many picks as possible in order to draft as much talent as possible. That also means taking chances on raw, high upside guys like Kingsley and hoping they live up to it.