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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Looking to trade McDuffie, a 1st and the 66th pick for a middle-first LT is absolutely 'burning the organization down' yes.
Because what happens when THAT doesn't work. And there's, at BEST, a 50% chance that the OT you draft there becomes any sort of long-term standout.
We'll have the same people here doubling down on it. You have a thread saying "Trade whatever it takes..."
If the ONLY thing you're focusing on is one position because that one position makes your QBs job easier, and all other consequences appear immaterial, then yeah -- that's just setting PM up to be King of the Ashes.
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You take that chance because you (GM) were the fool that let a real left tackle walk out of the building because you were too cheap to negotiate enough guaranteed money. So now you've got to make a trade off... Left Tackles have an 18% bust rate. If you're such a legendary talent evaluator as you claim to be than you should be able to identify a starting left tackle in the draft and he should be able to start day one. Joe Alt, JC Latham, Brandon Coleman and Olu Fashanu all had better years as rookie left tackles than any of the sad sacks that rotated through that position for the Chiefs. If I had no other choice I'd trade McDuffie. Nothings off the table now.