[LongSufferingToady]

Originally Posted by Hoover

LOL, whatever.

The NFL is about the salary cap and how well you manage it. It is even more important when you have the responsibility to pay the best QB is the league. Veach has decided to use cap space to secure 2/5s of the offensive line with keep two home grown players who are top players at their positions. It comes at the cost of a 34 year old iron man, but the key is the team actually got something for him in a 4th round pick next year. Yeah it sucks that we have to wait to cash in that chip, but just like the 3rd rounder for Sneed, it's nice when you get to collect.

Veach and the Chiefs have also invested high picks in Morris and Suamataia. Keeping Thuney and paying Smith mean neither has a sure pathway to the playing field which is not ideal. Suamataia now gets the opportunity at LG. Keeping Smith AND Thuney meant your LG is probably Suamataia or DJ Humphries at best, maybe a 1st round draft pick. Trading him, means that they can now sign a FA LT like Stanley or Tyron Smith at LT, meaning that the biggest weakness on the team has vastly been improved.

Suamataia can still develop into a LT while logging time at LG. He lacks confidence more than anything, and this is the best solution for that. While the subtraction of Thuney today makes things look worse, you have to wait and see what the entire picture looks like after free agency and the draft. Today's move shows that Veach is in the midst of a rebuild not a plug and play.

Knew I could always count on a homer to keep his blinders on...