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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
If you’re counting Rashee’s return then that helps your case but we have to note that he’s still coming off of injury and facing possible suspension.
We’ve lost about 1,000 snaps from the RB room, another 1,000 at S losing J Reid, 900 at DT losing Wharton and probably Nnadi, and another 200+ from a really good situational pass rusher in Omenihu.
We don’t really have any in-house answers for those losses outside of Hicks. Even that makes us worse, IMO, as we’re now that much thinner at the position.
I’m just not sure we can realistically expect the kinds of performances we’ve grown accustomed to lately from a bunch of rookies and second-wave FAs.
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None of our primary AFC competitors — not Buffalo, Baltimore, LA, or Denver — are returning a player like Rashee Rice. They all were very lucky not to suffer that type of loss. So you absolutely have to factor him into the calculus year over year.
The RB snaps they are losing largely stunk. Hunt was the only decent player and he couldn’t break a single 20-yard run, so even he was not playing in his ideal role at near 30 years old.
Hicks is here to take Reid’s role. I’ll hear you on Wharton and Omenihu, but I think Charles is coming back. And it’s the perfect draft to restock your DL anyhow.
I’m not saying it’s hyperbolic, but the Kansas City arrow is at least pointing somewhat up.