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Originally Posted by RealSNR
Ever since we traded for Frank Clark, this board’s overall opinion on 1st round picks has changed dramatically.
Many (probably most) hated the idea of trading a 1st for Clark before the deal happened. Then the rumor of a 1st plus more came out and people became okay with just the 1st rounder. And now that the trade went through, I hear all the time things like:
“Who would we have drafted that’s better than Clark?”
“Let me show you a list of players drafted 16-32 in the past many drafts...”
“1sts are overrated. In half the drafts the guys you can get are borderline 2nd rounders.”
“Get the guy you want. Clark was the guy we wanted.”
Those can be valid points, and trades involving 1st round picks aren’t all bad (in moderation) for a team.
However, doing this multiple years in a row does have its consequences. If we use a 1st for PP, that will be 3 straight years without having one. Yes, I know what we got out of the deal (especially Mahomes) but continuing to trade away 1sts isn’t going to help him the way he needs.
A better question may be to ask, “Can we realistically expect to reload every year and keep every hole on the team filled each of Mahomes’ seasons? The answer seems to be no, looking at the careers of Brady, Rodgers, and other stars who have been with their teams 10 years or more. The talent pool fluctuates. It has to. Not even the Patriots could get Brady everything he needed each year. Remember when Kenbrell Tompkins was his WR1?
I’m not eager to get to that point with Mahomes, I’m only bringing up concern that we need to keep those type of seasons to a bare minimum. And it’s why we are probably waiting out the Cardinals.
And good for Veach for doing that. Let Keim and the ownership continue to piss off Peterson. Let them struggle with their unhappy vet for awhile. Let them come to us. They know we’re probably interested. If that takes us into the regular season, so be it
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It depends on team and situation in my view. To a team in their bowl window that is drafting at the back of the round a proven player that is 25 is going to have more value than a dude drafted at 30.
On the other end if you are a team that is coming off of being 5-11 you shouldn't be trading picks because that player isn't going to put you over the top.
I have come to realize that draft picks and cap space are really valued when you have them yet somehow when you use them people get pissy about it.
There is an argument for both sides obviously but the Chiefs right now need players to be good right now, they can't wait 3 years for a DE to be a good player.