Working theory: 2 1sts means we can be patient with Ojabo.

[Direckshun]

Ojabo is a perfect fit for the Spags scheme, is he not?

But we can’t take a DE this year who we can’t play until Thanksgiving because we’re so thin at the position.

Unless we use our other 1st on a DE who can play.

Spending both 1sts on DEs who wouldn’t warrant a 1st on their own make sense to me.

Karlaftis can make an immediate impact, but he’s never going to have a high ceiling. But you can play him week 1 knowing you’ll ~8 sacks a season out of him. That doesn’t make a lot of sense on its own, but when you combine that with a sky-high potential at “leo” with Ojabo, you’ve effectively drafted your starting DEs for the next 5 years back-to-back in the 1st.

Karlaftis’ immediate impact allows us to be patient in bringing Ojabo along, and Ojabo’s upside allows us to look past Karlaftis’ lack of ceiling.

We talked about trading up all of last year, only for the Chiefs to stay put at the bottom of the 2nd and take two Pro Bowl caliber players.

Going DE back to back is incredibly unorthodox, but given the tire fire that position is right now, it’s not beyond the realm of possibility, and those two players in tandem could be an excellent combo there.