Mecole Hardman

[O.city]

The Chiefs are going to just "go grab a mediocre LT" to put there during Mahomes prime.

Yeah, I can see that happening.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by O.city

The Chiefs are going to just "go grab a mediocre LT" to put there during Mahomes prime.

Yeah, I can see that happening.

Yeah, you can see it happening every Sunday already.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by O.city

The Chiefs are going to just "go grab a mediocre LT" to put there during Mahomes prime.

Yeah, I can see that happening.

They should. A LT is less valuable to Mahomes than almost any other QB in the league. Especially a non-athletic one like OBJ. Mahomes is a guy who likes to drift out of the pocket and can avoid the rush very well. It's honestly pretty hard on a LT.

I get the idea is to "protect" him. If you really wanted to protect Mahomes you would throw half as much and run a heavy run based system. Im certainly not advocating that but that is how you would do it.

Using the resources we are better off paying an Edge rusher or Chris Jones, then a WR#1 and then LT. You should be able to get a reasonable pass protecting first LT in first couple rounds that the rest of the league doesn't value as much as a passing team like the Chiefs.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by BWillie

They should. A LT is less valuable to Mahomes than almost any other QB in the league. Especially a non-athletic one like OBJ. Mahomes is a guy who likes to drift out of the pocket and can avoid the rush very well. It's honestly pretty hard on a LT.

I get the idea is to "protect" him. If you really wanted to protect Mahomes you would throw half as much and run a heavy run based system. Im certainly not advocating that but that is how you would do it.

Using the resources we are better off paying an Edge rusher or Chris Jones, then a WR#1 and then LT. You should be able to get a reasonable pass protecting first LT in first couple rounds that the rest of the league doesn't value as much as a passing team like the Chiefs.

Your take sucks. You don't risk injury to the only guy on your roster that you can't afford to lose to allocate resources elsewhere. What you do with those resources is irrelevant if 15 is not in the game.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

Your take sucks. You don't risk injury to the only guy on your roster that you can't afford to lose to allocate resources elsewhere. What you do with those resources is irrelevant if 15 is not in the game.

You should tell Andy Reid we pass 20 times a game too much then because thats way way more dangerous than a mediocre LT vs another mediocre to slightly avg LT. You are talking about a negligible difference.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by BWillie

You should tell Andy Reid we pass 20 times a game too much then because thats way way more dangerous than a mediocre LT vs another mediocre to slightly avg LT. You are talking about a negligible difference.

your rebuttal is that the chiefs should take the ball out of your best playmakers hands for half of the snaps in a game?

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[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Nightfyre

your rebuttal is that the chiefs should take the ball out of your best playmakers hands for half of the snaps in a game?

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Its a comparison to show how silly this idea is that not having a 150M LT is somehow going to maim Patrick Mahomes.

[Nightfyre]

Originally Posted by BWillie

Its a comparison to show how silly this idea is that not having a 150M LT is somehow going to maim Patrick Mahomes.

I look forward to hearing your plan for Patrick's blindside protection for next year when the premiere free agent at tackle is our very own OBJ, and the draft class is so weak at tackle. There is no cheap acceptable solution.
You either pay OBJ or trade for a guy.