Gas on the Fire: Shutdown Corner Gives Chiefs "F" in FA.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by PGM

Oh for ****s sake

The whole team has to be rebuilt to be truly competitive. It's going to take two or three drafts like 2008 to be a complete team.

They need to play for 2018 and a handful of superbowls rather than the one and done every third year like their on track for now.

The sooner the FO realizes this the better.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

The whole team has to be rebuilt to be truly competitive. It's going to take two or three drafts like 2008 to be a complete team.

They need to play for 2018 and a handful of superbowls rather than the one and done every third year like their on track for now.

The sooner the FO realizes this the better.

I don't see where anyone was saying that they were going to be a Super Bowl team in 2013.

In fact, most guys figured that it would be 2015 that this team would be at their most competitive with the roster in place and proper building through the draft.

How many people thought that they would have gone 11-5 and in the playoffs last season? (Besides me, of course.)

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

The whole team has to be rebuilt to be truly competitive. It's going to take two or three drafts like 2008 to be a complete team.

They need to play for 2018 and a handful of superbowls rather than the one and done every third year like their on track for now.

The sooner the FO realizes this the better.

Um... no it won't.

2 very good drafts. Smart moves this season picking off the scrap pile. Good free agency moves in 2015 where we should have cap space. Extend Hali and Flowers to reasonable contracts to keep your window open a few more years as you try to draft a replacement.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

The whole team has to be rebuilt to be truly competitive. It's going to take two or three drafts like 2008 to be a complete team.

They need to play for 2018 and a handful of superbowls rather than the one and done every third year like their on track for now.

The sooner the FO realizes this the better.

You are being foolish and overreacting...The CP hallmark.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by PGM

You are being foolish and overreacting...The CP hallmark.

The window for starting QBs winning championships is 31. Alex is 30.

KC lacks a competent free safety, and absolutely no depth on the defensive or offensive lines.

They need at least one game changing player on offense aside from Jamaal, and probably need two. Jamaal isn't getting any younger at a position that gets most of its production from guys in their first three years in the league. Sure, Knile looked good at times but there's no guarantee he'll be able to add 1800+ yards of total offense like Jamaal does.

Cooper is unproven at CB. Flowers and Smith are somewhere above JAG level and KC has four games against great offenses in San Diego and Denver. KC needs one more legitimate pass rusher that can at least approach the effect Houston has on defense to get pressure.

Kansas City is just not a good team, and there isn't a lot that can be done this year to fix that considering their draft position.

So you look to next year... Alex will be 31, Jamaal will be one year older and the Chiefs could take Xavier Su'Fila-whatever just as easily as they could take Beckham, Cooks or Lee and there would still be a lack of depth either in offensive weaponry or on the offensive line. Hali and Flowers are probably gone or will have played poor enough that replacing them is a necessity.

Chances are the Chiefs won't be able to compete in 2015 either. If you're in such a position that you're not good enough to compete for playoff success for two years in a row, then some big chances are needed in the roster.

If every draft pick from 2013-2015 pan out, then the Chiefs might be good enough to win a playoff game in 2016 and be in a good position to get to the conference final in 2017. That's an optimistic guess based on

But most draft picks in general don't pan out, and KC's drafting history writ large is pretty poor... So it'd be safe to say it'd take an extra year of drafting and player development to get in a position to be a legitimate team.

2018.

So what's the better option: try and eke out wild cards every other year with the aging roster the Chiefs have now or rebuild the team to be a consistent post season threat?

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

The window for starting QBs winning championships is 31. Alex is 30.

Someone should tell Denver, NO, and NE that they're not SB contenders.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by BCD

Someone should tell Denver, NO, and NE that they're not SB contenders.

Hall of Famers. Every QB that's won a SB since free agency over the age of 31 are Hall of Fame caliber guys besides Brad Johnson.

Unless you're saying Alex Smith is a Hall of Fame quarterback.