AFC Stock Up / Stock Down, Post-Free Agency

[GordonGekko]

Originally Posted by comochiefsfan

This is probably going to get some push back and that's fine.

But I really think in hindsight, letting OBJr walk was the biggest mistake Veach has made up to this point.

No he wasn't an elite LT, but he was serviceable and the most important thing is that Patrick trusted him and was mentally able to play freely with him protecting his blindside.

I think we all thought that because he wasn't elite he was easily replaceable. This has not only proven to not be true, but the damage done to Mahomes psyche behind two years of subpar LT play has been by far the biggest consequence of this and is going to have to be undone, which may or may not be easy.

We should have overpaid for him and just called it good. And to be clear, I'm not slamming Veach for this. It seemed like a shrewd move at the time and hindsight makes it look worse.

But the moral of the story is you just don't mess around at LT. If Patrick trusts a guy, that's your guy and you should stick with him.

Really hoping Moore can provide that same level of comfort that Brown gave Patrick and we might be back on schedule.

100% agree, letting OBJr get away was a big BIG mistake and then seeing what he took $$ to play with the Bengals? I think in the first Superbowl w/ the Eagles the Chiefs OLine didn't give up a sack and Brown even called it before the game and said to, "print it on a t-shirt." Pretty balls. Veach will, hopefully, learn from all of this, he is absolutely killing it at almost every other position through his acquisitions, and is an absolute master at picking secondary players, but OLine analysis is like his one blind spot.