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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
If Simmons falls to us at 31, you have to take him. Even if its next year before he can play at anything near his level before the injury.
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No, you don't. You really don't, especially if you're taking him over Josh Conerly or Walter Nolen or Egbuka or Burden or Harmon.
The concern/risk is pretty high on him. You have a strong injury concern with a decent chance he never recovers 100 percent physically, AND he's a player who doesn't have a lot of experience/snaps to review.
So, injury risk. Scouting risk. Smart orgs tend not to spend 1st round picks on guys like that.
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Originally Posted by xztop123
Simmons is ideal. He’s likely to be the most talented player that slips. And he’s also the position of most need (well before we signed the backup)
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No. He isn't ideal. Ideal would not be someone with that type of injury risk, who also has very little tape of history of success at the position at which you're drafting him to play.
It's not like this guy started at LT as a true freshman and kicked ass at that spot for 2.5 years before blowing his knee. He had like 6 starts at LT before he blew his knee.
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Originally Posted by RedinTexas
The Chiefs are in a "win now" mode though. Drafting a risky guy like Simmons is more appropriate for a team that can afford to take chances. We need our top picks to step in and perform.
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Yeah, I don't know that the risk profile fits the Chiefs.
Maybe, if you get to 31 and you're picking between Simmons and the WRs that fit are gone, and the DTs worthy of a 1st are gone, etc. And he's truly the BPA.
But taking him over Nolen or Conerly or Harmon or Burden or Egbuka or even Azareyah Thomas would be tough to swallow.