Assumptions:
1. The Chiefs finish 9-7, win the AFC West, and secure the 4th seed. They host the Ravens and win, 24-17. They go to New England and lose, 35-17. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach stay on.
2. The Chiefs trade QB Alex Smith for a 2018 2nd and 2019 conditional, and trade DE Allen Bailey for a 2018 4th and 2019 4th.
3. OLB Tamba Hali and ILB Derrick Johnson retire.
4. The Chiefs extend C Mitch Morse 4 years, $21m ($11m guaranteed).
4. The Chiefs sign WR Albert Wilson 1 year, $3m ($500k guaranteed).
6. The Chiefs tender NT Rakeem Nunez-Roches.
7. The Chiefs sign QB Tyler Bray, RB Akeem Hunt, FB Anthony Sherman, DE Jarvis Jenkins, ILB Kevin Pierre-Louis, ILB Terrance Smith, CB Kenneth Acker to minimal deals.
8. The Chiefs let walk RB Akeem Hunt, WR De'Anthony Thomas, OL Jordan Devey, NT Bennie Logan, ILB Ramik Wilson, CB Terrance Mitchell, CB Phillip Gaines, P Dustin Colquitt.
9. The Chiefs sign QB Chad Henne (Jaguars) for 1 year, $3m, TE Virgil Green (Broncos) for 1 year, $2m, OG Jonathan Cooper (Cowboys) for 2 years, $6m, NT Sealver Siliga (Buccaneers) for 1 year, $2m, DE Kyle Williams (Bills) for 2 years, $10m ($2m guaranteed).
10. The Chiefs are picking 25th, and have one compensatory pick (a 6th) for QB Nick Foles. They have three conditionals: a 6th for OT Isaiah Battle, a 7th for DE David King, and a 7th for CB Marcus Cooper.
The draft:
2 (Smith). OLB Tyquan Lewis, Ohio State
2. DL Reginald McKenzie Jr., Tennessee
3. CB Jordan Wyatt, SMU
4 (Bailey). OT Chukwuma Okorafor, Western Michigan
4. OG Brendan Mahon, Penn State
6 (Battle). TE Marcus Baugh, Ohio State
6. ILB Roquan Smith, Georgia
6 (Foles). P some dude, Some Dude U
7 (Cooper). WR Darren Carrington, Utah
7 (King). DL Parker Cothren, Penn State
roster:
QB: Mahomes,
Henne, Bray
RB: Hunt, Ware, West
FB: Sherman
WR: Hill, Conley, Wilson, Robinson, Chesson,
Carrington
TE: Kelce,
Green, Harris,
Baugh
LT: Fisher, Witzmann
LG:
Cooper, Ehinger
C: Morse, Erving
RG: Duvarney-Tardif, Ehinger,
Mahon
RT: Schwartz, Witzmann,
Okorafor
DE: Jones, Jenkins
NT: Nunez-Roches,
Siliga
DE:
Williams,
McKenzie,
Cothren
OLB: Ford, Kpassagnon
ILB: Ragland, Smith
ILB: Pierre-Louis, Eligwe,
Smith
OLB: Houston,
Lewis
CB: Peters, Revis, Nelson,
Wyatt, Acker
S: Berry, Parker, Sorensen, Murray, McQuay
K: Butker
P:
some dude
LS: Winchester
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BlackBob is correct on Smith... He just won the Butkus Award and is a prototypical LB in today's NFL. He's going early.
Busby is correct on Mitchell, he and I hashed this out months ago.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Cothren in here. I was working on my New Year's mock the past few days and have had his teammate of a similar name in mine, Curtis Cothran. I think they are relatively similar players, but I just like the An better than the En.
I do admire that you picked out two turnstile offensive lineman.
:-) I doubt Mahon gets drafted that high and I'd have to think Okorafor might only go that high if teams feel he has enough tools to mold, but I think he's years away and will go late. I just don't see KC adding two rookies to a unit set to only lose one player anyhow.
I'd be more inclined to believe Carrington would go in the 4th and Mahon in the 7th than the way you have it now, even though I think Mahon is good enough to go in the 6th.
I like Reggie Mac 2.0 enough, but I'm not sure if he's 2nd round material. He'd be better served staying in school and actually showing he's willing to put in work. He just doesn't produce up to the level he should. Right now I'd put him at 4th to 5th round. I also don't particularly care for his daddy being GM of the
:-).
Wyatt seems ok in the limited amount I watched him play.
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