Yes 55 47.41%

No 61 52.59%

Yeah we just need stability from either side. You don't have to fix both tackles in one offseason because you have to address DE.
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Mahomes should learn to pass primarily with his left hand, meaning OBJ is no longer protecting his blind side. Problem solved.
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Heard a radio bit that he’s a priority and they want to bring him back.

There aren’t any elite LT’s or pass rushers in FA this year
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:-) This dude STILL wants to trade multiple valuable assets for a B- tier pass rusher.
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This is such terrible logic. An elite player succeeding DESPITE subpar teammates is no fucking reason to hold onto subpar teammates.

The answer has been said about 1,500 times in this thread, you're just ignoring it. Orlando Brown is not, and will never be, an adequate left tackle. He lacks the most basic skill demanded for the position. He is not a starting left tackle. He's a giant offensive lineman who has been given the starting left tackle position, and those are not the same thing.

Manufacturing a pass rush is infinitely more desirable than Mahomes making up for speed rushers blowing past a stationary LT who lacks the basic foot quickness to even divert the pass rush.
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So I think that's completely reasonable. And I don't necessarily disagree.

But we know what Andy Reid's going to do.
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Agreed.
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He's a perfect schematic fit, and if Joe Cullen vouches for him, I'm in.

But we've already danced that dance, and this is the wrong thread for it.
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Then you keep Wylie, who costs 1/20th what Orlando Brown makes. If they both suck ass - which they do - and you only need to replace one of them, you replace the expensive one.
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Sign Ngaouke and a DT (maybe someone like Suh) with the money would pay Brown.

Give up picks and trade up for a LT. Cheap LT for the next 4 years and allocate the money to the defensive line.

I'd like a veteran corner if they don't pick up a DT.
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Personally, I don't think Brown should be in KC beyond 2023, so I don't think that makes me some kind of fake believer in Brown.

I just think roster construction is complex, and pouring everything into bucket A means you have nothing left for buckets B-Z.

So I want to pour the biggest assets into our biggest problem areas in the smartest way possible, while still realizing that I'm just a guy with no power over the Chiefs so I'm not going to waste my time begging Reid to plug in a rookie LT when he's never done it.

I disagree with your last paragraph. The Chiefs beat the Bengals if Kelce doesn't fumble (probably). Mahomes/Reid are good enough to compensate for a subpar left tackle for a while. You don't want to do it longterm, but they can patch it over for a year.

Meanwhile the biggest reason we lost was because our DL is poor without blitzes dialed up.

I think you can fix the tackle position over a couple seasons.
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I'm not sure they can afford him.
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Mahomes makes so much money, from a financial standpoint and roster construction situation, yes, he's gonna have to make up for some lack of talent at some positions. It's a capped league and this is the way the thing works.

Now, I think it's easier for him to make up for it at LT than in is on the DL, so I would go cheaper and of equal value to OBJ at LT. I think you could do that pretty easily and hope to get a bit lucky.
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Josh Allen blows goats and we don’t need him, man.
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:-) George Karlaftis is damn near as productive as him. Karlaftis has 370 pass rush snaps. Allen has 375. Both have 4 sacks. Allen has 11 more pressures than Karlaftis but he stat whored 10 of those against a Chargers team that had just lost Slater for the year.
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