Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I'm done doing these for a while.
Sitting here at #31 with Freiermuth, Bateman, Moehrig, Mayfield, and Oweh available.
I just can't right now.
I think all of those, save Moehrig, make sense for KC at 31.
I'm intrigued by the idea of adding Freiermuth and evolving the base offense even more than I'd been before.
Pairing a more traditional TE with Kelce, Hill, and CEH is really an intriguing option (especially if Bateman and Marshall and the round 1-worthy T are gone by that point in time).
Running a 12 set with Hill, Kelce, Freiermuth, and even Hardman would get pretty fun to defend.
Keep those S deep to guard the deep speed of Hill and Hardman. Oh, you've gone dime and are planning to drop 7? Cool. We're going run from this two TE set. [Reply]
So here's a mock built around the idea of taking Freiermuth first.
The key thing here is, if you do this you are changing your starting personnel. KC shifts to a team that runs 12 personnel as its primary personnel grouping, rather than 11.
31. Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State
70. (trade) Walker Little, OT, Stanford
94. Quinn Meinerz, C, Wisconsin-Whitewater
136. Paulson Adebo, CB< Stanford
144. Wiliam Bradley-King, DE, Baylor
157. (trade) Richard LeCounte, S, Georgia
176. Khalil Herbert, RB, Va. Tech
180. Dez Fitzpatrick, WR, Louisville
256. Wyatt Hubert, DE, Kansas State
You'd have to address a starting DE AND at least a fill-in LT in free agency.
But I could see something like this being a logical evolution of the Chiefs-Reid offense, considering what teams are trying to do to Mahomes. In Freiermuth, you gain a TE who is an excellent blocker and who can be a real weapon in the middle of the field.
Running a 12 set as your primary offense, whether from shotgun or under center, would set KC up to really take advantage of teams dropping two safeties deep and dictate the matchups.
It all pins on how you evaluate Freiermuth, though. Is that someone ready to kick in Day 1 and play starters snaps? Is he as good as a receiver as thought? [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
That's actually a really good draft and somewhat realistic I think.
Well, assuming that something like a Peters/Fisher combo gets us through, and assuming that Niang shows up ready to go, then we upgrade several places with it.
Humphrey's almost a certain thing at this point.
Weaver and Tryon should upgrade the pass rush and allow Clark to actually take some breaks.
Marshall and A. Watkins both have a lot of potential at WR. Then you've got two Tyreek style burners and two Sammy style 'X' types.
Deablo I like a lot. Plus, I mean, his ****ing name is Devil. You gotta like that for a head-hunting dimebacker/box safety. If you're going to replace Dirty Dan, let's do with the ****ing devil. And then after every time he de-cleats some poor soul in the flat, they can play SHOUT AT THE DEVIL over the Arrowhead sound system.
I think Tre Mckitty is kind of undervalued. He's a little leaner than Kelce, but he's also faster. Still a willing blocker, but an actual weapon in the passing game.
I like Deablo too being a Hokie fan. I mocked him to us in my first go round. I see him as a more of a playmaker than head hunter of the Kam Chancellor mold....but he definitely could be a good replacement for Sorenson [Reply]