Let's do this thing.
Assumptions:
1. The Chiefs lose Super Bowl LVI to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach are retained. The salary cap jumps $35m.
2. OC Eric Bienemy is hired by your mom's favorite team to become a HC.
3. The Chiefs franchise: OT Orlando Brown.
4. The Chiefs cut: OG Laurent Duvarney-Tardif, ILB Anthony Hitchens.
5. The Chiefs extended: WR Tyreek Hill for 4 years, $80m ($52 guaranteed), S Tyrann Mathieu for 3 years, $52m ($30m guaranteeed)
6. The Chiefs tender: WR Jody Fortson, OT Prince Tega Wanogho, DE Tim Ward, LB Emmanuel Smith, LB Omari Cobb
7. The Chiefs re-sign: DT Jarran Reed 2 years, $20m ($8m guaranteed), DT Derrick Nnadi 2 years, $9m ($1m guaranteed)
8. The Chiefs re-sign to minimal deals: QB Chad Henne, RB Damien Williams, WR Marcus Kemp, LB Ben Niemann, LB Darius Harris, WR Byron Pringle, OT Mike Remmers, OG Andrew Wylie, C Austin Blythe, LS James Winchester
9. The Chiefs let walk: RB Jerick McKinnon, FB Michael Burton, OT Martinas Rankin, OG Kyle Long, WR Demarcus Robinson, TE Blake Bell, TE Nick Keizer, DE Taco Charlton, OLB Dorian O'Daniel, CB Charvarius Ward, S Dan Sorensen, S Armani Watts.
10. The Chiefs sign DE Emmanuel Ogbah to 2 years, $22m ($10m guaranteed), CB Malcolm Butler (Cardinals) to 2 years, $22m ($12m guaranteed).
11. The Chiefs are picking 31st.
The draft:
1. WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State
2. DE Zach Harrison, Ohio State
3. CB Altonae Taylor, Tennessee
3 (Bienemy). S Donovan Stiner, Florida
4. RB Max Borghi, Washington State
6. S Yusuf Corker, Kentucky
6. OG/C Brett Heggie, Florida
7. LB K'Vaughan Pope, Ohio State
the roster:
QB: Mahomes, Henne
RB: Edwards-Helaire, Williams,
Borghi, Thompson
FB: some guy
WR: Hill,
Dotson, Hardman, Pringle, Powell, Fortson, Kemp
TE: Kelce, Gray
LT: Brown, Remmers
LG: Thuney, Allegretti
C: Humphrey, Blythe,
Heggie
RG: Smith, Wylie,
Heggie
RT: Niang, Remmers, Wanogho
DE: Clark, Kaindoh, Ward
DT: Jones, Wharton
DT: Nnadi, Reed, Saunders
DE:
Ogbah,
Harrison, Danna
OLB: Gay, Cobb
ILB: Bolton, Niemann,
Pope
OLB: Harris, Smith,
Pope
CB: Sneed,
Butler,
Taylor, Fenton, Keyes
S: Mathieu, Thornhill,
Stiner,
Corker
K: Butker
P: Townsend
LS: Winchester
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We're in so much better position than last year on the offensive line.
If OBJ and Niang go down, you have Thuney (who can do it in a pinch) and Long as well as Remmers who was serviceable at RT. You're three deep at OC, two to three deep at each OG spot with last year's best and most reliable lineman in Alegretti being second or third string inside. That's immently better.
Reed is a HUGE upgrade in pass rush. Adding a Chris Jones clone is a better thing than having the same production from DE, as interior pressure wrecks the pocket, and does so quicker. People that think we haven't done enough because we haven't signed a DE are totally missing the point. I expect we will pick up a vet DE anyway, and I think you're going to see a much improved pass rush. If they DON'T pick up a vet, I think it says a lot about what they think of Tim Ward's development.
Andy will be adding new wrinkles, as the Gray pick indicates we'll see some 2 TE sets with legit weapons (and he'll play some FB, and some big slot, etc., etc.)
We still scored 30ppg in games where Sammy was out anyway.
The offensive line rebuild should make the running game much more efficient; better utilizing last year's #1 pick and forcing defenses to abandon light boxes.
We're totally fine. We're much improved over three months ago.
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