Keep in mind that we only have roughly 2.5m in cap space this year.

That’s really only enough to add a marginal veteran.
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Wouldn’t we get some relief if LDT were traded?
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We’d gain $750k in cap space. $4 million dead cap.
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If it weren’t for us not being able to afford his contract, a super intriguing option would be flipping a reasonable pick for Saquan Barkley. If he could be managed so he would be healthy for the playoffs, god damn would he make this offense completely unstoppable.
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DE/OLB Shilique Calhoun a Chief.
Darryl Williams released to make room (C, not the RB)
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He's going to the PS.
https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2021/...arryl-williams

That said, this draft has to be about defense. I never want to see a fiasco like the 2003 no punt game again. Thanks, DICK.
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We should sign McKinney off the Giants PS and give him a look at LB.
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We'd have to put him on the active roster to do that. I'd much rather promote in-house for a LB spot if needed. The DL is where our greatest need is right now.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/...c1amafmqrx6dll

Practice squad players are eligible to sign with other NFL teams but only if they are signed to another team's 53-man roster. There are no practice squad to practice squad transactions.
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Speaking of in-house, and on the LB topic. Anyone have eyes on Darius Harris or Rozeboom in camp? Harius was suppose to be a sleeper at one point if I remember correctly.
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While I agree that the focus should be on the defense... it also comes down to value.

Don't pass on a good WR or T option who is higher on your board just to take the best DE or S or CB available, if that WR is ranked higher.

Can't laser focus on one direction, or your risk missing an opportunity to adquately cash in your draft chits.
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What about Taven Bryan? IIRC we thought pretty highly of him, even trying to potentially move up and draft him. Seems like a classic Veach reclamation project to throw a late round pick at, especially since he was a healthy scratch for the first time last week.
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This last offseason is a prime example of why you can't always just lock in on a spot. Look what they did with the OL. Great.

But they needed some defense too
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On defense I would have cut Hitchens and signed Melvin Ingram.

Once they traded the 1st, there wasn't much draft capital left to make a difference.

They then used their 1st remaining pick on a linebacker.
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Hitch is pretty well thought of in the org so he wasn't going anywhere.

I think DE needed to be a bigger priority, but you can also only do so much so I get it.

But you don't knwo what's a hole until it becomes a hole. So just keep stacking talent and go from there.
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Completely agree with this. It was obviously necessary to find tackles and improve the quality of IOL starters, but with hindsight we might have wanted to focus on other areas a little more.

To be honest though I didn't hate the logic of the approaches to various position groups.

- Late round shot at WR to replace an increasingly injured Watkins and a WR by committee approach
- Late round TE and Fortson elevation to reduce the load on Kelce
- Get younger and cheaper at CB with swings at some first round players that haven't stuck but might have some potential
- Draft a LB with a high floor if maybe a low ceiling
- Improve DL with more rush from Jones on the edge and develop a late round DE pick.

The only issue I had was I felt Reed was being massively over-hyped. Otherwise it all seemed to make sense at the time. Now I wouldn't mind having the Kaindoh and Gray picks again for some CB/LB/WR support. There you go.
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