Kansas City is trading its first-round pick Thursday night, along with three other picks in the 2021 and 2022 drafts, to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for Pro Bowl OT Orlando Brown and one pick in the 2021 draft and another in 2022, per sources.
Originally Posted by poolboy:
CBS reports ...Chiefs acquire offensive tackle Orlando Brown from Ravens for reported 4 picks, including 2021 first-rounder
Originally Posted by YayMike:
Absolutely! I agree, however.....Center can be grabbed next year.
Get 2 play makers with the 2 2nds: get a WR, Edge and or CB. With the later picks grab a few linebackers, and a development tackle for the future, can’t ever have enough of those...replace Remmers next year!
Originally Posted by BossChief:
I get that, but what the Super Bowl showed us was that versatility is a premium for OL. If we had anyone that could have stepped in to play LT once Fisher tore his Achilles, we would have had a chance to win another Super Bowl. We would arguably be in the same boat if Brown were to get hurt. With a guy like Radunz on the roster, he could play IOL and kick out to tackle if needed.
Then go get a OT that you trust to be in there and let him play and practice at OT. I’m not drafting a rookie OT, asking him to learn C and then throwing him at LT if Brown goes down. [Reply]
If a tackle prospect falls to us that we can’t pass up, then go for it. I don’t see why we would specifically target tackle depth though.
Brown, Thuney, Long, Niang, and Remmers can all play tackle. It would take a lot before Remmers and Wylie are your starting tackles. It would take a scenario that it would honestly be irresponsible to prepare for, because of the investment it would take.
Even Niang and Remmers starting at left and right would be better than what we trotted onto the field for the Super Bowl. [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
If a tackle prospect falls to us that we can’t pass up, then go for it. I don’t see why we would specifically target tackle depth though.
Brown, Thuney, Long, Niang, and Remmers can all play tackle. It would take a lot before Remmers and Wylie are your starting tackles. It would take a scenario that it would honestly be irresponsible to prepare for, because of the investment it would take.
Even Niang and Remmers starting at left and right would be better than what we trotted onto the field for the Super Bowl.
Yeah well that scenario played out last year and some of the mongoloids here faulted the front office and coaching staff for it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Delano:
Yeah well that scenario played out last year and some of the mongoloids here faulted the front office and coaching staff for it.
Even if that same scenario plays out (which is unlikely), we already have better depth than last year and the draft hasn’t even happened yet.
There are very few (if any) teams that can survive that in a given year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GoForIt:
Seems like an over reaction to the SB. The draft is deep at Oline. Could have drafted one at 31.
I’m not sure anything Veach could have done would have been an overreaction after that shit show. Getting embarrassed in the playoffs and doing nothing about it is how the Chiefs used to handle things. I think it’s one reason so many of us fans love how Veach and Hunt are running things now.
Alex Smith can’t make it over the hump? Draft a stud QB (yes, I know Dorsey was still GM). Sutton fields an embarrassment of a defense? Go get a real D coordinator. Berry and Houston can’t get their shit together and Dee Ford doesn’t know the rules of football? Go get Mathieu and Clark. The offensive line is horrible all year and then gets decimated by injury before the only game that mattered? Completely rebuild it without destroying the cap or having to wait to see if a draft pick (or picks) needs three years to be average.
The time for this team to rack up SB wins is now. With Mahomes we will always have a shot, but why wait to rebuild the OL through the draft when Kelce and Hill will be on the decline or gone by the time we get that all done in three years?
Nah, what Veach just completed is pretty amazing on paper. Still gotta see these guys play, but the way it ended up is far better than what any of us could have thought possible. [Reply]
