Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
No. It’s the people are looking at how you improve the WR position and being realistic about it.
The Chiefs are far more likely to lift the talent in that room with some smaller, calculated swings (that are bigger than last year) than by doing something desperate like burning a bunch of capital to get one guy.
Sorry, dunc - but I don't see what y'all are suggesting as a bigger calculated swing from last year.
Richie James cost us what, $1.5M and CAUGHT 60 balls in 2022 from a bumass QB.
Sorry I'm not pounding on the table to spend 4-5X that for a guy who caught 30 from a QB who supported a 1300 yard WR and has done fuck all in the last two seasons.
If you wanna take swings, do it at the sub-$3M mark. Otherwise you're just lighting money on fire, and not materially improving the room. Just moving furniture around to make it look different. [Reply]
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
Sorry, dunc - but I don't see what y'all are suggesting as a bigger calculated swing from last year.
Richie James cost us what, $1.5M and CAUGHT 60 balls in 2022 from a bumass QB.
Sorry I'm not pounding on the table to spend 4-5X that for a guy who caught 30 from a QB who supported a 1300 yard WR and has done **** all in the last two seasons.
If you wanna take swings, do it at the sub-$3M mark. Otherwise you're just lighting money on fire, and not materially improving the room. Just moving furniture around to make it look different.
Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15:
You apparently missed the 100 times I've posted this year to *either* get a difference maker in FA, OR invest in the position in the draft.
There aren't any difference makers left in FA unless Veach has some background info as to why Ridley seemed disinterested AF in JAX - so I'm good with saving the money and utilizing draft capital or making a trade.
So taking the 5th or 6th best WR in the draft is fine but heaven forbid we take a chance on a cheap 25/26 year old vet who has proven they can get 800 to a 1000 yards in this league?? Smh :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by MahomesMagic:
Juju helped us win a SB.
Richie James was filler.
I'm not sure why you're inserting Juju into this conversation, but since you did, I'll remind you he had a 1400 yard season and two over 800 at the time we signed him.
He'd actually DONE something in his career, unlike Mooney. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Gravedigger:
Yeah at the end of the day you’re trying to turn a number 3 WR into something he’s likely not. I don’t have the unwavering faith that many of you have in Mooney, Ridley and definitely not Brown. Brown is just a downfield distraction that opens up lanes for Rice, Kelce and our newly drafted WR. If I have to choose gimme Ridley, Mooney then Brown.
Disagree.
At the end of the day, you’re trying to make your #3 level target better. Kelce and Rice are still your top guys. There’s still value and reason in adding guy who make the group better, beyond drafting a rookie and waiting for him to progress. [Reply]
