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Ah, but seriously, the last time there was consensus this early about a Chief, this heavily, among those who are tied to legitimate sources (like Riddick) was Patrick and Tyreek.

All we are missing now is Peter Schraeger’s endorsement (later this week?) and it will be sealed.
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Clyde last year too. He didn’t quite live up to it, but I think that’s coming, just a year late.
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The line alone is going to up Clyde's production 10%
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Clyde was actually productive in terms of yards, he just didn’t have the TD’s.

I think that’ll change with this OL too.
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Ooh good point. They did geek out about him too.
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As I said in the other thread….. the Chiefs want this out there for whatever reason. Do they know something about Kelce? He will start to show his age this year? They want it known that when he retires in 2-3 years, we already have his replacement on the roster?
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It simply means they’re excited about their rookie and new TE2. They did this with guys before. It has nothing to do with Kelce.
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At the end of last year Kelce was at the top of his game. No doubt. HOF level. No one is going to argue against that. Especially Chief fans.

But, NFL players get past 30 years old, those HOF skills can decay pretty quick in many players.
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Yes, Kelce is getting older and he could start to show his age any year now.

That still doesn’t mean that the Chiefs are letting people know they’re excited about Gray for any reason other than they’re excited about Gay.
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Exactly! Prior to Gray the gap between Kelce and TE#2 was probably the largest of any position on the field outside of QB. To have a legit #2 is nice.
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And it sounds like they like Gray enough that they might be using him in special red zone/run packages.

I like that Reid is looking at ways to diversify. He is a genius but our offense had gotten a bit stale last year.
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I’d say you’re over thinking it. I don’t think these are “strategic narratives”.

I think the draft is a crap shoot and they know that. When they finally see these guys enough to identify who they’re excited about, they start to feed info to media they trust.

They must have seen enough to be confident that Gray will be making an impact and become a good #2 by year end.

If anything, it will help extend Kelce’s career a little. Takes some of the focus off of him. It’s very hard to cover two good TE’s while still having run personnel in.
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Can you imagine if we hit big on Gray and Smith on day 3 alone?

A year after hitting on Sneed day 3?

Yeesh.
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