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That same coaching made the calls that led the team to go 4/4 with 2 TDs on 4th down. Without that, the game would have been a blowout. Coaches put them in position to win.

I’m not sure how you could trade any of them. Oliver would bring probably a high third or maybe even a second rounder, but that would leave a gaping hole at DT in the middle of a championship push, so I don’t think McBeane would move him for anything short of someone offering up a first rounder. Zero chance that would be offered, and even then I think he’s so important to the team’s immediate plans that I don’t think it would be accepted. Epenesa wouldn’t draw much more than a bag of footballs, and offering Basham would kill his value. If you only dress a guy for 8 games and then shop him, you don’t have much leverage. Both of these guys are going to contribute, IMO.

Who has the longer leash of the two? AJ has been in the league longer, but Boogie is a year older.

You can't possibly know that, though. Some GMs like to gamble that their top rated player will still be available a round later because the Mel Kipers of the world mocked it that way. Clearly Bill isn't that guy. He knew who he wanted, and he grabbed him. I can almost guarantee that there were players taken ahead of him who will have worse careers than Strange. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if they put him at Center and he ends up being better than Linderbaum.

I get that Whaley didn’t have a ton of success in Buffalo, but he set up Beane for success on his way out. Between drafting Tre and acquiring the extra first round pick which gave Beane enough draft capital to trade up the following year, he deserves some credit. If Whaley had drafted Lattimore at 10, there’s a very good chance that Allen isn’t a Bill and Beane is job hunting right now. That may have been the biggest win-win trade in NFL history.

I think he’s going to be a very good player for a long time. I just don’t see it with Epenesa nor Basham, and I really liked both coming out of the draft.

Probably not many when said defender has a 39” vertical. Those that did likely went over the receiver as well.

Do you feel like they’ve lived up to their draft slots so far?

I’m curious how many people burying RT over this would be cool with it if their employer brought in some new employee and said “we’re paying this guy a fraction of what you make, and we need you to train him so that we can fire you and give him your job”.

That Smith contract was a disaster the day he signed it. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he’s cut after this season and it becomes a two year $26,000,000 contract. Beane is way too smart to do something like that. I fully expect a defensive purge next offseason with an emphasis on getting younger and cheaper.

Give the kid a break. When the season starts he’ll only be…(checks notes)…24 years old.

There are a multitude of reasons. He’s an emotional guy on and off the field. When that’s channeled the right way, it’s great. When it isn’t, things can go very bad. Unfortunately, he became a cancer in the locker room and in the media last season likely due to the fact that the Chiefs weren’t interested in breaking the bank for an undersized Safety on the wrong side of 30. His play was already starting to decline, and once his heart wasn’t in it, he went from a fierce competitor to a guy more interested in making business decisions than in making tackles. His age and declining production made the Chiefs want to part with him. His attitude made it an easy sell with the fans. He was a great player his first two seasons in Kansas City, and we got more from him than we ever expected. Unfortunately, he was average at best in his contract year. Hopefully New Orleans provides the change of scenery he needs to rejuvenate his career. I suspect he’s just the kind of guy who teams will always love to see him come and provide some fire in the locker room and then love to see him go once he’s run his course. If the Saints get the 2019/2020 version, they’re getting a steal. If they get the 2021 version, then they’re the ones getting robbed.

Should have included him for sure. He plays a little over half the snaps as well.

Somebody’s got to get those snaps. Elam is going to start from day 1, but I’m not sure there’s another defensive player in the class I expect to get a lot of run this year. Rousseau is the only rookie last year who played last year, and even he was on the field just under half the time. Let’s assume he and Basham increase their snaps from 750 to 1100. That’s the equivalent of one full time player, but it likely comes at the expense of snaps from Epenesa, and he’s the only defensive player besides Dane Jackson from the 2020 draft who sees the field basically at all. That’s 3 years of draft picks where you can reasonably expect to get around 2,500 snaps from combined this season (roughly 13% of the total). That’s a crazy low number. It’s understandable in the context of this being the perfect time to go all in for a ring, but if I’m doing the math then so is Beane. If you’re not playing your draft picks, and the FAs you’re bringing in are all third contract guys, you’d better have a plan to tear it down and get younger soon. The key players on defense who are still young are Edmunds, Elam, and Rousseau. White and Milano seem young, but Milano will be 28 in July, and White will turn 28 during the season. The Chiefs were in this position a year ago and just watched Frank Clark, Bashaud Breeland, Daniel Sorensen, Anthony Hitchens, and Tyrann Matthieu all fall of a cliff when they turned 28. They’re all gone other than Clark who will be turning 29 in July. Other than that, the oldest starter is Chris Jones who is the exact same age as Milano. That’s a long winded way of saying that Beane is going to do some serious roster churn on defense next offseason. I have no doubt he’ll do it well, as he’s one of the absolute best in the business at forming and executing a plan. I just don’t see extending a 30+ year old Safety as being part of that plan.

Chiefs offered a used jock strap for him. Texans countered with half a pack of smokes. They met in the middle.

Crazy how quickly things can change in the NFL. They looked like a juggernaut early last season.

I’m an atheist when it comes to the salary cap, but I firmly believe that age catches up with everyone but Brady, and it tends to do so suddenly.

What kind of extension would you be willing to offer Poyer? He’ll be 32 when his current contract is up so that’s likely a limiting factor. I think Beane is going to be looking to push for a serious youth movement after this season, particularly on defense. Between Poyer, Hyde, Lawson, Miller, and Phillips, they’ve got a lot of older players playing a ton of snaps. What kind of extension would you be willing to offer Poyer? He’ll be 32 when his current contract is up so that’s likely a limiting factor. I think Beane is going to be looking to push for a serious youth movement after this season, particularly on defense. Between Poyer, Hyde, Lawson, Miller, and Phillips, they’ve got a lot of older players playing a ton of snaps.

Josh Gordon is so last season. Corey Coleman is the new hotness.

I’m obviously kidding. If he does manage to make the team, I doubt he amounts to much. Then again, they did trade up in the first round to get him, so maybe there’s something there.

Dude’s going to roast Elam in the AFCCG.

I definitely believe that was the case with Elam. He’s almost certainly a day 1 starter. Do you see any of the other picks starting either right away or taking over the spot for non-injury reasons?

Not that Relative Athletic Scores are a perfect measurement of athleticism, but Ross had a 2.64 which is far and away the lowest score I’ve ever seen.

Here’s your answer. The guy is broken and SLOW/unathletic. Hard to play WR in the NFL if you can’t run or jump.

This is the answer. We know the Chiefs got their preferred guy, we know the Bills got someone they coveted significantly more than the next CB on the board, and we know the Cowboys got got. Buffalo and Kansas City are both excellent at finding and developing DBs. I didn’t think we had a shot at McDuffie without a trade, and I thought we had about a 50-50 chance of Elam falling to us. I would have been happy drafting him at 30, and I think both will be excellent players.