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Of course….. Easy answer. No question. If McGovern is our starting C this season, I’d rather have SVPG backing him up. We’re talking about a guy that signed for 1.2M, 250k gtd. Those guys don’t get traded for 4th rd picks at this stage of the offseason imo. Nice contribution. Here for one reason

Seems like the consensus best 6 at the moment

Execute better. Game plan better. Stay healthier. Partially on coaching. Partially on players. Partially on injuries. We’re close. Just have to be better when it counts. Including 17. He’s been great in one season ending loss (13 seconds). He was pretty good last year. Poor vs Cinci. Below average vs KC in the AFCCG. We need better from more than just coaching

This thread off to the same start as every other thread- sadness brigade McDermott sucks- we get it. Maybe you should start a mcdermott sucks thread and keep all the same regurgitated material there so we don’t have to read it in every other thread.

Part 1- that’s not the only argument. Price tag is the argument. The only argument. Part 2- tread has nothing to do with it- years left on the rookie contract is the only factor- money- I get you’re probably a UGA fan and are hoping to keep him. I love James Cook and think he could be special - I just don’t think paying a hefty RB contract is part of Beanes plan. If he’ll settle for 6-7M- maybe. We’ll see where the RB market is in two years .

Hence why trade deadline makes sense if he’s playing well Obv if he’s hurt or not playing well, no one will trade for him but if he is a difference maker, you pay half the salary and give up a late round. He was coming off back to back 10+ sack seasons before he got hurt (and came back) last season. It’s definitely a risk considering his age but a good Cam Hayward could be a difference maker for a team lacking pass rush. Something that we might be lacking. I obviously think very highly of Hayward. Maybe higher than most.

Yeah he’s an interesting one. Other than missing a good portion of last season, he’s beepretty durable in recent seasons and is a game wrecker when he’s playing well. Does he still have the ability to wreck games or is age taking over? how much money does he want and what will it take for Pittsburgh to deal him. The only way I could see it happening is in a trade deadline deal that involved a late round pick without hopes of resigning him long term. That said, I would think there would be at least one other team that has bigger plans for him.

No you haven’t - please show me the quote

I’d be shocked if we paid him. Easy answer for me.

Partly thanks to our elite star WR1 failing to do what he was paid 22M to do. Catch the dam ball. Partly due to not being able to stop KCs offense with a depleted defense. If we added a legit WR1 and he were injured and didn’t play in the playoffs would it still be Beanes fault for not adding more WRs?

Those are similar numbers to Kelce last season….where he was your WR1 and you won a Super Bowl. Those first 2 guys would be mortgaging our future in a big way. If you don’t see that, I can’t help you. the other guys I would’ve been ok with…..but you’re acting like they were available. Rumors are rumors. None of them switched teams. They are all where they started the offseason

Yeah, I agree. I’m one of them. I like our O and I’ve criticized the WR room, it’s just that I realize that the options to seriously upgrade our WR unit after the Diggs trade were far a few in between. Either give up massive draft loads to move up for a top 10 guy or pay massive money + draft picks to land a vet. Both require going close to all in which would’ve had negative implications at multiple positions. We weren’t going all in. Options were limited. I think we’re much better equipped for building a long term powerhouse at the price of our 2024 WR room. Sometimes GM have to make those decisions. Recent history shows it’s a viable strategy KC fans were saying the same thing about Veach when they traded Hill. which top tier WR would you have added that wouldn’t have radically changed our cap/draft picks? If Brian Thomas Jr is the answer, I get it. He’s the only guy that slid to a spot where we wouldn’t have had to give up the farm…. But I’m not so sure he’s a WR1 either. Sure he gives us a better deep threat, but I don’t think he’s that type of difference maker for 2024. who else could we have gotten that would’ve moved that needle?

And adding a star WR (at the expense of other positions) makes it that much more likely? Seems to me like the uproar began when we didn’t draft a WR in rd 2,3, or 4. I was hoping for one too….but I don’t think drafting a WR in any of those rounds would’ve moved the “likely to win a Super Bowl” meter very much. Trading for Aiyuk or another big money WR would equate to going all in. That’s not going to happen. Salary cap squashed those hopes imo. Imo, this is a debate is more about Beanes preference to keep the cap in a manageable position as opposed to going all in. I don’t think this season, considering our current pass rush, would’ve been the right time for that. If von miller comes out of the gate firing, I could see Beane making a move mid season if one is available Funny that a KC fan would bring up kincaids age considering Kelces resume prior to turning 25

We can win a Super Bowl without a great WR unit. That’s all that really matters. If we had poor WRs and a mix of sub par to average TE, RB and OL units, I would think we’d have a discussion for doing things wrong. Instead, we have above average to good, maybe very good units along with an elite QB. So many saying that we’re not helping 17 by not investing more into WR. I agree that I’d have liked to invest more in WR, but I don’t agree that we aren’t helping him. I think our run game will be improved and that will open up play action and Josh’s ability to move around and create time out of the pocket. I think Josh has the ability to transform Coleman, Samuel, Shakir, Kincaid, knox, Cook, Hollins and MVS from unproven unit to a quality unit. Kincaid, Coleman and Samuel are top 40 picks. They’re talented- Coleman and Samuel haven’t had the benefit of playing with 17 yet. 17 can help level them up as he will continue to do with Shakir. Hollins has never played with a good QB. MVS has won back to back being WR3-4. I get it. You guys want better WRs. So do I. Let’s just not act like we’re ruining 17’s career by not having an elite WR. We had one and he was a no show more often than not on the biggest stage

5 out of the last 7 Super Bowl champions didn’t have a 1000 yard WR. Also 9 out of the last 16. Get yourself a stud TE to pair with your elite QB and everything gets easier. I think we have ourselves a stud TE. Things are going to get easier.

Sorry- didn’t know we were talking about TE’s. TE’s don’t seem to carry much weight around here when it comes to these conversations- considering that we have two very good TEs…..yet WR is the only thing we hear about from the whiners. How about those KC whiners last year? They were fighting the same fight. They had zero proven WRs- which is the fight ya’ll are fighting as if it’s the gospel

And it doesn’t even matter. This is all nonsense. One person picks a random stat and now all of his followers act as if this means anything. Answer me this: this time last offseason, say chiefs fans are discussing the same exact thing- many WRs on KCs roster had finished top 32? DOOOOOOOM!! As we watched Josh make 2 bone headed plays to end our season. As we watched our “elite” WR that everyone now clamors for, no show for 4 straight years in season ending losses. As we watched the chiefs win back to back super bowls with WR2/3’s masquerading as WR1’s

Yes we do. So what does that mean exactly? Nothing. Just like it would’ve meant nothing if we didn’t

Grandparents lived a couple blocks from Fredonia training camp. Went to practice just about everyday in the 80’s. It was there that the Bills became part of me

Legendary type stuff Not sure why anyone would frown on this move. If he sucks, he’ll be cut. If he shows promise, he might make the ps. Kicking the tires on elite athletes makes a lot of sense.

My take is that the offensive roster was about a push from 20 to 23. Beasley and Diggs were all pro in 20. Brown was a better x than Gabe (minus blocking). TEs and RBs goes to 23 while I think the OL was a push. I thought the 2020 line was better the majority of the season but they were poor vs KC. Close call. Defensively, the 2023 roster was better 💯 until injury evened things out. Poyer and Hyde both notably worse in 23 but the DL was much better. CB also better in 23. Talent wise, last year was our best team imo. Too bad they didn’t pull the trigger on Dorsey after his rookie season didn’t show much promise (to me anyway). Not sold on Brady yet, but I think he could get the job done.

And terrible offensive line play. The OL played very well the majority of the season, but they got whipped in the AFCCG.

🤣 this is amazing

HE’S BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!

Like John Ross? Phillip Dorsett? Roscoe Parrish? Will fuller? Andy isabella? Mecole hardman? Tavon austin? Sinorice Moss? there a more WAY more skinny’s that weren’t able to excel than were able to. No, I wouldn’t pass on Jackson, but I’d pass on most others.