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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
(Post 17756056)
guys...everyone would love to have a juggernaut offense again. If we had Rice and Brown, nobody's worried in the least right now. To act like Veach did nothing and is wasting Mahomes' prime while we're seeking the three-peat is bullshit.
Now, I'm sure that Veach is in contact with several teams, and is looking to shore up the WR corps. I have zero doubt.
But you also have to realize-
EVERY team has flaws. ALL of them. KC is the only undefeated team, and has played a very tough schedule.
NOBODY wants to help KC. The league is sick of our dominance.
KC doesn't really have a first round pick. Everyone knows that will be a #30 or worse pick. It's an early second round value. Everyone knows that.
KC is in the driver's seat for the bye. We start getting guys back in a month or so. We really just need to survive November.
There are still big plays being left on the field. If Mahomes hits Worthy on that deep ball yesterday, would you not be much more optimistic? Ok, so, it's THERE, we're just not executing. That's different than 'these guys suck, trade everything for Tyreek and his massive salary and **** the cap for the next couple of seasons'.
Three-peat would be awesome, but ten rings with Brady having to cover it in the booth would be sweeter. And I'm not writing off the three-peat, either.
No, we're not desperate. We need to be better, and I'm sure Veach will do what he can to improve the squad-while not ****ing the future.
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This is a really accurate take.
The Chiefs have a NEED at WR, but not a desperate one. If there is a move there that makes sense, that they like, they will make it. If the only option is one that is a significant over pay, they will look for other options.
Hitting that deep shot to Worthy is something that makes a big difference yesterday. For one thing, it flips a frustrating INT (that again was not Mahomes' fault) to a TD instead. It pushes Mahomes comfortably over 200 yards. And it probably breaks the 49ers' backs. KC needs to keep taking those shots - I think it will - and it needs to hit some of them.
Diontae Johnson is fit 1A. For sure. But DeAndre Hopkins and Jerry Jeudy and Darius Slayton are on teams that are going nowhere and could be options as well. DeMarcus Robinson, even.
They'll work it. I think they can and will find SOMETHING.
Diontae Johnson is still the fit that makes everything go for this offense, if they can get him from Carolina and at a price that works (I would not go higher than the 3rd KC got for Sneed), that's something that puts the offense close to what I think they thought it could be (with him filling the role intended for Hollywood Brown initially, Smith-Schuster and Gray plugging the big slot role Rice was filling (less explosively, but capably) and the team hoping to get Brown on the field in December.
KC can make Johnson fit under the cap, and I think it can do it without doing something desperate with Jawaan Taylor. Shoot, we're talking about clearing about $4M for the rest of the season's cap. You can get that from bonusing out some of Mahomes' base salary.
You also could make an attempt to get Johnson under contract moving forward. With Rice's injury and suspension uncertainty, and Kelce's age, giving Johnson a nice 3-year deal that is really a 2-year extension to this year would create a lot of insurance for those situations.
And for the people freaking out that Veach didn't do enough, you're living in a Madden reality. The Chiefs are down WR1 and WR2, and the vet they signed to give them insurance for WR1's role missed yesterday with an injury. They're also down RB1. And they're 6-0 despite it.
You can't plan in the preseason to cover all of that. No way, no how. Yes, it hurts like a bitch that Skyy Moore is so, so bad and it would be nice to have that insurance. But if he wasn't a bust, they probably aren't signing Brown in the first place.
Reinforcements are coming back (Pacheco, Omenihu, maybe Brown in December). KC is also in a part of its schedule where it has 4 games out of 6 that it SHOULD be able to win by leaning on the defense, running game, selective Mahomes brilliance, and Andy Reid wizardry.
Honestly, there are only 4 games left on the schedule (Tampa, @Buffalo, Houston, @ Pittsburgh) where that type of boring, conservative effort doesn't feel like enough.
So yeah, I would say there is a NEED, but it is not a desperate need that you fill no matter the price. Measured approach seems best.