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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Aggressively? I don't recall that happening.
Jeff Allen and Donald Stephenson signed elsewhere at the start of free agency, so Dorsey targeted Schwartz, who already had a deal in place with the Browns. His brother convinced him to take less money once the Chiefs contacted his agent because they both felt KC was a better fit for him than Cleveland.
But the Chiefs weren't outbidding teams.
All that said, Reid appears to be content with drafting guys late and grooming them to fit his specific needs, to which he's had quite a bit of success, so it's a bit difficult to see him suddenly shift philosophies and draft a guy high when there are so many other areas that could be upgraded immediately.
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The Browns yanked their offer, though - IIRC. They had a weird front office situation and when he was sitting on their offer, they pulled it.
Though I agree with you that they weren't out there looking to re-set the RT market. We recognized at the time they got him at/below market price.
They knew they needed a RT and got the best one available at a good price. Was that an 'aggressive pursuit'? Eh...not terribly so. Certainly not what they did with guys like Wakings and Clark, or even Mathieu (who they appeared to be unwilling to take 'no' on).