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Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19
Agreed.
Drafting 2 OTs that early screams “we don’t trust our evaluations of Niang and Jenkins AT ALL”...
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I disagree with you and htismage about it being a waste to take two tackles early, though I’m not advocating for it either.
Depth at tackle (via injuries) killed us last year, and we are even thinner at tackle now than we were then. Moving forward, Adding the 17th game adds a 6% increase in the likelihood that a player gets injured - that’s not insignificant. If we have a second tackle we really like in rounds 3/4, take them as depth. A 3/4th round is more than likely a career backup anywase, and a backup LT has value. Rankins and Remmers are both free agents after this year (IIRC - I may be wrong) and counting on Durant or Tega Wango to be NFL journeyman is ambitious.
My personal take...
LT: Jenkins-Foresythe-Rankin
RT: Niang-Remmers
Feels a whole lot more comfortable to me in the event of injury than...
LT: Jenkins-Rankin
RT: Niang-Remmers
Again, not advocating for this to be the route the Chiefs take, but I see value there if they do. I’d rather go OT/DE/WR/LB (in any order) with our first four picks.