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Originally Posted by Rain Man
Here's a list of the #50 picks over the last 30 years. Give me a combination of the 29 and 50 picks that you'd rather have than Tyreek.
The bottom line is that the team will get worse. You can argue that the Chiefs were basically doing damage control so anything is better than nothing. But we're not going to win this trade on the football field unless we get really, really lucky.
2021 Azeez Ojulari OLB
2020 Jaylon Johnson CB
2019 Irv Smith Jr. TE
2018 Connor Williams T
2017 Justin Evans S
2016 Nick Martin G
2015 Ronald Darby CB
2014 Jeremiah Attaochu LB
2013 Jonathan Bostic LB
2012 Isaiah Pead RB
2011 Marcus Gilchrist DB
2010 Javier Arenas DB
2009 Mohamed Massaquoi WR
2008 Calais Campbell DE
2007 Chris Henry RB
2006 Marcus McNeill T
2005 Ron Bartell DB
2004 Devery Henderson WR
2003 Bruce Nelson G
2002 Chester Pitts T
2001 Dominic Raiola C
2000 Barrett Green LB
1999 Shaun King QB
1998 Germane Crowell WR
1997 Mike Logan DB
1996 Patrick Sapp LB
1995 Bobby Taylor DB
1994 Brentson Buckner DT
1993 Victor Bailey WR
1992 Eddie Robinson LB
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When you combine the 5 players or less with trades on top of the players they can sign with 70+ mil in cap space, they absolutely can and likely will be better because of it.
Hill was already was starting to get dinged up. Some think he may have even lost a step (still fastest in the league IMO). His decline was going to come, whether that's a year from now or 3 years. As painful as it is, this was the right thing to do for the future of the franchise.