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Originally Posted by O.city
All you "draft and develop" guys are full of shit. Just absolutely full of shit.
"Draft and develop but only the guys I want you to draft".
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I am a fan of draft and develop -- I liked the first two picks the team made, I enjoyed the Coburn selection and I'm optimistic about Nic Jones. I don't even hate the Conner and Thompson selections, I just see them as core special teamers.
But taking the philosphy of draft and develop is not a blank check. I don't have to celebrate every pick, I can reasonably disagree. And I know for a virtual fact, as much of a fact as a fan on a couch can, that Rashee Rice is a good player who is simply not going to get a lot of snaps this year. And I know for an actual fact that Morris is a "let's hope the coaches can make a workable tackle out of him" guy because he sure wasn't very good at OU.
I think the Chiefs will have to live and die by the draft, and Veach's talents have ensured they'll live by it. I will say that he sure felt hamstrung in the first round this year. Just saying.
The bigger problem is Veach's relative struggles in free agency this year and the refusal of the team to either trade or extend Chris Jones.