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Originally Posted by Direckshun
Of those 15 players, that's SEVEN players who are either perennial starters (Sneed, Smith, Williams, Watson, Pacheco) or who have been regular starters at one point on the roster (Fenton, Allegretti). And two other players I think we'd classify as critical cogs who don't start (Danna, Gray).
That's a third day draft pick "hit" rate of 60% -- absurd. And with Veach raking in usable UDFAs every year, this is how the team is going to remain competitive throughout the Mahomes/Veach tenure.
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That's essentially the value of a 2nd round pick. Your typical hit rate on a 2nd round pick is like 55% of them turn into valuable everyday starters by their 3rd year in the league. And Sneed, Smith and Pacheco are all clear high value starters at their respective position. Williams and Watson would be the back side of that 2nd round 'hit' but between the 2 of them, that's 4 quality starters.
When you put it like that, the Chiefs have essentially turned the 3rd day into the 2nd round. Even when you remove the value of 'shell-gaming' those picks up from the 3rd day about 6-8 'extra' 2nd round picks typically being required to yield that kind of return.
Yeah, he's absolutely murdered day 3.