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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
Spotty in ONE actual significant investment attempt in YEARS- Hardman. That's it.
The Chiefs simply didn't invest much during the Hill years in drafting WR's. Now in the last 13 months, they have.
Believing that a hall of famer coach, unanimously considered the preeminent offensive mind in football can't pick or develop WRs is nonsense.
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So either they didn’t prioritize it or they did a bad job of developing. Neither should’ve been the case. Sammy Watkins’ contract was specifically designed to be easy to cut so we could develop our own. But it’s been a gap. And arguably would’ve been a giant difference maker in 2021 as losing Sammy Watkins was more devastating than we imagined. WR is a position where you can have 4-5 guys contribute in a big way and we didn’t find a single option even after knowing Watkins was completely unreliable healthwise
Nobody disputes that Andy is an offense mastermind. That doesn’t mean he’s nailed every position. Bellichicks had many years with bad WRs, RBs, etc… I think most would agree that these two coaches have been mostly consistent in finding good TEs, OL, and of course a GOAT caliber qb. Reid being more successful consistently finding RBs.
Of course he CAN and I’m mostly good with our current WR pipeline. But it can’t be ignored but he is certainly not beyond reproach. And the stakes are that much higher since we’ve committed to not using first round picks or big $ (for now) to find WR1 caliber talent.