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Originally Posted by tredadda
Lets not forget that they have an elite WR core, but their OLine is beyond awful. I would not be shocked if they were willing to trade Higgins and Boyd if it meant having a line like ours. Burrow gets beat up back there routinely, but hey they have cheap WRs right now.
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Right.
An elite QB with a plus offensive line can make his WRs much better. It gives your QB an opportunity to be the force multplier you're paying him as (to say nothing of keeping him healthy).
But a bad OL w/ an elite WR corps means your QB can't even take full advantage of those guys. And honestly, its not even a smart allocation of resources because a guy like Garappolo can throw to a premier WR corps and put up points - a great QB doesn't do a TON to make those guys better. They're going to be marginally more productive than they'd be with an average QB under center. And when having those guys prevents you from putting an OL in front of your QB, they can't even be THAT productive.
The Chiefs are doing it right.