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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Yes But the bandaid crowd has validation too. I know people are dancing around our initial wr unit not looking great but I just don’t think they have been. Hence why we’re making these adjustments. I think we learned not to take either kelce or mahomes for granted and I’m thrilled that we’ve learned we can’t just throw anyone out there and try to make it work. I think wr was a position very much taken for granted and it isn’t anymore, even for people who’d prefer to use the draft instead of spending money.
It’s a philosophical difference but $10m to me isn’t crippling. Hell, we could’ve offset thielen/DHop with Watson and hardman. Anyone think thielen and rice and Watson/hardman with Toney and skyy is worse than what we have? Water under the tbridge because we’ll come out okay. But there is validation on both sides of the aisle.
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I feel like nothing was exactly "learned" in that regard... the Chiefs are obviously learning who is progressing and isn’t and all of that in terms of player development, but everything else was known from the beginning.
The Chiefs knew it sucks to lose a HoF WR and they'd have to make more decisions this offseason and balance this year's success with long term success, etc. They (and many of us) knew the product on the field would evolve and they would use the first couple months to evaluate and make adjustments where needed, and may not look great in week 1 or even week 8. They (and hopefully everyone) knows you can't just throw out
anyone, but also had to work within a certain set of limitations, along with the feedback of the greatest QB we've ever seen and so forth.
Nobody here saying "we'll be fine" was ever completely lacking any of that knowledge... we know all of that, which is exactly why we haven't been worried about it.