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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
Can’t just let everyone walk all the time though. Has Veach ever extended a single draft pick of his? Signing Nnadi to annual 1-year extensions because he’s not good enough for any more than that doesn’t really count.
If Danna is gone the DL of Karlaftis, FAU, and Omenihu looks like a group of complementary players who might get exposed without Chris Jones taking constant double teams. At least they could keep together an elite secondary that will be able to cover.
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We haven't needed to extend our guys bc veach is so good at replacing them. But it also uncovers one of my concerns about going all in on this defense. We're gonna learn pretty quickly that keeping an elite defense is a faucet you can't turn off. If you divert focus for even just a year your pipeline falls behind. Arguably even with all the picks we've thrown at defense we still have big decisions to make on guys like Willie gay, CJ, danna, etc....
I still think the goal for this defense is ultimately to be great but maybe more on the edge of elite than actually elite. While they're elite it's awesome to have. Let's ride the hell out of it. But is that sustainable? I dunno. I do feel like the offense, on the other hand, is really easy to sustain and requires a way lower investment to make us elite. All the more reason to always ensure the offense is set for years to come.