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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I don’t buy that. Veach saw the success last year on the dollar WR model and tried to replicate it. Can’t blame him too much for it. but we aren’t talking Justin Jefferson money. The issue was being cheap to the point where we’re talking about 1-3 year $10m contracts as if they’re back breaking. We haven’t even begun to tap into daddy’s credit card the way most teams do to keep the window open. We took a gamble and we probably shouldn’t have. That’s ok. Even a brilliant guy like veach isn’t infallible and we’re plenty good everywhere else that we’re still in great shape. Ok, so use our top men to adapt for now and address it in the offseason.
Sure I agree we had to pay for offensive players in some spots. I’d also suggest that our emphasis on defense, while obviously working well, also came at the expense of having to pay for offensive skill positions we couldn’t fill in the draft. We could have benefited from an additional TE (Ertz would be a hell of a get). We paid a bandaid contract to donovan smith because we haven’t drafted a starting OT. And we’re getting close to decision time on all 3 interior OL being on rookie contracts. That’s why some of us feel like we sometimes rely too much on the crutches of mahomes and Reid’s greatness, but I feel confident this offseason we’re gonna give them ingredients to cook again.
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Yeah, I get some of the older fans long for the days of D-FENCE!!! but not maximizing a generational talent like Mahomes is just sad.
But I guess lots of punting, mediocre football, and hoping the other team makes a mistake seem to be themes of the 2023 season.
With Mahomes in his prime I would prefer to score 35-40 a game and see if other teams can try to match.
Have the defense be fast, cheap, and young and make sure the offense can destroy people.
But now bringing back the Alex Smith plays for offense with Mahomes throwing to ???? seems to make people happy.