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Some random thoughts:
The NFL seems to have trends. When the Rams won the Superbowl, we were in the "F them picks" era and teams thought they could copy the Rams success by trading away their draft picks. Now the Chiefs trade away a superstar in Tyreek for picks and go back to back, and maybe the NFL all of a sudden values draft picks more?
It's never made any sense to me, but the original draft placement of a player does appear to affect their trade value. A first round pick who had the exact same career as Sneed to date probably would have gotten more back in a trade.
The "people don't want to trade with the Chiefs" thought process is almost certainly bullshit. Might be true of a team or two, but in general Teams are not up in their feelings like fans are. If some GM thought trading a 2nd round pick to pay Sneed top of the market CB money would put their team over the top, they would have done it.
I love Sneed, but its not like he had multiple years of elite play, has never been an all pro. I guess its just a shitty ish combo of the injury question mark, and the Chiefs negotiating position, and how much Sneed wanted contract wise that resulted in his trade value being lower.
I don't love a 3rd in 2025 obviously, but to keep the dynasty going you are going to need to keep drafting assets that outplay their salary cap cost, and some guy in the first half of the 3rd round definitely has a good chance to do that.
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