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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin
Umm, the Chiefs just gave $20 mil. per to Jawaan Taylor a year and a half ago, so if you think you're gonna get Bolles for less that that, well, good luck with that. I was being nice at my figure. He will likely cost more than that to re-sign. And, again, acknowledging he's merely middle of the road, you're gonna have to commit to him or face dealing with what the Chiefs have been dealing with this year. You want your rookie/2nd year QB worrying about his blindside constantly (due to rookie LT or lower tier FA tackle) while trying to learn on the job and go through his progressions? Because that's what Mahomes is dealing with right now. Difference is he's a 7 year veteran dealing with it. And it's still a struggle.
I get what you're saying about the draft and all, but you're not gonna 'hit' on all those players, so there's gonna have to be some money spent if your team wants to rise up in the AFC West (or at least have the chance to), but I mean if you all are content with being the 3rd best team in the division moving forward, by all means, don't let me get in the way of that . . . . .
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I realize it may not be you specifically, but I could find lots of posts here about how bad Bolles sucks. That's the irony.
But zooming out, Denver does not have a lot of big contracts. With the dead money coming off from Wilson (and a few others), Denver is in a pretty good position cap-wise. They need to address LT. I don't think it would be crazy to do it in the draft, if they saw someone in the first round they really loved. But probably Bolles.
They need to plan to pay Bonitto because, I feel compelled to add, he is a grand slam home-run of a second round pick. They are honestly a bit ahead of schedule in rebuilding from Wilson because of some mid-round picks and rookie signings ranging from solid base hits to better (Cooper, Meinerz, Moss, MacMillan, e.g.) and a couple of really good first round picks (Surtain, Nix).
The biggest mistake now would be to try to take a short cut. Keep making solid picks. Sign a free agent here and there when it makes sense.
The plan is not to try to beat the Chiefs in the playoffs this year or next.