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Originally Posted by Womble
I don't want to trade up in the draft for a prospect. What if the guy we are moving up for ends up being shite like a lot of first round LTs. There are currently 31 LTs in the league that are better than what we have. Surely a couple of them are gettable.
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It's a risk but equally risky (and perhaps more so) to rely on Kingsley/Wanya or whatever free agent we can get at LT. As has been said before, LT is critically important position and if you can get a good one on a rookie deal, it sets you up for a long time because a) you can save at the league's 2nd most expensive position b) you can keep that player once their rookie deal is up rather than trying to scrounge for one.
The year for the Chiefs to trade up for an LT was last year. We didn't and paid the price last night. The next best year to try it is this year, even with a much weaker OT draft class.
Picks 31, 64 and 96 are about equal to #16 overall. Could we get a good LT there? I don't know. But I think I'd rather have #16 and #66 if we could solve LT than #31, #64, #66 and #96 and still have no LT.