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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief
This organization has gotten far too comfortable using Mahomes as a crutch instead of as motivation to put the best possible team around him. I think they've realized that as much as anyone after what they just put him through in the Super Bowl. They should be ashamed, and I'm sure they are.
I'd be utterly shocked if the Chiefs aren't paying out one of the top 3 free agent contracts to a LT come the signing period. Not going to claim I know who it'll be, and it very well could end up being a Dan Moore or Garrett Bolles. If it is, I'll rejoice in glory because we have drastically upgraded the LT position. I don't care who they decide on, just get them in here.
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This take is bullshit.
The team isn't using Mahomes as a crutch or not trying to put the best team around him. It has been investing its resources in the best way it can to put the best team around him that it can.
This isn't Madden. There are limits to what you can spend, and you can only acquire the players you have shots at/can afford, and you can't make teams engage with you.
When Hill wanted more money than they could handle while keeping a good team around Mahomes, they moved him, and then took the best players they could (and made an aggressive trade-up to get one of those players). This led to a team with a strong IOL and defense. They had the best 3-year run in NFL history behind that team.
They've spent the resources where they can. I think they will spend big at LT in cash or picks or numbers to get it addressed. This isn't a team sitting around on status quo by any means. But the best use of resources might be a smaller move at LT and upgrades elsewhere in the roster, and that's just reality.