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Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch
Who's been saying the OL as a whole got Mahomes killed all season? The LT in particular has been the bone of contention for at least a couple years now, and rightfully so. Spending 16 million on Thuney, 20 million on Taylor, 18 million on Humphrey, and potentially 20+ million on Smith while you're band aiding the most important position with half ass measures like Donovan Smith and the carousel of sadness that was 2024 needs to stop now.
If, IF, they've actually given up on developing Kingsley at OT because of a couple of games where he expectedly got overmatched and exploited then they need to just overpay out the ass for a mediocre LT long term in the tampering period and be done with it. Alaric Jackson or Cam Robinson. Pick your fancy and be ****ing done with it.
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OK, but I'm of the opinion that they just might be planning to pay BOTH Smith and the LT.
We're all smart enough here to realize this is the last year of Jawaan Taylor's salary on the books. If they do keep Smith, it's the last year of Thuney as well almost certainly.
Creed's hit in 2025 is around $10M. Smith's would be around $7-8M. So there is no real window of time where the OL is just eating up some astronomical amount of money.
And IF they do decide to pay both positions, that means your depth is in great shape too. Odds are, you're going to need someone to step up and play at some point and if that means Kingsley and Wanya are swing players at T/G and Nourzad is your backup C, I can see strength in that.
So I've laid out how the spending on the OL really isn't that much of an issue, so then you have to ask yourself, if they don't keep Smith and sign a new LT, how do they use that money in a way that benefits the 2025 team more? Answers may exist, but this FA class does suck out loud.
I think it's totally on the board that Andy Reid is ****ing tired of this middling offense and is going to fix it hell or high water. Draft a RB in this class with this potential OL they are trying to put together and see where things go.