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Originally Posted by kcbubb
We just differ on how to build a team. I think you’ve got to take chances and draft players with traits in the first round for premium positions when you’re picking at the back of the 1st every year. Your view is going to have us leaning on free agency for offensive tackles. I don’t want to be in the position where we have to sign guys like jawaan Taylor to expensive contracts. I’d rather take a swing and then have to move a player to guard or RT. They get paid a lot too.
And I don’t think Simmons is off the board yet. More work needs to be done on him. Here’s Simmons working out at his pro day. The chiefs have time to evaluate his knee.
https://youtu.be/_EHG-gpa2Ko
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That's just the thing - Kingsley has ALL the traits. He just doesn't have the skill and technique, at least not yet.
Conerly has skill and technique but doesn't have all the traits you look for in a surefire stud LT. He just doesn't. He's got a very high floor but he doesn't have nearly as much upside.
And no, my view does not lead to relying on free agency. Never have I said " don't take a tackle". I have said repeatedly that this is a bad year for offensive tackles, we don't have a lot of picks, and we shouldn't be trading up for another dart throw, trading up needs to be a bullseye, especially in the first round.
And you will never sell me on Simmons. There's simply no way to know. He can check out medically and still be a much lesser player than he was before. As I said, his particular injury has a history of being a career-killer. I wouldn't take him under any circumstance because you won't know how limited he is until you get him on the field and by then it's too late.
Stay put. Take Conerly at 31. Or take a tackle prospect in round 2 or 3. Just don't waste valuable draft assets chasing a less than ideal player just because he plays LT