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Originally Posted by Coochie liquor
Howie has had the opportunity to draft earlier than KC 3 of the 5 years. He also has an owner who sold 5% of the team to float the capital to push contracts down the road, which Clark doesn’t seem very keen on. If you factor in draft position, it would be difficult to put Howie on top. They basically just had a draft as close to KCs 2022 draft, for the same reason. We traded Reek and got a haul, they traded Wentz and got a haul. Also add in that teams have been reluctant to trade in the draft with KC, and not really with the Eagles yet.
Veach drives me crazy on certain things, but he’s had a harder hand the last 5 years than Roseman.
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True, but Howie has done exceptionally well in the later rounds.
2020 - Hurts (2nd)
2021 - Landon Dickerson (2nd), Milton Williams (3rd)
2022 - Cam Jurgens (2nd), Nakobe Dean (3rd)
2024 - Cooper Dejean (2nd), Jalyx Hunt (3rd)
And look at the 2023 draft, we went with FAU, while Sam Laporta went a few picks later to Detroit. Laporta would be the perfect replacement for Travis. Or Veach could have gotten a little agressive and traded up in the first round a few picks to get Nolan Smith before the Eagles did.