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Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks
No risk it, no biscuit.
As a perennial SB contender - this may be the only time in Mahomes' career that we get a chance at a guy like this. Remember everyone lamenting about how we're never going to be in position to get one of the - if not the top LT in a draft? You submit that pick the second Simmons is still on the board when you're up. They knew Philly wasn't taking him. So you fill a 5th round hole and get a guy who probably would've gone in the top 5-10 slots if not for the injury.
Could it blow up in their faces? Anything is possible. Anything except the Chiefs getting a consensus top 2 or 3 LT in the Mahomes-era without taking a shot at a guy coming off a very concerning injury.
You miss 100% of the chances you don't take. I'm sure the training staff vetted him. If they're on board, so am I. The dude has some tape that looks like Silverback. Gotta take this chance.
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I said in the draft forum a week ago or so that this pick only makes sense in that you're throwing data aside and saying "So, you're telling me there's a chance?" It's akin to what your saying here. My opinion was, you take that type of shot in round 3, though, not round 1.