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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Re: positional flexibility
The thing I will say I like most about this pick (other than the upside, which is something to dream upon) is the options KC has created here.
If Jaylon Moore is really good at LT, Suamataia is really good at LG, and Simmons is healthy and ready to go at RT, that could be the best alignment.
Or, if Simmons forces his way onto the field, your left guard becomes who is better between Moore and Suamataia and (queue laugh track) Caliendo. You've created competition and some redundancy at LT, LG, and RT.
That's a good thing.
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The Chiefs were one of the few teams that had the luxury to risk taking this kid. Vrabel for example is not gonna start his tenure with a risk like this and neither were other teams in the top half of the draft, teams like the Texans have only a couple years left of their window with Stroud so they won’t want to risk wasting a year of it and teams like the Giants who are scared of being fired are not gonna risk it either.
Then there were teams like the Chargers and Broncos who have bookends for the foreseeable future and just don’t have the need.
Clark loves Andy and Veach. Their seats are probably ice cold. 5 SB’s in 6 years tends to buy you some comfortable leeway.
They got Moore so they chase the luxury of being patient. Breer made a great point that it wasn’t so much the risk of Simmons but the situation teams were in to afford the risk.
Think only the Chiefs, Packers and Ravens were realistic opportunities for him in rd 1.