First three pics - roster shaping

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(04-29-2023, 12:21 PM)Wyche Wrote: They're trying to get talented and young/cheap at premier positions on defense to offset the cost of the offense. You're paying Orlando Brown, Karras, Cappa, Williams, and Collins on the oline. I could be wrong, but I bet we start seeing upper round picks on oline maybe as early as next year. They're killing two birds with one stone on defense. They're adding cheap, quality depth for 2023, and potential replacements when guys like Hendrickson and Hubbard come due. And they're doing it with guys of high character and smarts. It's the Patriot way without Belichick's boot camp. (kinda....I mean, I'm certainly not calling them a Patriot team, but the strategy looks smart, and the FO/staff is actually resembling a real NFL franchise. And Joe Burrow).

Interesting thing to note. Of the 6 SBs the Patriots won, they only had a 1k WR in 2 of them. Troy Brown in 2001 and Julian Edelman in 2016 (Gronk missed half the season). Even if you add Gronk into the equation, they still only had a 1k pass catcher in 3 of the 6, and never 2 in 1 year. They only really spent on OL on the offense when they won SBs and trusted their QB to make do with 1 good weapon and a collection of low cost okay weapons.

It actually seems like the Chiefs are going the Patriot way, while the Bengals are looking at going the Colts way.