Donovan Jackson in rd1.

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(01-22-2025, 03:27 PM)Whatever Wrote: KC was winning SB's before Thuney ever got there.  And he's playing T now because they've botched their T situation so badly.

Having your IOL made up of All Pro"s is completely different than drafting a guy in the first, hoping he becomes an All Pro, and expecting him to have similar impact.

G's have terrible WAR.  Yes, our G's are putrid and need upgraded on, but that doesn't mean that you will see some massive difference between a 1st round G and a guy like Risner, Brown, whoever who's a solid starter you get in FA.

Chiefs won 1 Super Bowl in 2020 before Thuney arrived. Then won in 2022 and 2023. Thuney was signed as a free agent in 2021. The lone year they did not win or go to the SB, Bengals beat them in AFC championship game. Trey Smith (all pro RG 2024) also joined the Chiefs as a rookie 6th round pick in 2021 and was inserted as a starter immediately.

Chiefs signed a great vet and drafted a rookie (he had history of blood clots and likely why he fell in the draft) in 2021. Since then, they have won 2 Super Bowls, lost in an AFC championship game and 4th year of Thuney and Smith they are still alive for another AFC championship and then possibly Super Bowl.

I will say it again, time we quit undervaluing guards. Why didn't we go after Joe Thuney in 2021?

What will we do in 2024 as we are in the same position the Chiefs were in 2021; we need 2 guards who can help us run the football and protect the franchise.