00:00Work out. Yeah. Well, Alex, Trent McDuffie traded.
00:03That's probably the headliner as we wait on Patrick Mahomes injury updates.
00:08I mean, there's Justin Fields. How would you sum up the Chiefs offseason to date?
00:13So I think it's been effective in terms of how I wanted them to proceed,
00:19which is something that has been tough for, I think, fans to recognize, which is, look,
00:23they are not going to enter next year with the first or second or third best roster in the AFC.
00:30And after going to three straight Super Bowls and then last year happening, you know,
00:35they were they were certainly all in and they made some moves that put them up against the cap.
00:40And now it's time to pay the price a little bit, which is a bit of a retooling.
00:45And with that said, it doesn't mean that I think they're going to be bad next year.
00:49I think they're more of a wildcard team, though, and more than pushing towards one of the top AFC spots.
00:55And I think their moves they have made, including the McDuffie trade, set themselves up to where by 2027
01:02they could be back to entering a year as one of the AFC favorites.
01:05And again, people don't want to hear that here. You have Patrick Mahomes.
01:08And I get it. I don't think they're tanking or punting on the year.
01:11And if you get in the dance, who knows what can happen with Patrick Mahomes.
01:14But I think McDuffie was a move that they had to make now that we know what the dollar amount
01:19was for that contract
01:20to make him the highest paid corner in NFL history.
01:23That was what it was going to take.
01:24They could have dragged it out another year or so and played it out and tagged him and all that.
01:29But I think with the holes on this roster that they still have even today, they needed extra draft capital
01:35in a bad way.
01:36They got nine picks now. It's the most picks they've had in many, many years.
01:40And the last time Brett Veach had a bunch of picks was that 2022 draft after the Bucs Super Bowl
01:46and ultimately after the Tyreek Hill trade where they got McDuffie and they were able to get George Karloftis.
01:53And so I think they're playing this pretty smart.
01:55I also think, you know, Kenneth Walker going out and getting the best available running back.
02:01They've realized that running back is valuable again in the NFL.
02:03They were late to the party.
02:05And while Isaiah Pacheco was very effective in his first two years as a seventh-round pick,
02:10they got everything possible out of him, but they needed to invest in running back.
02:15And especially with their quarterback coming off an ACL and LCL injury, I love the signing.
02:20It's a ton of money, but I would rather them spend money on Kenneth Walker, frankly,
02:23than hope and wait that Jeremiah Love is there at nine and spend the ninth overall pick on a running
02:28back.
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