kskboys
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I'm actually not doing that. Because we are more than one year away. So, taking Lamb is fine, but you are putting yourself further away if you don't address your weaknesses.There are ways to improve your team without intentionally taking worse players. If the best player is at at position of strength for your team then you can make a trade, or sign a free agent. Did the Chiefs say there were better players available than Chris Jones? It would be based on their evaluation, not national scouting. I don't recall who the Chiefs passed on but Chris Jones turned out pretty good so curious who they could have taken instead.
The Ceedee Lamb trade is one that people point to as a mistake. People are advocating taking a safety instead when the first safety didn't come off the board till the 2nd round. That would have been a big mistake. And if the receiver group truly was so over loaded you can trade Gallup right now or trade Cooper in the offseason, getting additional draft capital, while not having to pay $20 million to a wide receiver. You can use that cash and draft capital for the defense. I'm not making it simple, but the overwhelming majority of the time it is simple--take the best player.
You keep missing the fact that there is often no clear BPA. BPA is really a myth, doesn't really exist.
Reaching for need also leads to failure. Drafting is just not so simple as to take BPA. People just love to spew BPA, but it doesn't work.
There were many players rated ahead of Chris Jones where he was drafted. Deion Jones, Sterling Shephard, Mackenzie Alexander, Michael Thomas, Jarran Reed. If KC takes BPA, they don't win the super bowl.