Matt Derrick

And maybe there's a world in which it makes sense, Seren, because I do firmly believe that one of the things that the Chiefs has really hurt their offense in recent years has been the fact that they haven't had an effective run game.

I mean, the most effective run game they've really had in maybe the last four or five years has been when

uh... you know in the rookie year for president pacheco i mean that was it and yeah i want a super bowl but we've also seen the when the team has a truly effective running back and that often to something to be seen so

Hey, if your thought process is that you want to be ready in case Walker goes down, that you've got another guy that can go in there and keep the offense at a top three level, I can see the point.

But things like that, just because they make sense on paper doesn't mean they're going to make sense and work out in real life.

I think one of the things that would happen is that you'd probably have two unhappy guys in your backfield, and that can affect the team too.

And you and I talked about this last night on Sunday Sound Off, Soren, that even the Chiefs, you need to come out of this draft with three or four starters that are going to be starting for you very quickly.

Right.

Can you do that if you're taking what is probably going to be a backup with the number nine pick overall?

I mean, I get the, you know, like I said, doubling down on it and everything.

But that's just the potential that you've got a guy that might end up just being your backup for three years.

Yeah, and hey, this time of year, I get it.

We talk about this.

Sometimes general managers are straightforward, and sometimes they say things that are true from a certain point of view.

I've always considered Brett Veach to be pretty straightforward.

I don't think that he goes out there and just says things that he wants to say to throw us off the loop or anything like that or figure out what's going on.

But one thing he has consistently said over the past and everything like that, and his actions have backed it up for the most part, has been that you have to get value and you have to get premium positions when they're available early in the draft.

For a guy with Brett Veach's philosophy, having the number nine pick overall and taking a position of low premium value when you've got potentially maybe a number one receiver or you've got some edges out there or you've got even, God forbid, an offensive tackle in this year's draft, if you're not taking corner, edge, tackle, receiver positions,

At nine, I mean, you're just throwing away the value of your 6-11 season.

I mean, you've done that to be able to get a player.