Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A Glimmer of Hope

The Chiefs traded away their star defensive player last night and that's a good thing.

Jared Allen, who was never going to see eye-to-eye with GM Carl Peterson, was traded to the Vikings for three picks in Saturday's draft. The Vikings broke the bank, paying him $74 million, $31 million of which was guaranteed. That makes Allen the highest paid defensive player in the NFL. The Chiefs received the 17th pick in the first round and two third round picks. The teams also swapped sixth round picks, which would be a five pick improvement for the Chiefs.

So the Chiefs have 13 picks this weekend and six picks in the first three rounds. In other words they have options and flexibility. It means that they have the power to work out more deals. It also means that the quality of draftees should be much higher than what Kansas City has seen in a long while.

The Chiefs could never have paid Allen what he got (which may prove to be way too much) and we are not one defensive end away from being a competitive team. Kansas City needs to build a core of players that can produce over the next five years or so.

Hmmm… maybe this will work.

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