There was “a run”? lol… ok… every mock drafter alive predicted that “run” then. Brugler had him 6th and Jeremiah had him 3rd on their big boards. I’m not sure if you’re just intentionally being dense. He was the consensus at 6th overall pick in mocks.
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You also have a pretty poor concept of team building. You don’t decline to extend your starting TE cause you
may hire a new HC in the future and that coach
may prefer to add another guy at a position of one of your better players.
Lastly, Kmet’s contract has only about 3 million in dead cap next year. That relatively meaningless, and increasingly so with a rising cap. They can easily trade or cut him if they choose to do so. The contract is not remotely difficult to manage.