Season Summary

Not much to say here. They’re the best. The question is how long can they stay the best.

The Mills and Gresham trade is instructive here. The Soldiers are encountering the problem of having more good players than they can keep, and have landed on a formula of trading out keeper level players for great draft selections. Will they be able to keep who they select at pick 4? They will if they’re Sheezel like, obviously. But what if they’re Josh Sinn like. Or Will Phillips. Or even someone like Horne-Francis. Can this team justify a keeper spot on that? Or will they simply return to the trade table, and try again the following year.

This isn’t an old team. But it isn’t a young one anymore either. Time has finally caught up with the Chiefs. It remains to be seen when it will catch up with the Defenestrators. The question is will the Soldiers put their chips in and maximise their chances of going 3 in a row. Or will they try to cop a short term stepback to try and keep the gravy train rolling? The Mills trade is an indication toward the latter. It is hard to argue pick 4 helps them more than Mills does when it comes to a flag in 2024. But the Soldiers are clearly banking on the idea they can do without Mills. They won’t notice. It won’t slow them down. They’re so far in front they can afford to trade away premium players to try and get the pillar of the next dynasty before this one is over. If it works out for them, it’s masterful. But those others with designs on winning the flag should take heart at the Mills trade. Success for the rest of us is just that little, little bit closer thanks to it.