Did Chiefs’ tampering penalty cost them shot at QB Paxton Lynch?

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – We might never know for certain, but if the Kansas City Chiefs had this year’s third-round draft pick they lost because of their tampering case, they might been the new team of quarterback Paxton Lynch.

The Denver Broncos instead drafted Lynch, the quarterback from the University of Memphis, in the first round. They were able to maneuver up five spots to pick Lynch because they had a third-rounder to send to the Seattle Seahawks. The Broncos sent their first-round and third-round picks to the Seattle Seahawks.

It’s plenty interesting that the Broncos believed they had to get to the 26th spot, two spots ahead of where the Chiefs were scheduled to draft in the first round on Thursday night, in order to secure Lynch.

The Chiefs had an interest in Lynch and could have made the same trade with the Seahawks, except they didn’t have a third-round pick. It was stripped by the NFL as part of the penalty for tampering last year with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin, who was then a prospective free agent.

It’s worth noting that the Broncos might have believed the team they really …

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