The Chiefs were high on Gholston also.

Mayo is good with the spread

for all of the bad that will be said about Herm & Co...at least they had one good draft...there is no doubt that Flowers, Albert, and Charles will be really good players and Dorsey still has elite potential and we have guys like Leggett, Carr, Cottam and Morgan who can definitely be players...the Chiefs are in much better shape, IMO, then when Herm took over the veteran garbage heap Vermeil left behind.

This team? As in the Chiefs? You're smokin crack. The Dolphins D should get as much credit for their record as Chad.

Nah...

You draft BPA no matter what according to the draft experts...and I agree.

I mean, obviously if you have Peyton Manning you don't draft Matt Stafford...but you don't reach for a LB that might have slipped to the 2nd round 9th overall.

I was talking about the Jets in that post...it does look like I might have been talking about the Chiefs...no friggin' way...Chad doesn't make it through three weeks on the Chiefs.

I agree with that too, but if you think you're 1 or 2 players away from the SB, you try to get those players IMO. Kind of like drafting a RB high. I wouldn't do it unless it was the final piece of the puzzle.

Go back and look at NE's drafts, 2000-2007, ****stick. 15 hits in 70 picks. 21%.

That's like saying that Carl Peterson is forgiven of all his past draft ****ups because he drafted Albert and Flowers THIS year.

He's no Leggett.

It wasn't the height that made him drop, it was the 4.6 he ran.

I wonder how the Dallas Cowboys of 1979 feel, when they eschewed their BPA strategy to pass on Montana at the end of the second round because they had Danny White in place.

LMAOLMAO

Ah...I thought I read something about his height. Must have gotten mixed up...

no shit...it was textbook perfect maneuvering

and i love the idea that any LB would have done as well and won DROTY...that must explain why DJ won it also....wait,.....

2008 Rookie Stats
Brandon Carr and Brandon Flowers finished tied for fourth with BUF Leodis McKelvin and SD Antoine Cason, with 2 interceptions. TB Aqib Talib finished first with 4 interceptions for a rookie. WSH Chris Horton and ARZ Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie finished tied for second with 3 interceptions each. Maurice Leggett tied with 19 others with 1 interception for a rookie.

Brandon Carr finished fifth for tackles with 73 and Brandon Flowers finished sixth in rookie tackles with 69. Glenn Dorsey finished eleventh in tackles with 46. Maurice Leggett finished 16th in tackles with 37.

Jamal Charles finished tenth in yardage (358) for rookie rushers and second in yards per carry with a 5.3 average.

Some rookie bargains from where they were picked to what they produced…
Houston RB Steve Slayton 3rd round, 1,282 yards, 9 TDs rushing, 377 yards receiving, with 1 TD.
Chicago RB Matt Forte 2nd round, 1,238 yards, 8 TDs rushing, 477 yards, 4 TDs receiving.
Washington S Chris Horton 7th round, 76 tackles, 3 interceptions, 5 PDs and 1 sack.

http://www.gbnreport.com/rookiestats.html

Tackles
Player................Team...........(draft status)...TOT
Jerod Mayo.........New England........(1)...........128
Curtis Lofton.......Atlanta...............(2).............94
Chris Horton........Washington.........(7).............76
Antoine Cason.....San Diego...........(1).............74
Brandon Carr.......Kansas City.........(5).............73
Branden Flowers..Kansas City..........(2).............69
Kenny Phillips......NY Giants.............(1).............67
Dwight Lowery....NY Jets................(4).............64
Charles Godfrey...Carolina...............(3).............61
Wesley Woodyard.Denver...............(U).............53
Glenn Dorsey.......Kansas City.........(1).............46
Terrell Thomas.....NY Giants............(2)............45
Rodgers-Cromartie.Arizona..............(1)............42
Chris Long...........St. Louis.............(1)............39
Keith Rivers.........Cincinnati............(1)............37
Maurice Leggett...Kansas City.........(U).............37