Nonsense. They didn't luck into Gregg until after the draft. When he was drafted and in mini-camp etc., it looked like Powe was the guy to play a significant roll at NT.

Even when they signed Gregg, they had to know that he was a stop-gap. It doesn't make sense not to give Powe some snaps last year. They lost 5 games by 20+ points, put him in.

well to be fair, Eric Berry was the pick we all wanted and it was the correct pick for any team at #5.

It didn't make sense to not give Stanzi snaps either. They didn't play Hudson until they had no choice due to injury.

There was no reason (in their mind) to put Powe on the field.

From recent quotes by RAC (before the draft), it sounded like Powe didn't know enough of the defense due to no offseason. They probably figured that with Gregg and Gordon, they had enough veteran presence that they didn't have to rush him in.

All teams draft for need. They set their draft boards based on player ability + need. If a 280 lb 4-3 DE is the best player in the whole draft he still wouldn't be at the top of our draft board because we don't need a 4-3 end.

With respect to Powe, I think the big reason is not only was there no offseason, the dude is learning disabled.

Do you really want to try to force feed a guy that will struggle to digest the playbook, when he doesn't even have a full training camp? You'd be setting him up to fail. Instead, they put him in the weight room and let him sit in a year of meetings before expecting him to play. I think it makes perfect sense.

With respect to Poe, I think they looked at him and saw a guy that played too many snaps and too many positions. The biggest scouting report flaw I read about him is that he tends to "stand up" after contact, which destroys his leverage. He also has no real developed pash rush moves other than the bull rush.

His biggest asset is that he actually gets off the ball quickly and his over all athleticism for a guy his size.

Well, fatigue is a big reason a lineman tends to stand up, because when your legs are gone its hard to bend you knees to keep low and still maintain your power (rather than bending at the waist to get your upper body low, which also gives you no power).

But, the guy went hard for way too many snaps and was moved around the defenses in college. He's also clearly worked his ass off in the weight room. If he truly had substandard coaching, perhaps the Chiefs could have concluded they will get much better results with their top level coaching since the guy seems willing to work. Second, the Chiefs are likely to liberally substitute Powe to keep both big guys fresh.

I'm not trying to polish their knob, I'm just trying to see how a smart decision maker could have gone after Poe.

Oh really is it called Powetistic, or Powetism, Powelexia.

They had a 45 man roster to work with. If you have a player on there whom you plan on going in only if its a blow out, you're not planning very well to use your roster.

I don't like the pick, and will be surprised if he ever lives up to his (immense) potential.

The real problem is that the "first year or two" excuse will be legitimate.

I'm with nj, though, and have said before, that I believe Powe will be the starter to start the season, and actually have high hope for him.

It will be difficult for Poe, even if he does show some of that promise, to root Powe out of the starting lineup, if he plays as well as I believe he can.

I totally agree...there was a groupe of us that thought Powe was a borderline 2nd/3rd round quality player in that draft that has a pretty nice sized upside.

It's gonna be nice to be able to call in the Powe Poe on opowesing offenses in coming years.

I wonder if Kelly Gregg signs anywhere...Romeo had mentioned that he wanted to play next year and if that's true, I don't see where he fits in KC.

If I already didn't like the Poe selection, this "Powe Poe" play on the names would turn me.

It really is seriously stupid.

So how's Powe looking? Except for the the three guys returning from blown ACLs I haven't seen any reports of what kind of shape the players showed up in. Did Powe show up in shape or did he balloon to 400lbs in his first offseason? I'll bode well for him if he's in shape and ready to go.

There was a report that quoted Romeo saying that Powe is in great shape.

Oh. Cool.

I seem to recall a report about a month ago, when the players showed up for off season conditioning, that the Chiefs were pretty pleased with the shape that Powe showed up in.