So I have a simple question for you.

When the Chiefs play do you pull for them to win or do you root for them to lose.

Not that I disagree with your take but the Chiefs are the 3rd youngest team in the NFL.

They're likely to get younger before they get older.

Braxton Miller
Kyler Fackrell
Shilique Calhoun

Think we could have used one of these guys? I do.

Draft picks are a limited resource yes. Roster spots are also a limited resource.

I thought it was 6th. Eh, close enough either way.

But as we've often noted around here, one of Dorsey's greatest strengths has been his ability to build young, effective, cheap depth. And yeah, he's found a couple of young foundational players in Kelce and probably Peters. But DJ and Hali are in dire need of replacement and Berry's probably not staying. Poe may not be worth what he's going to ask for as well. And while nobody will care for this opinion at all, Houston's best days are behind him, IMO. Lower body injuries add up and age gets to everyone.

We're not at critical mass by any means and one homerun draft could fix everything, but this stings a bit and regardless of how you want to spin it, this isn't an endorsement of Dorsey, it's an indictment.

Whatever led to this, it can't happen again. You can't have a pick in the top 75 that is so goddamn bad, either due to talent or attitude, that you can't even be bothered to red shirt him for a year with all the other 'who gives a shit' guys that don't dress out every week.

The fact that none of us have been able to come up with a single example of this in the last 10+ years speaks volumes. This just doesn't happen - it can't happen.

So stop trading down and accumulating less valuable picks.

If he was that concerned about his roster spots, he should've been looking to move up to get better players in the middle rounds, not down to get more guys that he was just going to have to cut.

This doesn't seem terribly complicated.

While I agree, I wonder if Andy Reid's absence at The Combine had any effect on this decision, i.e., questions asked, personality conflicts, etc.?

That said, I don't see it as egregious an error that you do, mainly because Dorsey's hit on multiple 3rd rounders in the same year, such as Kelce & Davis, Nelson and Conley along with Phillip Gaines.

He'll most likely have two 3rd rounders in 2017 (Sean Smith), so he'll have an opportunity to rectify the 3rd round of the 2016 draft.

Plus, it appears that he hit on two of their 4th rounders in Ehinger and Murry, while Robinson has a chance to make an impact next year.

I'm a STH and couldn't care less why he was cut. If this team was in rebuilding mode and having to rely on draft picks heavily to build the team I might be concerned. Chiefs have finally hit the point where their depth is good enough that good talent is going to hit the streets due to numbers. Especially with the number of picks Dorsey has been accumulating.

It could have come down to finances as they see no real difference in potential between him and White/Acker so they got rid of the bigger contract.

Not that what you're saying isn't right, but we still came out with a really talented class with a lot of promise, so I don't really give a **** at this point. It's over and done with. Jones, White, Hill, Murray, Nicholas, and Ehinger is still a class to be excited about, and Russelll wasn't going to make or break it after what we've seen up to this point.

Afted trade downs, we ended up with all change and no dollars, and lost two quarters (one before, one now), but I think we got so much value with our dimes and nickels, that I really don't give a shit, and I'm not going to nitpick Dorsey at this point when he continues to find talent.

Oh yea, one of those quarters bought us a top 10 talent too. He was just risky because he came out a year early. Early indications are we struck gold. Keep bitching just to bitch though. Don't know what we can do about it now.

These guys aren't proven by any means, but if Ford and Gaines continue to play like they did last weekend, we're having no issues.

We'll find out a lot this year from young guys. Ford, Conley, Gaines, Nelson, March, Murray, Jones. Lot of really young guys there.

You already know the answers that you seek.

He is right....and not giving a shit about bad moves and getting your pussy all swole up every time someone criticizes anythign the chiefs do is called homerboning.

I bet youre right.

It had to be a personality conflict / work ethic kind of thing.

The work ethic is easier to have when youre starving...when you get paid mad loot, its easier to not hunger as much.

If you get 2 long term starts then you had a draft class. If you get 3 then you killed it. We expect to get at least 2 out of this one. People expect to much out of the draft... Especially on a deep team

Acker's deal costs the Chiefs $150k more than Russell.

Acker: $600k
Russell: $450k