drafting Trent Richardson
 

just saw the 2nd different mock that has us taking T-Rich 2.0 w/our 1st pick. I'm not opposed to it since no all-world DT is available this year. Here's the write up from Foxsports:

11. Kansas City Chiefs*: Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama: The Chiefs lost Jamaal Charles in the second week of the 2011 NFL season, and the offense never rebounded. Charles should be back and healthy next season, but Richardson is the rare running back talent who can completely change an offense. The way this mock draft has unfolded, he’ll be slipping out of the Top 10 — something few scouts or experts expect. A different type of back from Charles, the two could work together to form a dynamic duo in the Kansas City backfield. Though Charles signed a five-year, $32 million extension in 2010, he’s not making the Adrian Peterson/Chris Johnson money you might expect. Richardson, a between-the-tackles grinder, is viewed as a much better pro prospect than his former teammate, Mark Ingram. In the rough-and-tumble AFC West, I love the thought of a Charles-Richardson platoon.

THIS IS NOT OUR BIGGEST NEED.

We spend a 1st on a HB (a position most teams can fill in the 3rd, 4th, or 5th) and I'll be livid...

Draft BPA. If Richardson falls to us more then likely he will be BPA. A Elite pro bowl talent. We need more of these type of players on our team last time I looked. He's was the best back in college football. You don't reach and settle for an average ol or NT when you have a can't miss elite talent sitting there when we pick first round. That's the consolation prize for suckage in a season. The team gets an early pick in the draft with a much much better chance of picking up elite talent. So I have no problem with the pick.

Richardson is a beast, but you don't spend a top pick on a RB unless your team is already stacked. It's a luxury pick. The injury risk is too high, their careers are too short, and you can get a good one late in the draft or as an UDFA.

If we draft Richardson, and he and Charles have strong years but nevertheless we still draft in the top 10 again in 2013, and the "BPA" in '13 is another elite level RB, do you draft that RB then also?

Draft for need. Our running game is good enough. We can find a good backup) in the 3rd round or later.
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This is exactly how i feel. The most pressing need on this team is a young QB, but if ones not available, the select the BPA.

Assuming the Chiefs re-sign Bowe and Carr, and BPA is a WR or CB, do you draft him?

FTR, I don't see Trent making it out of the top-10.

heh, no......i guess i should have said BPA at a position of MOST need. We need RB depth. I have no idea how the Chiefs feel about Charles, but my gut tells me they dont have complete faith in him to carry a full load and never have. Drafting Richardson would be a nice insurance policy.

If hes not there, ill bet they go Oline then.

I don't know how you can say this... without blind faith that Jamal will be the same again. Did you watch the running game this year after he went down? I think we'll be drafting a RB early, if not the 1st round, and TR makes too much sense to not be a real candidate if he is sitting there.

Yeah, let's draft a big bruiser.

Because smashmouth football works so well in today's NFL.

And led us to multiple Super Bowl victories in the 90's too...

I don't disagree. However, I strongly feel that RB is a position you can get cheap rounds 4-7 or as an UDFA.

Roy Helu - round 4
Michael Bush - round 4
Darren Sproles - round 4
Brandon Jacobs - round 4
Michael Turner - round 5
Tim Hightower - round 5
Kolby smith - round 5
Javon Ringer - round 5
James Starks - round 6
Anthony Dixon - round 6
Jonathan dwyer - round 6
Bernard Scott - round 6
Terrell Davis - round 6
Jamal Anderson - round 7
LaRod Stephens-Howling - round 7
Peyton hillis - round 7
Ahmad Bradshaw - round 7
Priest Holmes - UDFA
Arian Foster - UDFA
Fred Jackson - UDFA
Benjarvis Green-Ellis - UDFA
Mike Tolbert - UDFA
LeGarrette Blount - UDFA
Pierre Thomas - UDFA

heh, i knew it wouldnt take long.......


What would you do?