Mock (1/27)
 

Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs extend Alex Smith 4 years, $60m ($36m guaranteed), and OLB Justin Houston 6 years, $62m ($32m guaranteed).

2. The Chiefs restructure SS Eric Berry and OLB Tamba Hali.

3. The Chiefs resign WR Dexter McCluster to a 4 year, $14m deal ($4m guaranteed), OG Geoff Schwartz to a 2 year, $7m deal and S Husain Abdullah to a 2 year, $6m deal.

3. The Chiefs resign NT Jerrell Powe, ILB Akeem Jordan, and LS Thomas Gafford to minimal deals.

4. The Chiefs let walk: WR Kyle Williams, OT Brandon Albert, OG Jon Asamoah, DE Tyson Jackson, OLB Frank Zombo, S Kendrick Lewis, S Quinten Demps

5. The Chiefs cut: CB Dunta Robinson

6. Chiefs sign WR Kenny Britt (Titans) to a 2 year, $10m deal, DE Antonio Smith (Texans) to a 2 year, $9m deal, S Bradley McDougald (Buccaneers) to a minimal deal.

On with the show:

1.23. OLB Trent Murphy, Stanford

Trent Murphy is not the kind of player that Dorsey flocks to, but his ability to get to the QB off the edge is what this team needs when it finds itself moving on from Hali in the next couple of years. In the mean time, Murphy can groom and hone his talents that have netted him 25 sacks the past two years.

3.87. S Deone Bucannon, Washington State

The Chiefs are bringing back Abdullah and Commings to man their FS position, so Bucannon comes in as a great SS option. Bucannon is the Luke Kuechly of safeties: crazy tackle numbers, always around the ball, great in run support and consummate team player.

4.130. OT Justin Britt, Missouri

I really like Britt's time this past year as an all SEC selection for the Tigers, going against elite talent all year. Britt played marvelously, and should be the swing tackle this team needs behind Fisher/Stephenson.

5.151. CB Jaylen Watkins, Florida

Shades of Jalil Brown the prospect in Watkins, but hopefully with better results. Watkins has great athleticism and good size but will slip in the draft because he only substituted in for injured starters. Nonetheless, I think Watkins played well in his time, and I think Dorsey could gamble on him if the value was right.

6.177. RB Raijun Neal, Tennessee

The Chiefs bring in more depth at RB. Neal is a pure bellcow back, has a nose for the endzone with plenty of receiving experience.

6.183. OLB James Boyd, UNLV

Eh, you never know. Might as well chuck another pick at the OLB position at a guy with a great size/speed combo and see if you can develop him.

QB: Smith, Daniel, Bray
RB: Charles, Davis, Neal, Gray
FB: Sherman

WR: Bowe, Britt, Avery, McCluster, Jenkins, Hemingway
TE: Kelce, Fasano, McGrath

LT: Fisher/Stephenson, Britt
LG: Allen, Johnson
C: Hudson, Kush
RG: Schwartz, Johnson
RT: Fisher/Stephenson, Britt

DE: DeVito, Bailey
NT: Poe, Powe
DE: Smith, Catapano

OLB: Hali, Murphy
ILB: Jordan, Johnson
ILB: Johnson, Johnson
OLB: Houston, Boyd

CB: Flowers, Smith, Cooper, Parker, Watkins
S: Berry, Abdullah, Bucannon, Commings, MacDougald

K: Succop
P: Colquitt
LS: Gafford

All of that is a whole lot of NO.

Glad to see you started keeping McCluster, since he isnt going anywhere.

Britt is always hurt or in trouble, I would not be happy with that.

I've altered between the team keeping him and not keeping him.

It's kind of hard to sort out right now.

You're really going to piss Hamas off with that Britt selection.

And Kenny Britt instead of Maclin? Didn't see that one coming. Still would like to see us take a shot at one of the receivers in this receiver rich draft...

I just figured I was risking overkill on Maclin. I try to shake it up just a tad.

We need a talented #1/#2 caliber outside receiver who comes cheap. Maclin is the best pick obviously, but Britt could work as well -- hell he might even be cheaper.

Hamas not a very big Britt fan?

'Hamas' pretty much loathes the entire Mizzou line. The left side, at the very least.

Why would you extend Houston now? You do that after next year when you cut Hali and save 9m.

Britt is a head case and should be avoided at all costs.

Ew to Murphy. 2nd round talent when there will be many better players available at that pick is just a no-no. You can get the same prospect as Murphy in later rounds while netting a starter in the 1st.

If the Chiefs give Britt 5 million a year, I'll freak out. Dude is a head case and injury prone to boot. Why do we need him?

Emmanuel Sanders, Jeremy Maclin or Golden Tate are far better options.

Your mocks are getting worse by the week.

Eesh, guys. Unloading a little heavy on a serial mock-drafter who likes to test out new options for the Chiefs offseason, aren't we?

Britt is #1, Top 15 WR talent when he's healthy and has his shit together. Fortunately, due to his track record, he can probably be had for a cheap, heavily incentivized deal that would allow us to cut him after 2014 if he can't keep it together.

And I'm willing to bet Murphy goes either early second or late first. If he tests well at the Combine (in no way is that a sure thing) then teams will be lining up. A great college passrusher for multiple years that tests well? Teams slurp that shit up. He's already garnering interest from the Packers and 49ers. He deserves to be garnering interest from us.

As for the Houston thing -- if a guy is playing a Pro Bowl level for your team, you reward him with a contract. You don't risk a disgruntled talent, and you maximize your leverage right now by negotiating with him, instead of waiting until next year and give him the threat of free agency to leverage against you.

I'd give Britt a chance on league min or close to it.


Everyone loves a good recovery story.

Too many good WR's in this draft not to take one with one of the CHIEFS first three picks. File that one away my fellow draftubators.