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Originally Posted by milkman
If we take a QB in any round outside of the, I'd rather take Christian Ponder in the second, or Andy Dalton in the fifth.
I also think center has to be addressed through free agency, or in the first three rounds of the draft.
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Unless a center is of the quality of a Maurkice Pouncey or Alex Mack, I think that spending a top three round pick on a center is unnecessary. The position is devalued in the draft unless it's a guy of that level, and they usually go in the later stages of the first round. Once you get past that, there is usually a handful of quality centers in the mid-rounds.
I still think that the Chiefs screwed themselves by giving up their fifth round pick last season to move up for Moeaki. They could have had Tennant with that pick, who most likely would be starting for the team in 2011.
Wisniewski is a nice player, but he's not Pouncey or Mack. In fact, the guy didn't even play center this past year, but was at the guard slot. I think you've got to look at him as a Mike Pouncey (the other brother whose also in this draft, not Pittsburgh Steeler Maurkice) type of player, but without the size and strength. And we've already got one first round offensive guard playing a different position on this team.
He's a finesse guard like Rod Hudson, but we've already got one of those on the roster in Lilja.