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Originally Posted by FAX
Actually, that draft is about as good as it gets in this league.
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Yeah, right now that's about accurate.
No, we didn't get someone like Newton, who would appear to be a franchise changer, but we weren't in a position to do so really.
Bengals win the draft right now, IMO. But the Chiefs are looking just as good as anyone else to this point. That said, I think they got there simply by not trying to be the smartest guy in the room (like they pulled in 2010).
When Houston slipped, they grabbed him. When Powe and Stanzi slipped, they grabbed them. Even Bailey was a guy that many projected in the 2nd. Hudson was a little earlier than I'd have taken him, but not any earlier than projected and he fit a perfect need.
I would say the only times they got 'cute' were with Bannon and Brown...those are also probably the two worst picks of the draft. I guess you could say Baldwin was a 'clever' pick, but Baldwin was considered no worse than the #3 most talented WR in the draft and the other 2 were long gone - so it seemed like a very conventional pick to me (and I loved it).
I like this draft because they didn't go out there and try to out-think the process. It was a welcome change from the 2 previous years.