[Rain Man]

I'm grading only their rookie contributions and not their total worth as draft picks, because rookies may take a couple of years to get up to speed. But here goes on their rookie contributions:

1st round: WR Jon Baldwin - D-. He moves up from F because of that whole "I caught a safety" catch. He wasn't on the field at all for many weeks and he's dropped some very catchable passes. He's shown that he has the talent to be good, though, so I'm hoping he'll improve rapidly.

2nd round: OG/C Rodney Hudson. C-. We've seen very little of him, and he's undersized, but I'm hopeful that he'll seize a starting job next year. I wouldn't have expected him to win a starting job this year, but I had hoped he would.

3rd round: OLB Justin Houston. B. He won a starting job and after being lost for the first half of the season he appears to be gaining traction. I've like his game the last couple of weeks and have hopes that he'll ascend rapidly and become a heckuva player for us.

3rd round: DE Allen Bailey. C-. Doing about what I would expect a third-rounder to do, maybe a little less than I had hoped, but he's kind of a tweener in our system.

4th round: CB Jalil Brown. D-. The only times I've noticed him are when he's screwed up. Has he made a tackle on special teams yet?

5th round: QB Ricky Stanzi. C. About what I expect out of a late-round QB. He made the roster, and that's a victory.

5th round: OLB Gabe Miller. D. Seriously, where is he? Is he on the practice squad?

6th round: NT Jerrell Powe. C+. A sixth-round guy making the team and actually getting on the field on defense is pretty good, plus it seemed like he was holding his own. I'm hopeful for a fast ascent next year.

7th round: FB Shane Bannon. F. Probably too harsh, but I would expect him to at least make the team as a draft choice. Is he on the practice squad?


It's funny that this was the dream draft of the collective of chiefsplanet and we're not seeing much impact. However, I do think there are some players on this list who are still ascending and can be good players for us. We just didn't get a whole lot at all this year.