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Originally Posted by pr_capone
I disagree wholeheartedly.
If Pioli were to land Luck or RG3
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That's a HUGE "if." I'd be hard pressed to assume that both RGIII and Luck will be available for pick-up after the 5th and 6th picks in the first round.
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If KC winds up with either QB, the fanbase will embrace him and Pioli's hands are completely clean.
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Say all you want. But, having a 7-9 record doesn't guarantee a great shot at one of the best rookie prospect QB's in the draft. Either way, I am not embracing Pioli until the Chiefs have at least made it to the AFC Championship round of the playoffs, which they haven't done since 1994. They need to win a playoff game before many of us can say anything positive about Pioli.
Winning one's division (10-6), and then choking in the AFC wildcard game isn't much improvement when the franchise has been win-less in the playoffs since 1995. The Chiefs should have Marty Schottenheimer as the Offensive Coordinator, someone similar to Todd Haley as the Offensive Line Coach, and maybe John Gruden as the Defensive Coordinator (this is just a hypothesis). Some might hate, but the Chiefs have yet to win in the playoffs since Schottenheimer's departure in the late 90's.