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Originally Posted by Direckshun
I think the Chiefs draft is better than every draft in this thread. Easily...
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You are high as shit.
1. Poe is a project that basically is going to be Crennel's legacy here in Kansas City, good - bad - whatever. Crennel puts all his eggs into the Poe basket and hopes like hell that Poe and Ultra Peanut are right and this guy tears peoples heads off. He didn't two gap well at Memphis and I see him as a Ngata-lite 34 DE versus a true nose in this system, meaning Jackson goes weakside, Poe goes strong side and tries to pull in the tight end as well as the OT and ROG due to his hyper athletic ability for a dude his size.
His measurables are the stuff of legends and hopefully he was just suffering at Memphis due to three Defensive Co's in three years and that they didn't really know what to do with him.
2. Jeff Allen is a solid player, but unspectactular. A very nice swing tackle that really never distinguished himself as dominant at the college level. They are planning on moving him inside. Position change at a substanitally higher competition level means a steep learning curve. If you are taking a guy in the second to be a starter at guard, just take the best guy in recent memory at that position with the first pick in DeCastro. Why try to convert when you could have had the best guard in college - by a large/huge margin the previous round?
3. I liked Stephenson a lot going into the draft as I thought he was one of the guys who would transition well to a pro zone system, but the third was a bit of a reach for a guy that they could have had in Nate Potter or Matt Reynolds in the seventh round and free agency, respectively.
4. In the fourth they took a guy who is basically the exact same player as Dexter McCluster - with an injury history. The guy is an absolute burner, but he's a gadget offensive/special teams guy. Wylie is McCluster. Redundant and unnecessary.
5. Menzie played opposite a stud in Kirkpatrick with a fearsome pass rush and run defense. He's not fast, doesn't have jump/twitch skills. He's just a guy. He is instinctive though, but he's not as good as Jalil Brown from last year. Fifth corner on the roster at best.
6. Gray is a decent all-around player that isn't very effective in-between the tackles, but he doesn't need to be if Hillis is healthy in 2012. He's got a chance, but doesn't do anything particularly special.
7. Long? Billy Winn was sitting there in the sixth. Winn absolutely killed people against good teams players and looked the part of a starting five tech. Long was a full time starter only in his senior season. He's a smart kid who did have a nice senior year, but it's not like he blew shit up.
7. Hemmingway has a chance to be a solid slot guy, especially in this system. Might actually end up as the H-back as he's a really stout and compact dude who has nice body control but no real speed coming off the line. Best pick in this draft by the Chiefs IMO.
This draft reminds me of 2009. Jackson/Poe the project in the system, a bunch of filler, and the best pick ends up being the last guy in the seventh round (Succop/Hemmingway).
A very uninspired and suspect draft considering the guys still on the board with each pick that they had.
Overall draft rating: D