Players that the Chiefs could have selected instead of hiring Herman Edwards

[dorseybowe]

I've highlighted a few that I find noteworthy, including who the Jets selected with the Chiefs' pick.

Round 4:

20. (117) New York Jets (from Kansas City) - Leon Washington, RB Florida State
21. (118) New England - Stephen Gostcowski, K Memphis
22. (119) Denver (from Washington) - Brandon Marshall, WR Central Florida
23. (120) Chicago - Jamar Williams, LB Arizona State
24. (121) Carolina - Nate Salley, S Ohio State
25. (122) Tampa Bay - Alan Zemaitis, CB Penn State
26. (123) Cincinnati - Domata Peko, DT Michigan
27. (124) New York Giants - Barry Cofield, DT Northwestern
28. (125) Dallas (from Jacksonville) - Skyler Green, WR LSU
29. (126) Denver - Elvis Dumervil, DE Louisville
30. (127) Minnesota (from Indianapolis through Philadelphia) - Ray Edwards, DE Purdue
31. (128) Seattle - Rob Sims, G Ohio State
32. (129) New York Giants (from Pittsburgh) - Guy Whimper, OT East Carolina
33. (130) Denver (Compensatory) - Domenik Hixon, WR Akron
34. (131) Pittsburgh (Compensatory) - Willie Colon, G Hofstra
35. (132) Baltimore (Compensatory) - P.J. Daniels, RB Georgia Tech
36. (133) Pittsburgh (Compensatory) - Orien Harris, DE/DT Miami (FL)

For more fun, survey rounds 5 through 7.

[RealSNR]

OMG CHIEFS COULD HAVE DRAFTED TOM BRADY INSTEAD OF STINKY MAGOO

[DaneMcCloud]

If it wasn't for Carl Peterson, the Chiefs would have had Dan Marino.

BASTARD!!!!!

[Basileus777]

I'd trade Herm for Gostcowski anyday.

[unothadeal]

The Chiefs also could have and Troy Polamolu. But we got good ol' Lawrence Johnson instead.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

If it wasn't for Carl Peterson, the Chiefs would have had Dan Marino.

BASTARD!!!!!

And who did we get instead? STINKY MAGOO!

DAMMIT CARL!

[The Bad Guy]

Brandon Marshall. Good lord.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by unothadeal

The Chiefs also could have and Troy Polamolu. But we got good ol' Lawrence Johnson instead.

That trade really annoyed me.

[bowener]

22. (154) Kansas City - Marcus Maxey, CB Miami (FL)

Seriously, I would gladly have drafted a washout, wasting a 4th round pick instead of getting Herm then, knowing what I know now.

36. (244) Tampa Bay (Compensatory) - Tim Massaquoi, TE Michigan

I wonder if he is related to the Georgia WR... too lazy to look, sorry.

[NaptownChief]

Are you trying to tell me that it isn't a good idea to trade a draft pick for a coach that had just ran a team into the ground with a 4-12 record and was about to get fired?

Gee I never saw this coming.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by NaptownChief

Are you trying to tell me that it isn't a good idea to trade a draft pick for a coach that had just ran a team into the ground with a 4-12 record and was about to get fired?

Gee I never saw this coming.

Hey Naptown. How's it going?

Are you going to change your sig ever?

[NaptownChief]

Originally Posted by SNR

Hey Naptown. How's it going?

Are you going to change your sig ever?

One of these days....That is kinda my final remaining link to the rotten Carl Peterson era of obvious poor 1st day draft picks. Once Herm is flushed out then I think I will be able to let go of all my ill-will I have harbored towards the Peterson led Chiefs.

Man that Downing pick was awful. I remember checking around on him from some folks I knew in the business and anybody who did their homework at all would have known he was an unmotivated reach. Probably the only franchies that didn't know better were probably the Bengals and the Chiefs.

[DaFace]

I don't disagree with the premise of this thread - that trading a 4th for Herm was a bad idea. However, any thread that tries to justify a position by saying "we could have drafted XXX" is just stupid. No matter what you do, there will almost always be a player taken after you pick that will end up being a better player than the one you picked. That's just the way the draft works.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by DaFace

I don't disagree with the premise of this thread - that trading a 4th for Herm was a bad idea. However, any thread that tries to justify a position by saying "we could have drafted XXX" is just stupid. No matter what you do, there will almost always be a player taken after you pick that will end up being a better player than the one you picked. That's just the way the draft works.

Jared Allen?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by SNR

Jared Allen?

Thus, the word "almost." I guess a better way of looking at it is that the average team will probably get lucky and get the truly "best player available" with one or two of their choices in their draft, but rarely more than that, and often they "miss" in that sense on all of them.