Chiefs Trying to trade Pollard? from NFP - Page 15

booger · 09-04-2009, 05:03 PM

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...h-Pollard.html

Biggs: Chiefs exploring trade options with Pollard

Move would create opening for Mike Brown in lineup

Brad Biggs

September 04, 2009, 06:55 PM EST

The Kansas City Chiefs are exploring options to trade strong safety Bernard Pollard, a move that would create an opening for veteran Mike Brown to move into the starting lineup, sources said.

The 24-year-old Pollard, a fourth-year pro from Purdue, has made 31 starts the last two seasons. He had 98 tackles and one interception last season. But Brown was signed in late June to push both Pollard and free safety Jarrad Page.

“The defensive backfield as a whole, I think, there’s excellent competition,’’ Haley said late last month when asked if Brown had pushed Pollard for the job. “I don’t think there’s anybody who feels real comfortable. Mike’s one of the reasons for that but I think that’s the way it is across the board there. Those guys know there is somebody right behind them that could be playing just as well as them. That’s how you get your team good.”

Brown spent the last nine seasons with the Chicago Bears but has been injury plagued since 2004. He held it together to start 15 games last season, but had to leave three games early down the stretch with a recurring calf muscle pull and finally missed the finale. He is an instinctive player and made 101 tackles last season, the third-highest total in his career.

Mecca · 09-04-2009, 09:59 PM

Taylor Mays is an athletic freak there is no questioning that and he's the best deep cover/cover 1 FS you'll ever find while being a massive hitter.

His 1 knock is that is the only way he's ever been used till this year so he was never really given a chance to be a playmaker, he just did his job.

Mr. Krab · 09-04-2009, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus

I've said it before and I'll say it until the draft, I'd love to have Mays OR Berry in the first.

You've said it about 10 times in this thread alone.

**Kyle DeLexus** · 09-04-2009, 10:01 PM

I'm gonna be pissed if the Raiders end up with him like all these mocks keep going with.

**Kyle DeLexus** · 09-04-2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Krab

You've said it about 10 times in this thread alone.

Hey when in Rome.

Basileus777 · 09-04-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Kyle DeLexus

I'm gonna be pissed if the Raiders end up with him like all these mocks keep going with.

Well that would just guarantee he would be a bust.

I do think this year is going to be really interesting as far as Mays is concerned. Last year I said he wasn't worth taking in the top 7 because he wasn't a playmaker. It will be interesting to see if he proves me wrong.

Mecca · 09-04-2009, 10:25 PM

He better not end up on the Raiders that will really piss me off.

**doomy3** · 09-04-2009, 10:29 PM

I would MUCH rather have Eric Berry than Taylor Mays.

Mecca · 09-04-2009, 10:30 PM

You should quantify that in some kind of explanation.

**Kyle DeLexus** · 09-04-2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

I would MUCH rather have Eric Berry than Taylor Mays.

I'm going to wait till the end of this season before I go that far.

**doomy3** · 09-04-2009, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

You should quantify that in some kind of explanation.

Assuming you are talking to me, I would much rather have an Ed Reed type. A ball-hawk, playmaking safety if we are drafting a safety in the top 10. Truth be told, I would rather draft a pass rusher or WR that high, but if we are hellbent on taking a safety, then I would take the playmaking ball-hawk every time.

**doomy3** · 09-04-2009, 10:33 PM

And, of course I don't have any allegiance to either team, so I am not looking at it through SC colored glasses.

Mecca · 09-04-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

Assuming you are talking to me, I would much rather have an Ed Reed type. A ball-hawk, playmaking safety if we are drafting a safety in the top 10. Truth be told, I would rather draft a pass rusher or WR that high, but if we are hellbent on taking a safety, then I would take the playmaking ball-hawk every time.

Alright well I was just looking for some sort of explanation. In Mays defense he's never really been given the opportunity to be a playmaker.

They used him as a safety net because no one could beat him deep to let the other guys make plays.

Mecca · 09-04-2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

And, of course I don't have any allegiance to either team, so I am not looking at it through SC colored glasses.

Now now, SC or not everyone knows Mays is a top of the line prospect.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 09-04-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by doomy3

I would MUCH rather have Eric Berry than Taylor Mays.

Taylor Mays went to high school in Seattle. I've been watching him play since he was 14 years old. I promise you, you want him over anyone. He is a freak of nature and has been a man among boys on every level he's ever played. I would be elated to have that guy on the Chiefs. He's going to be a Hall of Famer.

And I ****ing hate SC and was crushed when he refused to go to Washington.

**doomy3** · 09-04-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

Now now, SC or not everyone knows Mays is a top of the line prospect.

Agreed. And everyone (this board apparently excluded) also knows that Berry is a better prospect.

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