Grade the 2006 Draft

[jspchief]

OK girls. Now's your chance to put your money where your mouth is and grade this draft. Yea, yea, I know. Can't grade a draft for another 3-4 years. We obviously don't know what any of these players can do, so we're talking about pure speculation.

Based on your expectations of what these guys can do for the Chiefs, where does this draft grade out?

[Dunit35]

R1 Tamba Hali. (B+)
R2 Bernard Pollard (B-)
R3 Brodie Croyle (A)
R5 Marcus Maxey (C- maybe C)
R6 Tre' Stallings (D-)
R6 Jeff Webb (B)
R7 Jarrad Page (F)

Overall on a 4.0 scale I would give them 2.28. That last pick dropped the grade.

[jiveturkey]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

were you listening to 610 about 30 minutes ago?

guys from WPI [insert joke here] were talking Fox..claimed he was best LB in Camp and one guy said "I stake my reputation on Fox, he will be a playmaker...he will replace what we lost with Donnie Edwards"

now, I don't know these guys, and I doubt they even have reputations to stake....but still, the conviction was good to hear, they had no doubts about Fox....

I've never seen it from him, but hopefully they're right.

That's where I got it.

I also remember the coaching staff talking up Fox last summer.

[Logical]

Stealing from Dunit35 format
R1 Tamba Hali. (A-)10
R2 Bernard Pollard (C) 5
R3 Brodie Croyle (B+) 9
R5 Marcus Maxey (C-) 4
R6 Tre' Stallings (D) 2
R6 Jeff Webb (C) 5
R7 Jarrad Page (D-) 1

Overall on a 11.0 scale I would give them a 5.14 which is a C.

One of the best day 1 grades I can recall, but one of the worst day 2 grades.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Vlad Logicslav

Stealing from Dunit35 format
R1 Tamba Hali. (A-)10
R2 Bernard Pollard (C) 5
R3 Brodie Croyle (B+) 9
R5 Marcus Maxey (C-) 4
R6 Tre' Stallings (D) 2
R6 Jeff Webb (C) 5
R7 Jarrad Page (D-) 1

Overall on a 11.0 scale I would give them a 5.14 which is a C.

One of the best day 1 grades I can recall, but one of the worst day 2 grades.

What don't you like about the Webb pick?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Vlad Logicslav

Stealing from Dunit35 format
R1 Tamba Hali. (A-)10
R2 Bernard Pollard (C) 5
R3 Brodie Croyle (B+) 9
R5 Marcus Maxey (C-) 4
R6 Tre' Stallings (D) 2
R6 Jeff Webb (C) 5
R7 Jarrad Page (D-) 1

Overall on a 11.0 scale I would give them a 5.14 which is a C.

One of the best day 1 grades I can recall, but one of the worst day 2 grades.

I don't think your rating scale is quite objective enough. It needs to be weighted, considering Day 1 >>> Day 2.

[the Talking Can]

Webb is the only day 2 pick that intrigues me.

[Hammock Parties]

A C for Webb.

[Rain Man]

I'm not as optimistic as everyone else, I guess. I like Hali, though at that pick I probably would've taken Jimmy Williams, and like most other people I haven't got the slightest idea about any of the second-day players. My grimacing comes at the expense of the second and third-round picks. We drafted Larry Atkins and Matt Blundin, when we needed some people who could contribute immediately. We needed a wide receiver or a cornerback or another pass rusher.

Does anyone else worry about Gunther's insistence on large defensive backs, too? We drafted some hulking monsters in the backfield this year, per his preference, and the rules of the NFL have tilted the past couple of years toward small and quick defensive backs. (If you can't touch the receivers, you can't jam them.)

[jiveturkey]

Not every draft pick can be an immediate impact kind of guy.

The first two picks have a shot a being starters while the QB and the WR have a shot at being future starters.

This is a great draft IMO.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm not as optimistic as everyone else, I guess. I like Hali, though at that pick I probably would've taken Jimmy Williams, and like most other people I haven't got the slightest idea about any of the second-day players. My grimacing comes at the expense of the second and third-round picks. We drafted Larry Atkins and Matt Blundin, when we needed some people who could contribute immediately. We needed a wide receiver or a cornerback or another pass rusher.

Does anyone else worry about Gunther's insistence on large defensive backs, too? We drafted some hulking monsters in the backfield this year, per his preference, and the rules of the NFL have tilted the past couple of years toward small and quick defensive backs. (If you can't touch the receivers, you can't jam them.)

I would agree with you if we were talking about corners, but for Safety, size isn't as much as issue.

[Logical]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

What don't you like about the Webb pick?

Just a very average player for a 6th round pick nothing to get upset about, nothing to get excited about.

The biggest failure of this draft was at CB where we basically completely whiffed (and picked a CB that probably would not even make a good safety, I hope I am wrong I like U players) and at DT where we did not even step up to the plate. Topped off with going way overboard on safeties it really brought the grade of this draft down.

[milkman]

I decided to give this draft a B.

That grade is based somewhat on the assumption that Maxie will be a safety, that will eventually replace Wesley, and line up alogside Pollard, who will eventually replace Knight.

[Logical]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I don't think your rating scale is quite objective enough. It needs to be weighted, considering Day 1 >>> Day 2.

It was weighted, any of those day 2 picks made on day one would have been a D or F.

[Logical]

One more thing about Webb, he played in a pass happy offense, Tom Craft thought that he was the 2nd coming of Coryell and ran his offense that way, so the receievers numbers are inflated.

[jiveturkey]

Originally Posted by Vlad Logicslav

One more thing about Webb, he played in a pass happy offense, Tom Craft thought that he was the 2nd coming of Coryell and ran his offense that way, so the receievers numbers are inflated.

That actually makes him sound better to me since it's a similar offense.

Do you prefer WR's from run happy offenses that have deflated numbers?