Chiefs Draft Philosophy?

SDChiefs · 03-17-2010, 04:12 PM

I got to thinking that we could, potentially, drastically improve one side of the ball in this draft by focusing our first 2 rds on one side, as opposed to mix and match improving each side just slightly. Im not sure which boat I am in (I think either would be great) but with a deep defensive draft we could always focus on that in the later rounds and offense in the first two.

Examples:

Offense- Clausen/Tate/OL

Defense- Berry/Spikes/Cody

These are just examples but hopefully you get the idea. I don't recall ever discussing it and I did not use the search feature so if repost....Sorry. What say the masses?

**The Franchise** · 03-17-2010, 04:17 PM

**Kyle DeLexus** · 03-17-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

BPA

This. And in this draft, that will probably be a lot of defense.

milkman · 03-17-2010, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pestilence

BPA

This.

You don't focus on a side of the ball, or a specific position, you take the best player available, and where there's players that are close in terms of talent, you take the best player that fills the bigger hole.

philfree · 03-17-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by milkman

This.

You don't focus on a side of the ball, or a specific position, you take the best player available, and where there's players that are close in terms of talent, you take the best player that fills the bigger hole.

As much as I agree about BPA I think it's almost a myth. All teams draft for need.

PhilFree

Ralphy Boy · 03-17-2010, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkman

This.

You shouldn't focus on a side of the ball, or a specific position, you should take the best player available, and where there's players that are close in terms of talent, you should take the best player that fills the bigger hole.

fyp

SDChiefs · 03-17-2010, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkman

This.

You don't focus on a side of the ball, or a specific position, you take the best player available, and where there's players that are close in terms of talent, you take the best player that fills the bigger hole.

What would you consider the bigger hole, if say, Clausen and Berry were on the board and youre stuck choosing one?

milkman · 03-17-2010, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SDChiefs

What would you consider the bigger hole, if say, Clausen and Berry were on the board and youre stuck choosing one?

Since I don't consider Clausen a franchise QB prospect, I take Berry.

If the choice were between Berry and a franchise QB then I would take the franchise QB.

If the Chiefs think Clausen is a franchise QB and they pass on him because of Cassel, then they should all be drawn and quartered.

In the end, it's subjective.

If they take Okung, Bulaga, Dan Williams, or McClain and pass on Berry, I will be pissed.

If they take Clausen and pass on Berry, I won't be pissed.

At least they will show they aren't stubborn and are willing to fix a mistake.

**Tribal Warfare** · 03-17-2010, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SDChiefs

What would you consider the bigger hole, if say, Clausen and Berry were on the board and youre stuck choosing one?

Clausen without blinking an eye

Ralphy Boy · 03-17-2010, 05:11 PM

Teams almost never intentionally focus on a given side of the ball, at least they wouldn't admit to it even if their picks went that way, but it happens.

That said, given what we have done so far this offseason and the way that I think the draft will play out, I wouldn't be shocked and it wouldn't bother me one bit to go defense with our first 4 picks.
I'd do backflips if we got:
1 Eric Berry, FS
2a Jerry Hughes, OLB
2b Cam Thomas, NT
3 Kam Chancellor, SS

I realize some of those guys could very well be gone by those picks; just saying "if they are there".

The wide receivers that are likely to be available and projected to be worth the pick, in the first few rounds aren't that strong or have injury issues (Demaryius Thomas) so I don't see us really falling in love with any of them.

Then they could shift the focus to the offense or BAA.

4 Eric Olsen, C - I don't see Charlie passing on him and Weigmann isn't a long term solution.

Then in the 5th they could go any number of ways
Add a RT like: Ed Wang, Sam Young, Chris Scott
followed by TE Clay Harbor, I really want him to be a Chief and he could go in the 4th
Then a WR like: Freddie Barnes, Alexander or David Gettis

**Tribal Warfare** · 03-17-2010, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

BPA

I second this

boogblaster · 03-17-2010, 04:27 PM

D .. is needed badly .. OL has to improve .. but the whole it is D .. we played first half games then couldn't adjust at half to finish .. only bout 4 games were we blown out from the start ...

SDChiefs · 03-17-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by boogblaster

D .. is needed badly .. OL has to improve .. but the whole it is D .. we played first half games then couldn't adjust at half to finish .. only bout 4 games were we blown out from the start ...

True, but being a defense heavy draft we could still focus the later rounds on that. Im not advocating ignoring one side completely, just maybe doing so in the first two rounds.

Pablo · 03-17-2010, 04:28 PM

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**Donger** · 03-17-2010, 04:29 PM

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SDChiefs Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Americas Finest City Casino cash: $8270778	Draft Philosophy? I got to thinking that we could, potentially, drastically improve one side of the ball in this draft by focusing our first 2 rds on one side, as opposed to mix and match improving each side just slightly. Im not sure which boat I am in (I think either would be great) but with a deep defensive draft we could always focus on that in the later rounds and offense in the first two. Examples: Offense- Clausen/Tate/OL Defense- Berry/Spikes/Cody These are just examples but hopefully you get the idea. I don't recall ever discussing it and I did not use the search feature so if repost....Sorry. What say the masses?
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Ralphy Boy MVP Join Date: Aug 2001 Casino cash: $10004900	Teams almost never intentionally focus on a given side of the ball, at least they wouldn't admit to it even if their picks went that way, but it happens. That said, given what we have done so far this offseason and the way that I think the draft will play out, I wouldn't be shocked and it wouldn't bother me one bit to go defense with our first 4 picks. I'd do backflips if we got: 1 Eric Berry, FS 2a Jerry Hughes, OLB 2b Cam Thomas, NT 3 Kam Chancellor, SS I realize some of those guys could very well be gone by those picks; just saying "if they are there". The wide receivers that are likely to be available and projected to be worth the pick, in the first few rounds aren't that strong or have injury issues (Demaryius Thomas) so I don't see us really falling in love with any of them. Then they could shift the focus to the offense or BAA. 4 Eric Olsen, C - I don't see Charlie passing on him and Weigmann isn't a long term solution. Then in the 5th they could go any number of ways Add a RT like: Ed Wang, Sam Young, Chris Scott followed by TE Clay Harbor, I really want him to be a Chief and he could go in the 4th Then a WR like: Freddie Barnes, Alexander or David Gettis
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