What would you have done?

[Couch-Potato]

What would you have done differently in the draft? If you were against Simmons due to injury, who would you have taken instead? Would you have taken a weapon earlier? Share your thoughts here...

[Bowser]

Luther Burden guy here, checking in. I really don't have much of a gripe since they nabbed Royals later who looks like he could fill the role and be a Burden Lite. Add that to if Simmons can return to 90-95% of what he was pre-injury, that ends up being the hands down steal of the draft and Verch is a certified genious.

I really don't have much to complain about down draft, and I'm really pretty stoked for Brashard Smith in this offense. Hoping Nohl Williams can be our next LJ Sneed, as well.

[Sassy Squatch]

Henderson or Burden personally. Don't know enough about the rest of the board to get too upset that we picked x instead of y or z.

[TomBarndtsTwin]

In a vacuum, there are individual picks I might have preferred differently, especially the first couple rounds, but looking at the draft as a whole and how it all unfolded, it's pretty damn hard to argue with overall result.

Would have loved to have had Harmon (would have cost a LOT to move up that far), would have loved Henderson in this offense (but Smith was my second choice if we didn't get Henderson and we got him in the freaking 7TH round!), so as a whole I can't imagine it going any better than it did, considering where we pick (end of rounds).

[Sassy Squatch]

Really? What's wrong with the second and third round picks?

[TomBarndtsTwin]

Originally Posted by Sassy Squatch

Really? What's wrong with the second and third round picks?

There's nothing wrong with them. You have to go with how the board unfolds.

I would have preferred Henderson or Tuimoleau or Sanders in the first, maybe Thomas or Burch or Milum in the second, but, again, every pick differently affects another pick going forward, and this is 'in the moment' reaction, not knowing how the rest of the draft played out.

An ideal draft (for me) would have been grabbing Harmon, Henderson, and J.T. or T.J., but I realize that's not realistic.

But if you had told me going into the draft the Chiefs have 8 picks (3 in the 7th round) and we were going to end up with:

Simmons (1st to 2nd round grade)
Lott (2nd to 3rd round grade)
Gillote (3rd round grade)
Williams (3rd to 4th round grade)
Royals (2nd to 3rd round grade)
Bassa (4th round grade)
Smith (4th to 5th round grade)

I'd have said 'heck yeah, sign me up'

Was a BIG fan of the last 5 picks a lot more than the first 2, but I get the fit and the need on the first 2. Fingers crossed on Simmons recovery.