Just the perception of it. Philadelphia media has gone crazy the past few months comparing Chip to Reid/Howie Roseman. Especially after we got Maclin. I don't think Chip wants to extend that storyline any further than he has to.
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Maybe it's just me, but I get the sense that Chip doesn't give a rat's ass about perception.

That's true. I still don't think it'll happen. Hope it does though. There really wouldn't be a weak spot in the defense if we got him.
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John Dorsey on First Round Pick Marcus Peters


JOHN DORSEY: “It’s been a long day. Now here we are at the end of the day, I don’t want to hold everybody up here. We feel we got a really quality player here. I think everybody knows with regards to his person. I think it’s an example of us going to do our extensive research in terms of what his person is all about. But as a player, there is no doubt in my mind that this is a very fine football player. With that, I’ll take your questions.”

Q: Do you see this as a risky pick?

DORSEY: “No. Once you meet the kid, once you see where he’s from. We go through a research process in terms of trying to find that out about players. If the truth be told, the kid came here. We met him at the combine. He sat with all the position coaches at the combine. I had the chance to have a side bar with him at the combine. We brought him here to the building for a day. And then, just this past week, Monday and Tuesday I believe it was, we sent Chris Ballard out to Oakland. He had a chance to sit down with the kid, his parents. We did very extensive research in regards to this person and we talked to his coaches, his former coaches. Listen, you know what the kid is: competitive. He’s a very competitive kid. He’s not a malicious kid whatsoever.”

Q: You don’t see this as being anymore of a risky pick as Eric Fisher or Dee Ford?

DORSEY: “I do not. Not after seeing the kid. You guys have known me long enough, if I didn’t think he would fit in the culture or the environment of this community or the organization, he wouldn’t be here.”

Q: How do you suppose he’s going to handle it once emotions start boiling?

DORSEY: “I think he will be fine. I really do. I think he will be fine. What we have is a unique locker room. In this year three, this locker room that we have here, we have some strength in this locker room, especially the defensive side of the ball. That’s what good teams do, they take those veteran leaders and they tell the young guys, ‘Ok guys, here is where the bar is set, come reach with us.’ Then you have a Hall of Famer, an All-Pro as your teachers. Then you have Bob Sutton and on top of that you have a leader like Andy Reid, who is no nonsense, very matter of fact. No problem at all.”

Q: What happened? What is your understanding of what led to him being dismissed from the team?

DORSEY: “Well, I think when you get a chance to meet him. You all have probably talked to him. You have to speak to him very directly. You have to treat him like a man. I think that’s how you do it. Tell him the truth. He might have been caught up in the culture of the old regime that recruited him into a new regime. Sometimes it doesn’t always mesh properly.”

Q: How would you describe him as a football player?

DORSEY: “I think that he has probably got the best ball skills of any defensive back in this draft. I think he is incredibly physical in run support. I think he’s got an incredible feel for the game of football. As one very famous defensive coordinator told me, he’s the best defensive back in the last four years. He just sent me that text.”

Q: Where do you suppose he would have been drafted if he hadn’t been dismissed?

DORSEY: “Top 10.”

Q: Who does he remind you of?

DORSEY: “Marcus Peters.”

Q: What do you think of his on-field temperament? He’s aggressive and competitive.

DORSEY: “He’s a family guy. When you watch him around his family it’s a very loving thing. He has a baby now and to watch him interact with his family, his siblings, his community, he’s very proud. He’s a proud person and I think once you get him here and you get a chance to meet him, you’re going to like him.”

Q: But on the field.

DORSEY: “He’s competitive.”

Q: How do you square that away to keep him from crossing the line? There was the incident with the head butt.

DORSEY: “There was never an incident with a head butt.”

Q: Supposedly he choked one of his coaches.

DORSEY: “That’s rumor. We’ve even talked to his former head coaches that never happened.”

Q: There was the head butt on the field. He was ejected from the game.

DORSEY: “Maybe it was on the field, I apologize. I mean, he’s competitive. They are out there playing the game. I’m not going to fault him for his competitive spirit.”

Q: The way he plays the game.

DORSEY: “He’s a defensive player.”

Q: He’s not the classic cornerback that you’ve brought in the past couple years, he’s just under six foot. Is it the way he plays the game that you liked?

DORSEY: “He does. He can be very physical in press. He can instinctively turn and mirror routes with receivers. On run support, nice strong run support, sheds the receiver’s blocks. He’s a square tackler. I just like the way he plays the game of football.”

Q: Do you agree with that assessment of whomever texted you, that he could be the best corner in the last four drafts?

DORSEY: “I believe he will come in and compete. We will be very happy to have him. We are going to be very happy to have him because he is going to add depth and competition to what we are looking for.”

Q: Do you see him making an immediate impact?

DORSEY: “I think you have to wait and see. I think he is very talented and I think he is very prideful and very competitive. I think you have to let that process unfold. I think he has all the physical traits to do that.”

Q: Best player available or best player available at that position?

DORSEY: “Best player available.”

Q: Did Sean Smiths suspension or it being the last year of his contract have anything to do with it?

DORSEY: “No, it just seemed to unfold that way. We had three guys right there and it just unfolded the way it wound up.”

Q: What were you looking to learn by sending Chris Ballard to Oakland? Was it a little late in the process to still have questions about a player?

DORSEY: “No actually, we had a lot of questions answered here. I think it’s important to understand a person’s surroundings, his environment, his family, what his makeup is, to meet his parents, I think that’s important and we got a chance to do that. I think it was well worth it.”

Q: Do you do that with a lot of players?

DORSEY: “You try to. It’s a part of the process, especially in today’s environment in football. You want to find out what makes this person drive, what makes them tick. At the end of the day when we walked away from this we had no reservations.”

Q: Was that trip Monday-Tuesday of this week?

DORSEY: “This week.”

Q: How many people do you think that you guys talked to about him?

DORSEY: “15-20. That’s not out of the norm. We do that with everyone. It all depends on who that person is, but we try to do great lengths on our research in finding out about a player.”

Q: That’s typical for what you did for say, Dee Ford last year?

DORSEY: “Yeah.”

Q: It was said that the current staff at Washington didn’t rave about him but the previous staff was a little bit more upbeat about him. Is that true and how do you weigh that in the decision making process?

DORSEY: “I think it depends on the relationships you have with different coaches around the country. It deals with relationships on staff. It’s just communication is what it is. Not only did we talk to the coaches, there were some players we talked to as well. Had a chance to talk to them and see what their thoughts were on that.”

Q: You mentioned that there are about 10-12 impact players in this draft, is Peters one of those players?

DORSEY: “Maybe.”

Q: Can we take that as a yes?

DORSEY: “You always do that. Yes.”

Q: Six wide receivers off the board now, what are your general thoughts about that?

DORSEY: “Actually we were just talking about that upstairs and I was looking at the list of receivers, I’m going ‘Hmm. There are some receivers still there.’”

Q: Are you going to tell us who?

DORSEY: “No, maybe tomorrow night.”

Q: Did you attempt to move up?

DORSEY: “Actually we had one call to move up and three calls about going down. I find it fascinating at 18 there were, as we were on the clock, there were a lot of teams calling. I know what they were calling to get up to.”

Q: Was it your guy?

DORSEY: “I don’t know.”

Q: You just said you did?

DORSEY: “I know.”

Q: Shane Ray was still sitting there at 18, did you consider him? Was he highly rated on your board?
DORSEY: “We had a really good rating on him. He wasn’t at that position, what we had him. To answer your question, I don’t think we would have taken him at 18, no.”

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand goodbye Sean Smith.

I love it when I win at the game of CP.

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So proud!! My mom lent Andy her nightgown for him to wear for this interview!!

So he's packman

10 years in the league, in the playoffs and playing well last year. Keep him out of strip clubs, guns out of his hands, and on our team and I'll take it.

We need two corners sir.

:eek: Can't wait to tell my girlfriend!!!

I can't wait to show her. ;)

Dorsey sounds a bit inebriated.

he's the most talented CB taken in the draft in a few years, and there's no ****ing argument about it

he's simply dominant on the field

first CB taken in 2015 draft:
#11 Tree Waynes

first CB taken in 2014 draft:
#8 Justin Gilbert

first CB taken in 2013 draft:
#9 Dee Milliner


Peters shits on all of them...he'd murder them all with a switchblade, for one good carnitas taco

and we got him at #18

Doesn't our CB run a 4.5?

Everyones as happy as a little girl/nipple tweak.

Maybe this Dorsey fellow isn't so bad after all...

If the rest of this draft goes like I think it's going to go, theme-wise, we could finally be pulling out of Mediocre Station.

He was gonna be gone regardless. He wants to get paid. I like SS, and last year he was very good for us. But may as well get a good quality player who can fill that role next year. I really like the pick.

It's a great pick. When philosophy, foresight, and good luck come together.

Do you guys know if Gaines put on any muscle this offseason?

Not really worried about his speed, just watch how he played against Cooks who is pretty close to as fast/quick as it gets.

No but I hear Eric Fissure has added 30 lb of muscle!

Should be interesting to see how he does at the NFL level. He looks like he has what we need but your right, he is a bit slow for a CB. He ran a 4.51 at the combine. :eek: Let's hope he has recovery speed.

Some things I thought were interesting from John Dorsey's press conference on the Peters pick:

Says Peters is the best DB in the last 4 drafts.

Hesitated when asked if Peters was one of the 12 impact guys in this draft. Then said "maybe" ...for a guy as transparent as John always is, I don't think he was one of the 12.

When asked if he could start day one, he said he has the tools to be a great player "after year one"...to me, that indicates he doesn't see him starting opposite Sean Smith and that he will learn the technique to be the top corner in 2016. He will probably start the opener in Smiths position if he is suspended, though.

When he talked to him for the first time after being drafted he immediately asked him if he is ready to come in and help us win a championship...obviously setting the bar high.

Said Peters loves Al Harris and was a big fan of his growing up.

Says he has the best ball skills of any defensive back in the draft.

I really love this pick.

Peters not particularly fast, not particularly quick

he looked fluid though


In other news, we will see Snoop wearing chiefs jersey even more now. Several rappers wore Priest Holmes jersey. :)

Dorsey also said they had 3 calls to trade down by people wanting to draft Peters and had 1 call going to move up, but wouldn't say for who.

There is nothing that makes my dick harder than a Husky becoming a Chief in the 1st round of the draft. Going to get me both his college and chief jerseys.

DJ and I have had this conversation before, but projecting corners or drafting them recently has been pretty tough for teams.

I think, and I reiterate, I think a lot of it is that teams draft guys at corner who are extremely athletic and fast etc. they used that in college to be good corners, never really developing technique and the nuances of playing corner.

As a corner, you can't utilize said speed in the nfl if you aren't sound technically (sp?). Peters is pretty developed as a corner, is coming into a good situation to learn, and plays a little faster than he times.

He also said he sent Chris Ballard to Oakland on Monday/Tuesday of THIS WEEK to meet MP at his home to meet his family and get a feel for him more as a person and that the visit sold them on him as a guy they wanted to draft.

Look, if Reid was able to wrangle Desean and all his drama, I think he'll be just fine with Peters in KC.

I do like the attitude he brings

It is so nice to once again be happy with our 1st round pick.

Its nice to draft impact players for a change.

Feels like we are growing up and trying to become an NFL team and franchise.

It's been a long time since I've been this happy the day after the 1st round of the draft.

I think the upside is Joe Haden.

The skills and mentality of peters is pretty awesome

The fans picked out that shirt.

:clap:

So happy I would even buy YOU a beer...

Sirius radio talked about the Packers and they said that they had Marcus Peters very high on their draft board as well as the guy they picked, which leads me to believe the DC who texted Dorsey was Dom Capers.

As for Peters, he's everything this team needed. No more quiet leadership players. We needed an asshole on this team to give life and confidence.
Every good team has their confident asshole on defense. Richard Sherman, Terrell Suggs, James Harrison, etc.

I am so pumped about this pick.

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Have you seen a woman?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why did the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash">#Chiefs</a> select Marcus Peters?

A longform w/ everything you need to know.

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The dude plays like a baller. It kinda reminds me of when the Chiefs drafted Flowers. You could watch his youtube highlights and tell that the guy plays with swag. I love confident, cocky players.

I keep seeing Joe Haden references....i think a Jimmy Smith comparison is better.

Agreed. That's not big picture.

Who is the most apt NFL comparison for this guy?

I've seen Jimmy Smith and Aqib Talib so far.

Joe Haden.

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Transcripts of Peters' conference call:

http://blog.thenewstribune.com/uwspo...n-kansas-city/

If it's true that he got calls about trade downs, one has to wonder how far back and if the Chiefs could have moved and still gotten Peters?

Steelers would of grabbed him

Maybe, but I think they might have taken Dupree regardless.

He would have easily fit into BPA and filled a huge need for them.

You should watch the video. Dorsey is as transparent as it gets from a GM and his facial expressions are full of tells.

His face says that he knew all three calls were from teams wanting to take Peters.

Assuming the trade up was inquiring about Parker?

I can't get enough of the Peters/Strong video in the OP. Peters pretty much locks him down on every snap when playing press man coverage on him sans one play near the end of the video when he slips. Strong caught a few on him while playing off (the TD being one of them).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Based on what the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ravens?src=hash">#Ravens</a> told us yesterday, I believe they were targeting Marcus Peters. Didn&#39;t expect for him to be grabbed so early</p>&mdash; Samuel Njoku (@Ravens_Examiner) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ravens_Examiner/status/594171811367092224">May 1, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I kept seeing morons of Facebook saying Peters would have been there in the 3rd, so - yeah.

ron parker?

DeVante.

:facepalm: when being a smart ass goes wrong. my brain registered that as trade down for some reason and i thought he mixed up the names parker and peters.

This tells me everything I need to know. Ravens and steelers are the kings of letting the draft undervalue talent and getting a steal. Hell yeah Dorse.

What was the whole thing about the Cowboys and Marcus Peters? Were they trying to trade up or something? Just heard the tail end of it.

Read somewhere that the Cowboys had taken Peters off of their board.

Mentioning Chris Ballard, the guy's expertise supposedly is identifying DB's, so I'm sure he had a lot of pull on this pick:

http://www.bucsnation.com/2014/1/3/5...the-buccaneers

Here a highlight clip someone made.

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Damn its gonna be nice seeing some attitude on this team...

Hopefully no more pussification of the Chiefs going forward.

I hope that some of the problems he has get solved by the shear fact he is playing for money right now. Not some red neck coach that thinks he has quick feet.

Great video of breaking down Marcus Peters game film.

He has a very aggressive style. Don't you guy's think he'll draw a lot of PI penalties?
(Schotty would make this guy wear boxing gloves in practice).

I didn't sleep at all last nite.

New Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters says he’s prepared to reel in temper

Marcus Peters knows it’s coming. Veteran NFL wide receivers will try to push his buttons, get under his skin, rile him and see if he’ll make a mistake — in coverage or with his temper.

Peters, a Washington cornerback who was chosen by the Chiefs with the No. 18 overall selection Thursday in the 2015 NFL Draft, acknowledged that he brought such challenges upon himself.

“Definitely, it’s a part of the game now,” Peters said Saturday during an introductory news conference at the Chiefs’ training facility. “I put it out there to be seen to the world, so there are some veterans out who are going to use that.”

Peters’ emotional volatility — and, by extension, his character — became a talking point in draft assessments after he was kicked off the Huskies’ team in early November, eight games into his senior season.

Peters was flagged for head-butting an opposing player during Washington’s second game last season, a 59-52 win against Eastern Washington. Cameras then caught Peters throwing what he later termed a “hissy fit” when assistant coaches tried to calm him down.

Six weeks later, Peters, who admitted to a failed drug test in 2011, was dismissed after a dispute with assistant coaches.

“It was just a misunderstanding at the time, and I learned to deal with certain situations differently,” Peters said.

Peters said he did a poor job adjusting when Steve Sarkisian left to become the coach at Southern California after the 2013 season and was replaced by Chris Petersen.

“It was just different,” Peters said. “With being the previous coach that was there, coach Sark, for three years, then coach Petersen coming in and how fast of a change it was, everything was just different, man. For me, just being so used to how things used to go, I was just resistant toward the way things were going.”

The Chiefs spoke with more than a dozen people for insight into Peters’ character. General manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid met with Peters during the NFL Combine and again during a visit to Kansas City.

The week before the draft, the Chiefs sent director of player personnel Chris Ballard to Oakland to meet with Peters and his family. Peters, 22, became a father Oct. 18 when his son, Carson, was born.

“I made some decisions that caused my character to be questioned, and for me to get an opportunity now to start fresh and new here in Kansas City is a blessing,” Peters said.

It’s perhaps telling that Petersen welcomed Peters back for Washington’s Pro Day.

“They gave me plenty of opportunities to turn things around and, with me being gone from the organization for the few months that I was gone and to come back and be welcomed by my teammates and by the university, it just felt good,” Peters said. “Me and coach Petersen, we had plenty of talks and I’m just thankful for everything. He said I’m more than welcome to come around the program and be with my teammates anytime.”

Reid understands the questions about his new cornerback, but he also doesn’t want Peters to lose the competitive edge and fire that helped make him a top draft pick in the first place. Peters finished with 11 interceptions during the last three seasons at Washington and showed himself to be a willing tackler, with 129 tackles in 34 games during that span.

“When you turn on the film, you see it …” Reid said when asked about Peters’ energy and passion for football. “Both of them (Petersen and Sarkisian) told me that he loves the game and loves to play. He’s a coach’s kid, so he’s been raised around it and you can see that in his play and the way he goes about his business.”

Peters will be able to participate in the Chiefs’ three-day rookie minicamp, which begins May 16, but he is not be eligible for offseason organized team activities.

Washington’s semester ends June 12, which also is the final day of the Chiefs’ 10 organized team activities. Players cannot participate in OTAs until the semester ends.

“He’ll be able to come in and participate in the rookie minicamp,” Reid said, “so he can have a playbook there and take notes and so on, take that with him. When he comes back for the mandatory camp with the veterans, he’ll be in the swing of things.”

Oregon State cornerback Steven Nelson, a third-round pick Friday by the Chiefs, also cannot participate in OTAs until his semester ends. Running back De’Anthony Thomas faced the same issue last year.

Both Peters and Nelson will be eligible for the Chiefs’ three-day mandatory minicamp, beginning June 16.

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Watched Gruden talk about him on his show & he had him as the best CB & it wasn't even close.

Just over all stoked about this pick. The impact this kid can make should be game changing.

I guess we will see in the pre-season. He is a good player and should make an immediate impact but his speed concerns me against faster receivers at the NFL level. The fact that he is aggressive at the line of scrimmage is going to be big for him to disrupt their routes. If they get past him, it could be a issue.

The only flaws I see on the field are he is a little grabby, and watching him vs Colorado the effort is not there on a lot of plays. Besides that though, you don't see a whole lot of corners in college who can work the press like he does

Lmfao

How racist was the interviewer?

What's your relationship with Marshawn Lynch?

That's my cousin.

Literally or figuratively? (Lol lol lol lol)

...That's my cousin.

Haha

I think that was actually asked by Danny Parkins.

This pick took some balls.

Something KC hasn't shown much of the last decade or so...