Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9497622)

Exactly.

I don't see any way they don't trade down at this point. With Hudson's injury and Allen's suspect play last year, not to mention Lilja's retirement, the Chiefs clearly need to take some linemen, no question. And while I think it's pretty apparent that O-Line is probably where they're going with their first, I can't imagine they aren't going to take a 'bad' trade down which would allow them to get yet another potential interior lineman in the 2nd.

They have to be maxed on the cap and they still have 3 clear holes (ILB, RT and either C/G...maybe both). They need the ammo in the trade down to fill those holes in the draft.

They can't just take Joeckel and call it a day; they're going to need another immediate contributor and I think they'd be fine moving down, taking Lane Johnson and then adding that 2nd round pick as an absolute worst case scenario.

Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 9497626)

I don't either. His 2012 PFF rating was garbage, but that doesn't necessarily tell the whole story.

Originally Posted by patteeu (Post 9497626)

I don't either. His 2012 PFF rating was garbage, but that doesn't necessarily tell the whole story.

Originally Posted by Old Dog (Post 9497595)

If I could just talk myself into believing A. Smith could be a top 12 QB, this offseason would give me a lot of hope. I'm not even in the anti-Alex crowd, I just think they gave up too damn much for him.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9497622)

Exactly.

I don't see any way they don't trade down at this point. With Hudson's injury and Allen's suspect play last year, not to mention Lilja's retirement, the Chiefs clearly need to take some linemen, no question. And while I think it's pretty apparent that O-Line is probably where they're going with their first, I can't imagine they aren't going to take a 'bad' trade down which would allow them to get yet another potential interior lineman in the 2nd.

They have to be maxed on the cap and they still have 3 clear holes (ILB, RT and either C/G...maybe both). They need the ammo in the trade down to fill those holes in the draft.

They can't just take Joeckel and call it a day; they're going to need another immediate contributor and I think they'd be fine moving down, taking Lane Johnson and then adding that 2nd round pick as an absolute worst case scenario.

Originally Posted by penbook (Post 9497636)

I wonder how pissed off Arenas is.

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 9497621)

Brandon Flowers ‏@BFlowers24

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9497604)

Would they really want to mess with putting Flowers in the slot? That's a pretty radical re-alignment.

I don't think Welker's any better than Decker. Robinson can hang with him in the slot just fine.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9497629)

CoMo will tell the whole story.

Does anyone know if CoMo likes this guy? Who gives a shit about PFF, is CoMo hates him, we're solid gold.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 9497534)

He's right; pretty outstanding counter-punch.

Flowers can deal with Decker, who's a technician as a route-runner but isn't physically overpowering. Smith would be a nice counter to Thomas in that he's one of the few guys in the league with the size to match up with him who also has the athleticism to hang with him. Robinson is a great matchup for Welker in that he's physical enough to knock him off routes and spend the day beating him up if necessary (Abdullah then plays FS).

I hadn't looked at it in terms of pure matchups, but the Chiefs secondary actually would match up pretty well vs. the Broncos WRs.