Originally Posted by RunKC (Post 11075398)

That's why I like Dorsey and his philosophy. He would never draft such a small guy like this.
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Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 11075397)

Pioli was enamored with Dex's boy scout image and team captain resume.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 11075402)

But De Anthony Thomas??

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 11075384)

No, because people clearly don't understand the value of certain draft picks.

Dexter in the 4th would have been a tremendously great pick. An awesome 4th round pick.

Originally Posted by SNR (Post 11074361)

1. He was a ****ing awful and ill-timed pick in 2010, and everybody and their ****ing grandmother knew this except for Pioli and Haley. Jamaal Charles had just shown what he could do if you just gave him the damn ball. We had just signed Thomas Jones. We had dudes on the roster who could be kick returners no problem. He NEVER ****ing fit on this team

2. That being said, this franchise operated under the false notion that if you just got him the ball in space, he'd be effective. Well no ****ing shit. If you gave the ball to Mike ****ing DeVito in space, HE would be effective. The point is that the "space" they could find was always on the outside edge as a bubble screen or out of the backfield. Which leads me to...

3. He ****ing sucked getting out of trouble. He was easily tackled if you got a finger on him. He WASN'T even that fast. Jamaal Charles had far more breakaway speed and at least 18 times the vision as a ballcarrier. He had okay hands, which is why we thought he'd make a decent slot receiver, but he never ****ing learned that position until Andy Reid came to town, and even then, it was as a possession guy on 3rd down out of the slot. NOT as the downfield burner to complement Dwayne Bowe, which Haley and Pioli thought he could learn to be.

4. Haley's offense sucked for many reasons, but most of that had to do with idiotic ****ing plays DESIGNED to get McCluster the ball. It took touches away from Charles and Bowe... the two best players in the division at the time of getting yards after the catch/carry, and gave them to this overrated worthless midget who would 90% of the time get tackled in the backfield like a ****ing chump loser asshole. And the play was DRAWN UP that way. That's the only way we could ever get McCluster the ball was in his SPECIAL ****ING PLAY 4 or 5 times per game. He was never there to try to bail out Cassel or be an option to turn to when we needed him like a good receiver/playmaker SHOULD be.

In summary, we HAD what we were looking for out of McCluster in Jamaal Charles. Everybody knew it in 2010 when the pick was made. Except for Pioli and Haley. He represents everything clueless and blind about that Patriot Way regime just like Cassel does. McCluster embodied it perfectly. He was Pioli's bullshit boy ENTITLED to X touches a game because the idiots on the coaching staff and in the front office never stopped believing in the McCluster myth.

And that's ****ing infuriating.

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 11074373)

He made All Pro, everything else is just empty shit being thrown around like some angry monkey.

SNR, you're right that he had to be schemed into offensive success... but dont deny that once a good staff came aboard, he produced at an All Pro level, I mean, I totally agree that we're better off these days.

But you're blaming the player for his draft position, that isnt fair at all... particularly when you consider that in his third year he made the ultimate list.

SNR, out-crotchetying Milkman since 2014.

Originally Posted by TimBone (Post 11075550)

I agree that Reid got some good out of him.

However, when Reid got here, one of the things he said was thaat he couldn't wait to use McCluster. He mentioned that he looked at drafting him in Philly. After working with him for one year in KC, he let McCluster walk. That should show you what Andy Reid thinks of his talent now.

Originally Posted by keg in kc (Post 11075557)

McCluster isn't who you blame for his draft position. It's the incompetent front office that took him in the 2nd that was responsible for that.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 11075587)

Dex would have went in the 2nd regardless.

He wasn't overdrafted considering the talent in that draft.

Go look at the 2nd round that year. It wasn't that strong overall.

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 11075587)

Go look at the 2nd round that year. It wasn't that strong overall.

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz (Post 11075378)

wasn't Tennessee trying to use McCluster has a RB/Gadget guy instead of a WR/Gadget?

same stupid shit Haley tried

He doesn't have the ability to making people miss with the ball. You have to use his quickness to get to a spot and then throw him the ball behind the defenders.