Worse than Herm Edwards coaching your team for 3 years?

I am drunk, and not reading all of this, but if we didn't give up very much, I don;t mind it a bit.

Maybe this is exactly what we need, a worker! Blue ****ing collar. What these young guys need, a winning attitude, and a guy who can teach a bunch of thugs and pussies a real work ethic......can't put a price on that.

I would like to see what we gave for him, but this place has gotten crazy lately. You can't have 24 year olds at every position, especially if they have never ran this system. He will be a great on field leader.

LMAO

EXACTLY right. Some of the knucklehead know-it-alls around here are just hilarious in their meltdowns.

What about last year's defense suggests that sticking to the 4-3 is a good idea. Far as I can tell, based on your current personnel, you suck at 4-3.

So why not switch to 3-4. For a while you'll no doubt suck at both as you transition, but in 2-3 years, which is the real timeline you're looking at anyway, you'll finally get good at something, presumably.

Also, I don't understand why Dorsey can't hope to succeed in the 3-4. Maybe he won't be ideal, but he should work in some form or fashion.

Because you have so little 4-3 talent it hardly matters?

Yes the chiefs must tailor their defense around the awesome talent they have in place. Oy effen Vay.
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Patience my friend. There is some talent on this team, unfortunately, most of it is on the offensive side of the ball. But the draft is coming soon and I strongly feel that Pioli will be looking at the draft to add some young defensive talent on this team.

In addition to discussing about talent, I think that was part of the whole plan when Herm Edwards took over the team?

Get rid of most of the veterans on the roster, rebuild the roster from scratch and load it with an abdunance of youth and talent. And as a consequence, the roster went from being "old" to too "young". Therefore, it also lacked veteran leadership in the process.

I think this move is a classic example in large part of understanding your teams situation and the dynamics that evolve around it.

My thinking is this trade makes picking Curry at #3 a no brainer. Vrabel could make a leadership impact, especially with the other LB's. Drafting the best one available and having Vrabel around 1-2 years teaching him makes sense.

Yup. Good point.

Tedy Bruschi-LB-Patriots Feb. 28 - 8:39 am et

Tedy Bruschi responded via email to the Boston Herald regarding the trade of longtime teammate and close friend Mike Vrabel.
"We’ve lost perhaps our best all around football player," he said. "Defense, offense, special teams, Vrabes did it all. His intelligence and on field adjustments can not be replaced. This team has just changed immensely." With Vrabel gone, Bruschi's leadership on the New England defense will become even more important.
Source: Boston Herald

Outside of the young dbacks, this defense is screaming for an identity. The existing talent is marginal at best. Tamba Hali is flat out a bust this far. Sorry, the guy's just not that good. For where he was drafted, 6-8 sacks a season is weaker than snake shit.

And I think it's safe to say that DJ is underperforming for his salary and draft position.

Dorsey, based on one season, was terrible. But he at least has upside and perhaps trade value.

Point being in this all said is SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CUT YOUR LOSSES. The way things have been are unacceptable, and this old regime way of thinking some of you have is really quite unfortunate. THIS WILL NOT BE THE SAME TEAM. New management wants to show their merit and worth, and falling back on what was done here in the past equates to jack shit! Get used to it, because that's just the way of today's NFL.

But to suggest the 3-4 defense is not quickly becoming the best style of Defense is absurd. The confusion it creates for an opposing offense is wonderful thing to watch.

You don't play to the mistakes you made in the past or else you keep the mistake going.
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Maybe giving DJ a little bit of a guide on how to be a pro-bowl lb will help him reach his potential???? I'm not thrilled if the Chiefs gave up anything more than a 6th but they got a player who "does it the right way", is infinitely familiar with the system that may be installed, is an improvement over almost all the lb's on the roster and is a consumate team player. He will be a "coach on the field" and when he walks into the locker room wearing 3 rings I would expect that he will command a little respect. Young pups can find their way eventually but if they got a smart old hound to lead the way they'll get there faster. I'm not turning cartwheels here but I'm not ready to say dropping a late drop pick on him was the biggest mistake so far.

You and I are in complete agreement. I don't hate Vrabel; I don't think I'm smarter than Pioli; I just don't like trading for short-term benefit and/or intangibles.