I honestly shudder to think what the offseason will be like if we win 7 games.

We'll be right back where we were 10 years ago - going into every offseason thinking we're only a player or two away.

Don't get me wrong. I want Clausen first and if not him, I guess Berry.

My worry, though, is that if Berry comes in and doesn't capture bin Laden by Week 4, people will be on him like they've been on Dorsey. Expectations are way too high right now, in my opinion. And if they draft Clausen, some people will pounce on him every mistake he makes because we didn't draft Berry. And if god forbid they don't draft one of those two guys, he will never get a chance, kind of like Jackson has been treated. It's becoming a no-win situation for anyone that we draft, which is not good.

I may disagree with who we draft, but I will certainly have no ill will against them and will want them to succeed. If we draft Dez Bryant, I'll wince, but I'll root for Dez Bryant to do well. Same with Earl Thomas or Bulaga or Dan Williams or McClain or anybody.

Pioli's not going to do everything exactly the way we would. That may not necessarily mean it's wrong or that he won't be successful.

And I'm not preaching at you, OTW58. I'm preaching at the world.

Well, at #5, the options are limited unless you want to A.) reach or B.) take a player that we don't need. Many of those guys don't suck, they just don't deserve to be drafted in the top 5. Thankfully, there are options at #5 that are perfect for the Chiefs. Options so perfect that it isn't worth trading down to acquire more players of lesser caliber.

Let me interject here to all the seppuku applicants ... nothing has actually happened yet. This is all prediction and guesswork.

the Chiefs may not be trying to trade down and even if we do maybe the Chiefs are just trying to trade down because they know that Clausen is falling. :shrug:

who the hell knows

no need to get too mad about Mock-like predictions

It's the interesting thing about picking high. You naturally get bracketed into an extremely small pool of players. Not that that's always a bad thing, or that it's a bad thing in 2010 for the Chiefs, but it seems like it happens, whereas in the #10 spot you have a wider array as the talent distribution starts spreading.

I'm absolutely not advocating trading down, though. If you can take an elite player, you take the elite player.

Why am I not surprised, truth be told I doubt teams will be willing to give up that much to move this year, when a class has depth no one wants to part with their 2nd round pick.

Oh, so this post was directed at me? Well, I heard you.

And you're wrong.

At least 40 percent of it was directed at China and India.

Tis the time of misinformation, also Lombardi reported that KC signed Cassel to a 30 million dollar guaranteed contract on draft day when he didn't sign shit yet.

I realize that this is crazy talk, but I have to say, the more I read about C.J. Spiller, the more intrigued I become. Would we draft a guy who could line up with Charles for a "lightning and even more lightning" backfield, and then also solve our kick return problems?


(Ducking and running for cover.)

you know they couldn't understand what you said though

I want the draft to come and then it'll be months of bitching of who we didn't take. Yessssssssssssssssss........ :spock:

It would be nice if people could wait to lose their shit until after we screw up our draft.

What sort of a pick in the first half round would we need to get to Graham?

The only way we could get a decent trade is if some team is terribly desperate for whoever is left at #5. Otherwise everyone is going to be looking to add more 2nd and 3rd rounders in this draft just like we are.

He's worth the pick. Dude is pretty legit. There are worse options at #5.