So..in essence you didn't answer my question.

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http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ighlight=Grade

For keg.

Similar negative grades from most who bashed this draft, save for Dane. Similar reactions from those who support this draft.

You know what the McCluster pick is for me?

It's a better version of Oakland's Mike Mitchell pick.

Oakland reached for the wrong guy, and then it was universally rationalized as "Oh, the Bears were gonna take him if we didn't."

No, he did, you just apparently aren't able to understand the answer.

It was more than just one game watch the senoir bowl. Arenas dosn't have break away speed.

Troup went at 41, IIRC.

But hey man, the Jets passed on Marino, so obviously they know something that we don't.

Well, then let me put it this way:

If you don't know who the player is, you shouldn't offer an opinion.

First off, I knew who Tony Moeaki was before a week ago and with the Ferentz connection, I wasn't surprised by the pick in the least. There is quite a bit of Big Ten football broadcast on ESPN to the west coast and I've seen Iowa play numerous times over the past few years.

Furthermore, it's not my decision as to whether or not Moeaki was worth losing Cam Thomas. The question in the War Room was this:

Can we go into the season with Leonard Pope, Brad Cottam and Jake O'Connell as our tight ends?

Can we go into this season with Ron Edwards and Shaun Smith as our NT's?

Which is better addressed at this particular point in the draft?

There is absolutely no denying that tight end was a position of need. They felt that Moeaki was worth taking at that time and quite frankly, no one, Pioli included, knows if it was exactly the right decision.

But with that said, I'm not going to pretend that someone like Cam Thomas, a fifth rounder, would have even been on their board in the fifth.And even if he was, that shouldn't paralyze any GM from doing what they think is right at any given moment in the draft.

I am completely without words.

How about I pose it here for both of you direct and to the point...

If we picked Kindle at 2a (or hell even 2B) and he was injured would you be bitching about wasting a pick on a player we knew had been injured before?

mmaddog
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I disagree.

The Kindle and Cody both went to teams that are loaded defensively and are able to take chances (medical and physical/mental) on boom or bust players. The Chiefs cannot at this point in time.

If McCluster's upside is Meggett on the field, sign me up! He was instrumental in those Giants offenses in the 80's and key to their Super Bowl appearances.

I'll take productivity and playmaking over boom or bust guys any day of the week in 2010.

Wow..how arrogant.

Usually it's fun reading your assessment because at least you don't show a team bias....but this year you seem to have a thin skin when it comes to people disagreeing with you.

mmaddog
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Sorry.

I guarantee that was what was going on in their minds.

I've spoken to quite a few of my friends in the college ranks that have ties to the NFL and the way most of these guys see it, if THEIR guy is on the board, they get him.

I'm not saying that they're right or wrong with that approach but I think that if Moeaki performs as expected, it would have been silly for them to think "Well, if we take Moeaki, we may not have a chance at X player 50 picks down the line".

That kind of thinking paralyzes teams into making bad choices.

It's not arrogant at all.

Would you go to someone off the street who had no idea what Health Care Reform was and ask them their opinion on it?

Would you ask a 90 year old woman who doesn't know the difference between a calculator and a Cray super computer if an I7 was a superior processor to a top of the line AMD?

No.

Nope, great post.

Some don't like being called out as silly fools. The draft comedy from numerous CP " draft experts" has been priceless.

The Clausen man lovers have been the best!