Can't disagree with any of these points.

The team came out and played against NE, then has regresssed every week, save Shanarat giving them a game.

What we are doing is the opposite of progress.

On important key is AS SOON as FA occurs we should have some competent QB FAs showing up in KC to talk contracts. Face it, every good QB we've ever had came from another team. Odds are that our starting QB problem is more likely to be fixed through Trade/FA than it will be through the draft.

If we can land a couple of QBs through FA, then we don't have to reach for a QB and can take the best player available.

I live just north of the TV towers by a couple of miles...

I will send you a PM and next time you are in town. Drop me a dime and lets meet up....

If Stafford isn't there....

You draft Oher, slide Albert to LG, Move Waters to RG. You then need a center and a right tackle. Herb Taylor can possibly be an adequate RT. False starts with n00bs just happen. You then need to fill one position on the line.

Now, that's not addressing the potential that Barry Richardson has. If he shows an ability to be a road grader RT or a RG, then you can have Waters play center and the entire line is secure, save Waters, for quite a while.

The team still needs two DE's, a FS, MLB, as well as a QB.

We just need to flush Herm and Carl and this won't look nearly as bad.

I'm sorry, but this is just fundamentally wrong. First of all, there are NO FA QBs worth pursuing.

Secondly, what do you notice about the Patriots, Colts, and Giants? All have home-grown QBs.

What worthwhile QB had the Colts developed in 40 years before Peyton Manning?

The Giants hadn't drafted a worthwhile QB in 25 years before Eli.

The Patriots had Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady, but missed horribly on a number of other QBs.

If that was the case, my scenerio would go like this.

Oher - LT
Waters - LG
Taylor - C
Rudy - RG
Albert - RT

Honestly, I don't think Waters have more than 3 years left to play at a very high level.

He's not really playing at a very high level now. Do you think that Taylor can play center?

The problem with our rebuild right now is the coaches and front office. I like that we've blown the roster up and sought to build it through the draft. I also think we have a lot of good players in place.

Now if we had coaches to make them great players.....

Until we correct the coaching and front office problems, and get a QB we're never doing anything.

Milkman has mentioned it several times, and I have as well. Taylor does have the smarts and he does held on his own very well at the RT spot. However, I don't think he's your prototypical RT. But Taylor uses his leverage pretty well to his advantage.

Isn't that what a center needs to use, leverage?

How can you call it a rebuild when we don't have a legit coaching staff or QB? What are we building around? Bad philosophy and sub-standard players at the most important positions (QB, LT, DE)?

This isn't a rebuild; this is a pack of monkeys and hyenas humping a football.

Really the blinded emotional hate of Carl and Herm have clouded alot of people's judgement for the real big picture. They are the major part of the problem but that should be taken care of soon, so lets look at the players. So no freaking Carl or Herm talk on the rest of this. Here is the depth chart of players that have shot at being something for the Chiefs:

QB - Croyle (backup QB or 3rd stringer, talent is there for that role)
RB - Charles, Smith, Savage
FB - Cox
WR - Bowe, Franklin, Bradley
TE - Cottam
T - Albert, Richardson, Taylor
G - Waters?
C - Rudy

DE - Hali, McBride, Johnston
DT - Dorsey, Tank
LB - Johnson, Williams, Walden
CB - Flowers, Carr
S - Morgan, Pollard, Page

The major needs are QB, DE, MLB, G, and Second WR. We got alot of the parts in place, there are some players that just need to be fit into there actual roles like Hali/Turk for example. They need to battle each on the LE spot. We are still 2 good drafts away from being really good. I think next year with the right draft and solid FA signings we can be back to the true fan range and then take up a spot after that.

If Stafford isn't there, trade down.

That said, I wouldn't mind taking Stafford with our first, and then seeing who falls into the second round. If Alex Mack or Brandon Spikes make it to us, we should be very happy.

Rudy kind of sucks...

I should also point out that Milkman did say that Taylor is more of a cerebral type of guy rather than being purely athletic.

he just sucks