But he was still picked number 4. Different situation.

No agent is going to let the Chiefs get away with paying number 6 money from the team that picked 3rd.

Minnesota was supposed to pick #7

Jacksonville picked Byron Leftwich at 7
Carolina picked Jordan Gross at 8
Minnesota picked Kevin Williams at 9

Leftwich Rookie Contract - $11 Mil Guaranteed / $30 Mil with incentives
Gross Rookie Contract -$11.5 Mil Guaranteed / $38.5 Mil with incentives
Williams Rookie Contract - $8 Mil Guaranteed / $12.5 Mil with incentives

How conveniently they've pushed this salient fact from their minds.

We were set. We were so ****ing set to do right and have a phenomenal draft this year. Oh well, let the cluster**** begin.

"In to the breach for God knows what"!!!:doh!:

I found it.

Williams made a lot less than Leftwich and Gross.

Interesting article. I'd be tempted to take an OT anyway. All 3-4 good ones will be gone by the time Buffalo picks at #11, then you dangle Monroe. They weren't willing to trade up, but now they salivate for having the most NFL ready LT and part with some value by giving us #11 and maybe their second.

Yes your boy Rivers, was a better player pre draft. But he got hurt. got to be on the field all 16 games to get the love. Like Rivers a lot. Still think Curry is better than both of them...worth #3? no, but better than moving Albert or drafting Crabtree.

That was the one thing that I went BS when I read it. GM"s would take Mayo NOW over Curry because he proved it last year in the NFL. But, last year, Mayo wasn't the #1 guy and there is no way that Mayo was liked more going into last year's draft than Curry is in this years. Ridiculous.

It is a ridiculous point. The Chiefs are better having Cassel, Vrabel and Curry/Crabtree/Raji/Monroe/Smith/Jackson than they are having Sanchez and whoever they got in the second round.

To me, I don't care what the position is, if the guy is a franchise type offensive or defensive position, it will be worth the #3 pick.

I don't think that Cassel is unproven. But, I think he is more proven that Sanchez or Stafford. It isn't just about on the field, it is about everything that goes into being a QB. Pioli knows that Cassel is a hard worker.

Don't you think it is a bit ironic that his former offensive coordinator and GM both get into a bidding war for the guy because they want him to be the QB of their team. Yet, Sanchez's coach talks about how Sanchez isn't ready.

I know, I Know, Pete Carroll is just SO competetive that he is willing to submarine his own player's draft prospects even though he has never done anything like that before. I guess Sanchez is the first player he has ever had come out early.

It is ridiculous to assert that the #3 pick is any "more" risky for the Chiefs. QB's are risky like any other position.

Don't worry, with next years class, and this years schedule, next year will be much better when we pick at #3.

Were the lengths of the contracts the same? That may have played a part.

I remembering him holding for the money he 'would have' gotten. I thought he got it.

Don't forget that the Pats typically get their picks into camp on time. Doing something like that would likely cause a holdout.

You keep saying this and it makes no sense. How did it destroy the value? Because they aren't now FORCED to draft the guy who nobody really knows how good he'll be to play qb at #3? Did you ever consider Sanchez may be David Klingler or Heath Shuler? Or Matt Leinhart?
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No, of course not. Sanchez is the only QB worth having. Sanchez would wipe his ass with Manning's beard, if Manning could grow a beard.

I wonder if five years from now everyone will really remember where they were on the side of this argument. Other than Mecca, I haven't really paid much attention to who is convinced that Sanchez will be great.

I guess I am going to have to start taking notes on who says what.

Two of the ex-GMs on NFL Network just said 10 minutes ago that Sanchez is the more NFL-ready of the two QB's available. They seem to think he'll be fine.

And Klingler and Shuler both played in run and shoot offenses in college. There's not a comparison there.

Better for what?

Certainly not for QB.