and let's not forget, we already have an extra #2 in 2010....

and I'll bet we'll more picks by then...people who wanted us to hop around like thhe pats did need to be patient...you have to have ammo to do it....

a smidge of patience, if you would, on that note

This draft is incredibly easy to villify, lord knows it was at the Chiefs Draft party where I was at on 1 Arrowhead Drive. And it's because it had absolutely no flash.

I think we all can bank that they know a lot more than any of us. Despite what some of us think

Jamon Meredith, 5th
Tupou, 5th
Shipley, 7th
Allen, UDFA
Canfield, 7th
Luigs, 4th
Cadogan, UDFA

the front office has changed, but the fans haven't, because they have nothing to go on..I think it's an exciting new era...you can't get to the destination without traveling the road..

road trip!

Excellent points, as always, Mr. Direckshun. In truth, we currently only have 4 or 5 spots that could be considered very solid. Cassel is still a question mark, as well.

We're looking at another 3 years before Pioli's plan (whatever it is) comes to fruition. Have I mentioned lately that I despise Herm Edwards?

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I came away disappointed after the draft.

I have faith that Magee and Jackson will be worthy pickups at the top of our board. It is a little disappointing though that apparently guys like Dorsey, McBride and Hali - recent high draft picks - won't have a spot with the new defense. I wonder if we tried to trade any of these players?

Donald Washington in the 4th round surprised me. I thought that corner was the one position that we weren't so bad off at and figure Carr and Flowers still have room to grow with Daniels and Leggett providing solid depth. That one was sort of a head-scratcher.

Same with Colin Brown in the 5th. We waited until this point to address the oline and then skipped over Jamon Meredith in order to select someone who probably would have been available on Monday. Meredith of course, was taken a few picks later. Brown was definitely the biggest reach of the draft for us I think.

I liked the Lawrence and Williams picks in the 6th and seventh round. Lawrence addresses a need for a speed receiver nicely and if he can play as well in the pros as he looks on YouTube, he might be a real steal for us. Williams looks like a solid pickup in the seventh round and we definitely could use a RB project to either replace Kolby Smith or even LJ (if released) at some point next year.

The trade up in the 7th round was kind of an odd occurance. We had two whole days to make trades, not sure why we did it at such a meaningless point. We didn't give up much though, apparently just a 7th rd pick next year. I think at that point we still had a shot at AQ Shipley too, who I think might have been an upgrade over Niswanger.

So yeah, on the whole, I was disappointed. I thought the Oline was our biggest need and we largely neglected to improve in that area. We could have really used a linebacker or two also. Vrabel and Thomas might not be fulltime players next year so we could really use an infusion of youth in that position. Hopefully we can nab Ellerbe or Beckwith in the next couple of days.

Our first pick, Jackson, reminds me a lot about Albert last year. When the idea started being floated that we were looking to take a converted G and turn him into a LT this place was pissed. When people started looking at him more, and once he took the field people loved the pick.

I tend to think Jackson will be that way. Seeing how the draft actually fell, the only guy I would have rather had at 3 wasn't even a remote option anymore.

again 2-4 years will tell. Overall several areas addressed.

We'll see if Colin Brown was a massive reach or a guy that the staff knew was bigger than hell and a very hard worker. Would he be available in the later rounds? Who the hell knows? I will say this, he has faced all of the toughest defensive ends from the Big 12 and more than held his own.

Good point.

Yeah, the whole draft and rebuilding strategy is predicated on Cassel being a franchise quarterback. Either he will be or he won't be. And everyone who is pissed off about the draft is mostly pissed because they think Cassel sucks.

Pioli has bet so much on Cassel, and Pioli has better information about his ability than do the Cassel-bashers.

Adrian Jones was EASILY the weakest link on the line. It's hard to know how much of a detrimental effect he had on both McIntosh and Niswanger. Getting Goff was a huge upgrade, and it's possible that they think that might be enough until some more cuts go down...

i understand the first 3 picks, their motives and rationale seem pretty clear, and think they'll turn out to be good players....though i'm not sold on cassel, Halioli is...

i don't understand the rest of the picks really....seems a wierd mix of bpa and wtf-leftfield?....so i guess we'll find out early how good their instincts are....because it seems like we passed on a lot of safer (perception, of course) picks at positions of need (OL and LB)...

again, a hard draft to love...but it has "upside"...lol

These last two days have really cracked me up. I think Pioli's quote about taking the 'right' players, not necessarily the 'best' players is a strange thing to watch when put into practice.