and spend major time on the DL

I agree, and furthermore, you don't need existing pro bowl veterans, from a loser, that are setting bad examples.
You need guys that are winners, have won, and expect to win.

It is not easy to break the losing mentality, but I think Pioli is doing it the best way.

Pioli is supposed to be "THE TALENT EVALUATOR". Shouldn't he be able to find a possible MLB in the 3-4 scheme or a #3 wide receiver to replace Thomas and Engram???

What about the guy we drafted, Quinten at WR?

And there have been several undrafted LBs that have had success in the 3-4. I thought that is why we got Pioli. Shouldn't he have an eye for the diamond in the rough???

FTW!

chiefs fans need to take a nap....

Because you don't have young players to fill those holes.

6th, 7th round draft picks and UDFAs are in those rounds and on the street for a reason.

Hitting on those players is not common place.

If a Bryant Johnston or Wes Dacus turn out to be better players than Mike Vrabel and Zach Thomas, they'll earn their place on the field.

The entire premise of your thread is a ****ing fantasy.

JFC.

I think I responded to this with....

LMAO

One major problem with your "throw the young guys in" scenario is that player development is not a one-year process, especially with day 2 and undrafted players.

I'll assume this was kcbubb's attempt at humor.........

See.. another vote for the 'kcbubb is dumb and DaKCMan AP is Awesome' option. Neglecting to include it in the poll is criminal!

The odds are slim that's true. But those older players won't be on the team next year anyway.

I would rather take a chance with a younger guy. If he sucks, and you cut him then that this same result that you have with Engram or Thomas.

The roster is the same. With a bad young player or an old vet. Both are probably not on the team the next year.

If he is decent, then you have some depth and on the long shot that he is James Harrison then you hit a home run.

You. Just. Don't. Get. It.

Go read Patriot Reign (I'm making a large assumption that you can read) and maybe you'll start to understand, but I'm not optimistic that you will.

BTW, James Harrison sat on the bench for 4 years in Pittsburgh before starting in 2007.

And the odds that an UDFA is going to make your roster is almost the same as the odds that Mike Vrabel will be on this team in 2012.

You might get one or two UDFA that can actually play, but if they can't play, you are hurting your team even more by not having players on your roster today that can play.

This is just ****ing too ridiculous to even argue about.

If you're in a transitional period with coaching scheme's etc, you need stop gap players. Not everything can be fixed via draft. Having that said you need to build through the draft and draft well. I don't think this season's draft is THE draft to build around, sadly. Next season's draft is going to be a HUGE defensive draft. I'm excited about that.