Here's a qquestion.

When were Mike Vrabel and Zach Thomas ever whiney ass bitches?

I dunno, maybe Pioli is thinking about the future of the franchise rather than its fortunes for this season?

Thank God the front office now knows they don't have to act like next year and beyond doesn't exist.

exactly. Give Cassel a go to guy as the WRs get use to him.

Now if Cottom starts look good and stays healthy end of 2009 we could see a future TE playing at high level.
I still want Gonzo going out as a Chief. Traditional story.

Why? Coffman's fantastic.

so having Tony Gonzalez for a year, two (or maybe three) won't help Matt Cassel develop? That's not a long term goal?

And what are the odds a guy at #55 is a pro bowl caliber player? What are the odds he serves the Chiefs for 10 years?

10% and 1%?

Trust me, I'm thinking long term. If having two years of Tony Gonzalez helps Matt Cassel become a pro bowl caliber QB, I think those two years of service are invaluable to the franchise and much more productive than the slim chance the guy at #55 is anything more than a cheap, semi-productive starter who is valuable because his cap number is low.

Let's be honest...building through the draft is necessary because you can pay the guys drafted after the 1st round peanuts and half of the time they are as good, if not better, than the established starter who costs millions that has plenty of wear and tear on his legs.

75% of the guys drafted in the 2nd round end up on another team for their 2nd contract (I have no idea if this is true but I bet it's close to being right).

I think you'd have to catch at least 10 passes in a season before I would consider you the heir apparent to the tight end position.

That's not the question. The question is whether having 1-2 years of Tony Gonzalez is worth more than the entire Chiefs career of whoever they pick at #55.

Guys like Jamon Meredith, Paul Kruger, Eric Wood, Jarron Gilbert could all conceivably be there and could be a big part of raising this team to contender status in the next couple of years.

and Tony Gonzalez is an all-pro...and we drafted a TE with a 1st day pick last year...

If we're trading an all-pro TE...we better have confidence in Cottam to be the starter (pick up a cheap #2 blocking TE via free agency/late in the draft/rookie free agent) and we better fill a different need with #55...

If we swap Gonzalez for Coffman it will be an epic fail on Pioli's part.

don't talk to true fans,homers, whatever about any season after this year. on February 28, 2010, Matt Cassel and the rest of the chiefs will melt like ice cream in the sun. there is no next year. we should not be trading away players. in fact we should be trading all our picks Dan Snyder style to load up for our 2009 super bowl run.

Why would he catch more than 10 passes when we have Tony Gonzalez? Cottam was drafted to be the future after Gonzalez...

I don't think teams win Super Bowl's by drafting 1st day tight ends every year.

If we trade Gonzalez fine...but if we take a TE with the pick we acquired trading him shoot me in the ****ing face.

A major reason why the Chiefs have been so bad is their repeated misses on guys in the 2nd and 3rd rounds.

You have to get impact players in these rounds, and Carl's ineptness has definitely skewed the perception of some of the overall importance of these draft positions.

which makes us competitive the next couple years..no?

After that our younger guys have developed and we sign guys/draft guys to take their places. Just like the Pats

1. The old, reerun regime drafted him.

2. It was only a third round pick.

3. It's a sunk cost. It doesn't matter when or where he was picked. Either he's the future or he's not.

4. I'm sure you could find plenty of takers for the shooting in the ****ing face

The drafturbators rather see us win 1 game than 10 games...they think the playoffs are pointless without a Super Bowl win...

I don't see why.

Young team...a playoff berth would be awesome. A win would be FANTASTIC. Nothing wrong with winning 10 games this year and continuing to build behind a 26 year old QB and a defense with tons of young talent.