If Baldwin could turn into a Joe Horn type receiver on the field, we would be in business.

Eric Fisher? pull your head outta your ass...

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Problem is, he's not even close to as fast as Horn was.

I'm very "meh" over the possibility of losing BA while drafting EF. I like the idea of keeping both if it happens.
A common ailment for big men are back problems. Not always career fatal but usually the sign that the peak has occured. BA has already missed a few games with that. Getting a stud to replace him even if he plays right tackle for a year is good insurance. If BA is fine next year then try and keep him around and your have BEAST bookends on the line, if not, then you have a replacement for him if he goes down. There are other needs on the team but after tying a record for not leading a minute in regulation for over 8 games I'm glad that they're doing something to improve the offense.

We have the 2nd most talent in the West. We damned well better finish 2nd...

Wrong we have the most talent in the West, except for one position

The most important one...

What position is that again?

I think Fish will be a multiple Pro Bowl left tackle from his rookie season onward. He is a superb pass blocker and he mauls in the run game with a nasty approach.

Did not want OT 1.1, but Fish will be a monster, mark my words.

Pro bowl by year two?

You mean go to NO and light it up with a real QB?

I'm not sure why people keep saying he needs to be a pro bowler to be considered a good draft pick.

He has to be better or measure up to anyone taken in the top 10. And Geno has to be worse than whatever QB we end up using in 3 years. That's it. It's not like we had a ton of surefire future pro bowlers sitting there at the #1 pick.

With the Albert issue, this pick has to be an ungodly upgrade or it will be like slamming your dick in the door with no payoff.

Why? That's silly. What was your alternative?

A long list of other offensive linemen? A bunch of DE/OLBs to sit in line with Hali and Houston? A QB who fell a full round? To trade down several spots to take a worse player and only get a 2nd rounder in return? The only two guys that could have made sense were Milliner and Tavon Austin. Let's not be ridiculous and suggest that the Chiefs had very many options to work with. Given the shitty options, Fisher was a good pick and if he's as good as Albert, that's fine.

Why not? The #1 overall pick you expect excellence not mediocrity. It's that easy, and it's the cruel truth.