I thought Brees was the 1st pick of the 2nd round.

That one round of the draft (the first round) exceeds all the other rounds combined. You don't see that as a statistical advantage?

Oops! I see I'm late to the party.

I don't have a problem taking a quarterback 3rd, if there's a QB there with that kind of value. But I think going in dead set that you're taking that position because you're desperate and grasping for straws isn't any better than doing that for any other spot on the roster. And I'm not sold on any of the QBs in the '09 class. Yet. I liked Ryan this time last year, but I just don't get the same gut feeling on any of them. But I also didn't watch as much college FB this year thanks to a heavy fall workload, so they could be better than I think.

Either way, I think you don't stop drafting QBs once you have one, either. It's kind of like running back in that you better have the next one ready to go. Although I obviously wouldn't spend repeated 1st round picks on the position if I had one in his prime. But I sure as hell would draft mid- to late-round ones if I thought they could be developed.

I'm not saying that you consider it when your drafting.

But again, you're GETTING SOMETHING out of that pick, and not stalling your offense in the meantime.

If give the choice, would you rather have a LT that gets moved to guard, albeit overpaid, and produces?

Or would you rather have a QB, that is costing you financially, and on the field? And limiting his offensive teammates as well?

Not when you factor that teams aren't expecting much more than a backup out of a later round pick, where they ARE expecting a sure-fire QBOTF with a high pick.

We ain't drafting a QB. Cassel is packing his bags.

We have had those types of QB for the better part of the last 20 years... Arent you ready to try something else?

Can you imagine the first time Herm forces something stupid into the huddle the look on Cassels face will be priceless...

It would suck coming from a professional coaching staff to this mockery we have here...

The way that Pioli talked of Cassel, I'm sure he will put a call in to see what the compensation would be.

There is no way in hell I'd give up a #1 for him, but a 2 in this draft, and a 4 next year and I might do it.

It just depends. I'm willing to put total faith in Pioli to see what he can come up with.

One thing I'm fairly certain about is that Thigpen won't be the starting QB of this team next year.

It all could be bullshit, but Pioli does seem to think a lot of Cassel.

For shits and grins, what are the Planet's thoughts about the following?:

Chiefs and Pats swap first-round picks (#3 and #23), Chiefs give up a third, and Chiefs receive Cassel.

I would say no, but if Pioli really wanted Cassel...and I'm not sure if this would be enough...

Matt Cassel will suck for the next team he plays for, book it.

Uhh, no. Brees was the first pick of the 2nd round which currently would be a 1st round pick with 32 picks in each round as opposed to 31 at the time he was drafted.

Chargers didn't trade either. Brees walked as a free agent and they got a 3rd round compensatory pick.

In 2000 they had bledsoe so instead of HAVING to pick a qb they went with a long shot with brady. From that point on there was no need to pick a qb high but instead went with long shots and got cassell. what it tells me is that even if you have franchise qb you still draft them.