First Round Pick
 

There are only four players worth the third pick in the draft.

1. Matthew Stafford QB Georgia
   Andre Smith OT Alabama
   Aaron Curry LB Wake Forest
   Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech

I think Detroit takes Stafford and St Louis takes Smith. So that leaves us Crabtree and Curry. I think there will be a big debate about who to take, but I believe we take Curry. There is alot of talk of Michael Johson the DE from Georgia Tech dropping to the beginning of the second round if this happens I think we would take him.

Any thoughts?

Take that list, subtract Curry and Crabtree add Sanchez and that leaves us Sanchez.

For the record I really can see the Lions passing on a QB #1 overall and drafting Freeman with either the 2nd pick or with their second 1st round pick where ever he grades at the time. The Lions OC was with Culpepper in Minnesota and was very productive with him, hell his best year was the year Moss was out half the year. Freeman is comparable to him.

Aaron Curry is not worth the 3rd pick.

i can too...and am praying for it..that gives us Stafford

I think Curry is a reach at #3...LB's rarely get picked in the top 3, and if they are they better be comparable to Lawrence Taylor or Derrick Thomas and Curry is not. He's not a great pass rusher, great LB but not worth a top 3 pick IMO.

We drafted Albert in the first round last year and he did a great job at LT, so we don't need a left tackle.

Our only other option is Crabtree and while it can be justified I guess, it is not a pressing need.

Quarterback is a big need though and if the Chiefs draft one of them, I think they groom him and let him sit for the year. Haley and Pioli will know better than to throw him out there to the wolves right away. Both Sanchez and Stafford are excellent prospects in my eyes. They will likely bring in a FA to compete with Thigpen for the starting job next year. With Stafford gone by our pick, I just don't think you can pass on a talent like Sanchez. He has all the tools and talent to succeed in this league. This might be our only shot to get a franchise QB in the next few years. It's worth the risk IMO. I just don't see a better situation at this point. We are in perfect position to take a potential franchise QB and we need to pull the trigger.

Curry is a reach at 3, but so is anything other than a QB or LT. It's just another reason we need to take a quarterback. There isn't value for anything else other than LT, which we don't need.

And when people say we should draft Crabtree at 3, why? Because 2 stud WR's worked for Arizona? No, it didn't work for them until they got consistent quarterback play from Warner. Detroit had 2 studs with Williams and Johnson, but had no QB...didn't work out for them. It will be the same thing for us...WE HAVE NO QB!

We need a QB and this is our chance, I don't get why every Chiefs fan except the people on this board are scared to take a QB. It's so damn obvious that we need one.

The Chiefs fan base seems particularly afraid of drafting QBs high. Which is odd, I can almost understand why Lions fans are afraid of drafting a quarterback after Harrington. I think it's still stupid, but I can at least see the reason why. But the Chiefs haven't been burned by taking a quarterback high in the draft since 19****ing83. And even then the problem wasn't taking a QB, it was taking the wrong one. I guess it's Carl's fault.

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I personally think there's 3 players the Chiefs can justify taking 3rd..

Stafford, Sanchez and Malcolm Jenkins, that's it.

Stafford, Oher, Sanchez and Monroe without taking into consideration who is picking third. Those are the top 4 on my board.

Well we have our ACC homer on the board.

Oher at three?

ROFL

Of course cause Sanchez and Jenkins would not be a reach at 3

Ok he is not the top senior prospect and after junoirs came out he only fell behind Crabtree.