Chiefs Drafts. In the interest of full disclosure.
 

Was a little bored so I explored my responses to past drafts we've had in real time to see how right/wrong I was.

Turns out, of course, it was a mixed bag. How was everybody elses?

Green for I liked at the time, red for disliked at the time, yellow for "eh" at the time. I left it black if I don't remember.

2010

1st: Berry
2nd: McCluster
2nd: Arenas
3rd: Asamoah
3rd: Moeaki
5th: Lewis
5th: Sheffield

2009

1st: Jackson
3rd: Magee
4th: Washington
5th: Brown
6th: Lawrence
7th: Williams
7th: O'Connell
7th: Succop

2008

1st: Dorsey
1st: Albert
2nd: Flowers
3rd: Charles
3rd: Cottam
3rd: Morgan
4th: Franklin
5th: Carr
6th: Richardson
6th: Robinson
7th: Johnston
7th: Merritt

2007

1st: Bowe
2nd: McBride
3rd: Tyler
5th: Smith
5th: Medlock
6th: Taylor
7th: Allan

2006

1st: Hali
2nd: Pollard
3rd: Croyle
5th: Maxey
6th: Stallings
6th: Webb
7th: Page

2010 = JIMP
2009 = awful
2008 = JIMP
2007 = awful
2006 = 1 step above awful

You liked Ty Jack when it happened?

You liked the majority of our 2009 draft? That was one of the low points in franchise history. A major setback, even though we are playing well this year. We're doing it without the help of anyone from that draft except Succop. Maybe Jackson has been decent on a few series, but no where near enough to justify the pick, and he probably never will play at that level.

I did. I think the DE is a core position in the 3-4 and he was the best DE prospect for this defense we've seen in a while.

I agree with that, now. At the time I liked most of the draft. (Although I was lukewarm, at best, about the Cassel trade.)

T. Jax was a great 3-4 end prospect. I loved Magee but I don't think I really understood the 3-4 a lot back then, because Magee was not a good fit for the 3-4 end position. I don't know why I thought he was.

Washington had the look of a diamond in the rough. Guy is a stellar athlete, but he just doesn't know where he is on the field, it seems. Lawrence and Williams were just impressive athletes from smaller schools.

But yeah... Colin Brown and trading up for O'Connell were strange moves to me.