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Originally Posted by Direckshun
By the way, as bad as the OL was, it was not historically terrible like the WR position was.
Albert Wilson was the #2 WR on our team in yardage last year, and he basically only played four weeks.
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I think it depends on how you view "historically bad." If not for Alex's insanely quick release in most situations in 2014, I would say that KC would have easily competed with some of the worst lines in the NFL. It was bad. You look at a QB that is mobile, with a quick release, in a quick hit offense, and he was still sacked 49 times (26th in the league) and had an adjusted sack rate of 9.4% (Football Outsiders:
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol), which was tied for 29th in the league.
I understand it wasn't epic, like this year's Jacksonville Jaguars (71 sacks and 118 QB pressures... my God), but it wasn't good. It wasn't anywhere near a level where you could say Alex Smith can thrive. I think we can agree it has to be fixed. I agree WR has to be fixed. I just don't put as much priority on receiver as a I do O-line at this point.
I think the strength of this draft, when it comes to receivers that fit the offense, comes in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. I will say, we aren't far off in philosophy, but I'm not convinced we need to spend a 1st and 3rd on receiver. Right now, I'm trending towards OT, WR, OG, ILB with the first 4 picks and coming back to WR in the 4th or 5th.