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Originally Posted by Buckweath
Dorsey was outstanding at drafting overall. If he had found more star players on defense and less on offense, you would be complaining about both offense and defense so it doesn't make any difference.
Dorsey definitly had more hits on offense but Jones, Ford, Peters, Nelson were all solid picks.
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Peters is a head case and no longer here, and Steven Nelson is a JAG. The two defensive picks worth anything are Jones and Ford. 2 players in 5 or so years is not good. The current status of the secondary and the inside linebackers is due to constant scouting failures by the Chiefs on defense.Kpass, Russell, Gaines, etc. were awful draft picks. We actually found steals late in the draft on offense like Hill and LDT. We struck out on just about every single draft pick on defense outside of the first 2 rounds. The last late round find we had on defense was probably Brandon Carr in 2008. You can't go an entire decade without a single pick panning out from day 3.
By comparison, look at the LAC-
Jatavis Brown, 5th Rd 2016
Desmond King, 5th Rd 2017
Darius Philon, 6th Rd 2015
That's not necessarily a huge difference at first glance, but it helps immensely when coupled with early round picks like Ingram, Bosa, James, etc. We've found jack shit with our late round picks on defense.