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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
And as I've mentioned before; the issue with his D picks was mostly one of priority. It was that he simply didn't put a lot of capital at the defense, not that he often swung and missed.
He had one true 'miss' in the 1st or 2nd round (K-Pass) on defensive players. And a couple rough 3rd rounders (Russell and to a lesser extent Gaines, but injury ruined that pick more than potential).
He has Ford, Jones, Peters and Nelson (who yes, was a very good pick) on his ledger. In 5 years running the show he missed on a single 2nd round defensive player and a 3rd rounder, with something of an INC for Gaines, who looked good until he got injured and somehow is still in the NFL (so how bad could that pick really be?).
Dorsey was revered 'round these parts until he got fired, then all of the sudden people forgot about how instrumental he was in building this team. If Veach does HALF of what Dorsey did, we'd win multiple championships. I suspect he won't.
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At this point, if Veach went the Pioli route and only drafted college team captains with high floors at every position, we'd be in okay shape.
That's not how you build a real championship contender for most teams, but if you're the Chiefs with a QB like Mahomes, having a defense of nothing but those kind of guys with a lucky hit or two here and there might just be enough.