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Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin
Good lord, I get we’re spoiled around here and all and we all love Veach and Reid, but do most (some) Chiefs fans really expect us to draft the best or close to best at every position every year? I mean, **** people, there are 31 other teams in the NFL with front offices and scouts that get paid a shit ton of money to make the best personnel decisions for their team too.
Yeah, we drafted CEH over Taylor. You know who else passed on Taylor before Indy drafted him? 29 other teams. It’s not like we were talking about Marshall Faulk or Eric Dickerson here. Taylor was not an obvious ‘must have’ pick for teams that were looking for a RB. In hindsight, we shouldn’t have drafted CEH, but neither Taylor, who wouldn’t have been utilized in this offense the way he is in Indy. If we were wanting to increase the explosiveness of our offense, we should have grabbed a WR like Tee Higgins or Claypool. Hindsight is a beautiful thing.
As far as comparing McDuffie or Moore to ANYONE right now, it’s an exercise in futility at this point. We’re not even halfway into their rookie seasons yet. That story has not been written yet. And that’s not even taking into account McDuffie has been injured (thanks to a stupid field) and only played a half of football and Moore’s situation (4th on the WR depth chart) is completely different than Pickens, who basically is being treated like a #1 or #2 WR on a weekly basis and being force fed the ball. The situations are completely different and not even remotely comparable. Put Pickens on the Chiefs and Moore on the Steelers and what do you think each guys numbers look like right now?
I swear some in this thread need to get a grip on reality . . . . . .
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I agree with pretty much everything you said here. Like it or not the comparisons are inevitable. It’s too early to say that Moore was a bad pick. I was really excited about him when we picked him and was even more excited after the reports from training camp. I think it’s fair to say though that the start to his career has been a disaster. I know he came from a small school and that takes a while to learn Andy’s offense but that doesn’t excuse the fumbles on punts.
For the record, I do think that Veach is a good gm but he’s certainly not above criticism. The good news is that we’re 5 and 2 with an underwhelming contribution (so far) from the 2022 draft class.