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Originally Posted by Dr. Van Halen
Seriously, if any of you fuckheads would actually bother doing two minutes worth of research before typing in your daily "I hate Carl" diary entry, it would be a miracle.
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Some of us fuckheads have done research. A lot of research, in fact. And the team has been where we are since 1998 - that's barely above .500 total with two winning seasons and one playoff appearance - specifically because we have been not average, not even slightly below average, but...horrible...drafting in that time.
Name for me the last successful draft the Chiefs had, where several players contributed to the team in a meaningful way for a number of years.
The answer: 1996.
As for the 'Pro Bowl argument', perhaps you should provide some more information there. For instance, is Donnie Edwards on that list? Because while we did draft him and he was once a pro bowl alternate, it wasn't as a Chief. And our last two drafted pro bowlers? Gary Stills in '99 and Dante Hall in '00. Both special teamers. We haven't drafted a pro bowl position player since Tony Gonzalez in '97. The last pro bowl defender drafted? Jerome Woods in '96.
So, in short, it's been 8 and 9 years since we drafted pro bowlers on offense and defense, respectively, and 5 years since we drafted our last pro bowl player of any kind.
Is that acceptable?