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Direckshun · 12-06-2007, 03:13 PM

I sent this email his way. Let's see if it affects his mock next week.

Hey Walter,

Big, big Chiefs fan here. Always enjoy reading your mocks. Agree or disagree with them, they're a good read.

You've suggested over your last couple mocks that the Chiefs will be looking DE, CB, and OT on the first day, in varying order. It's almost a sure-thing that Chiefs are going OT on the first day, but DE and CB are more controversial predictions.

When asked about Jared Allen this yaer, Chiefs GM Carl Peterson has said in numerous interviews that he "doesn't let good players go." Agree or disagree, I think you and I both see the franchise option coming down the mountain and probably a Jared Allen holdout. But nonetheless, the entire Chiefs' community believes that Peterson's clamping Allen down one way or another, reducing our need to draft DE on the first day. It wouldn't surprise me if it happened on the second day, though, seeing how we need a third DE that can get some pressure.

Also, I'm sure you know that Herm Edwards was an UDFA CB in the NFL that started many years for the Eagles. He believes that he can spot CB talent as good as anyone, and trusts himself to spot talent in low rounds and the UDFA market (he drafted a CB in the 5th in 2006, and only picked up an UDFA in 2007). You don't need to be elite to be a Cover 2 corner anyway, so I'd bet on Herm drafting a CB in the lower rounds this year, but I'd be incredibly surprised to see him draft one on the first day.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.

12-06-2007, 03:13 PM	#17
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $2033447	I sent this email his way. Let's see if it affects his mock next week. Hey Walter, Big, big Chiefs fan here. Always enjoy reading your mocks. Agree or disagree with them, they're a good read. You've suggested over your last couple mocks that the Chiefs will be looking DE, CB, and OT on the first day, in varying order. It's almost a sure-thing that Chiefs are going OT on the first day, but DE and CB are more controversial predictions. When asked about Jared Allen this yaer, Chiefs GM Carl Peterson has said in numerous interviews that he "doesn't let good players go." Agree or disagree, I think you and I both see the franchise option coming down the mountain and probably a Jared Allen holdout. But nonetheless, the entire Chiefs' community believes that Peterson's clamping Allen down one way or another, reducing our need to draft DE on the first day. It wouldn't surprise me if it happened on the second day, though, seeing how we need a third DE that can get some pressure. Also, I'm sure you know that Herm Edwards was an UDFA CB in the NFL that started many years for the Eagles. He believes that he can spot CB talent as good as anyone, and trusts himself to spot talent in low rounds and the UDFA market (he drafted a CB in the 5th in 2006, and only picked up an UDFA in 2007). You don't need to be elite to be a Cover 2 corner anyway, so I'd bet on Herm drafting a CB in the lower rounds this year, but I'd be incredibly surprised to see him draft one on the first day. Thanks, and keep up the good work.
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