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Originally Posted by Mecca
Watch I will now provide a take as to why I think this draft creates issues that has nothing to do with Scott Pioli.
Everyone knows I like Mark Sanchez right...but when you decide you are going to trade for Matt Cassel and essentially say this is our guy, you don't set him up to fail.
When the Chiefs decided they would trade Tony Gonzalez, then go into the draft which was very deep at OL and WR and proceed to draft a bunch of defensive players in what is considered a weak defensive year. This is called being married to a defensive scheme and trying to shoehorn it in no matter what.
If you want to say Tyson Jackson was the right pick you can, but after that they really should have focused on the deep OL and WR positions in the draft. Leaving Matt Cassel with 1 dependable receiver and no upgrades on the Oline is just asking for him to look bad and get his brains beat in.
That is how you ruin a player, when you take a young guy and decide he is your franchise you do things to put him in a position to succeed not fail. What the Chiefs did this weekend was not fair to Matt Cassel.
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The problem with this sort of argument is that it presumes:
That the Chiefs are now finished with any and all roster tweaks for the year
That helping the defense doesn't help the offense
That they didn't draft an O-lineman and a wide receiver even though they did
That you know more than the current regime
It's sloppy thinking. You're dealing with a 2 win team being overhauled here.