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Originally Posted by BossChief
who gives a **** where he is from. Have you seen him play? I would sacrifice a later round pick to move up a few spots if he is still there at 29 or so.
He might be the quickest pulling guard I have come out. Perfect attitude to be a leader and is known as a hard worker and very high charachter guy.
I honestly see him as a probowl quality player and might make a couple all pro teams if he goes into the right situation.
The starting guards from the ALL PRO TEAM are from Bloomberg and fresno state.
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To a certain degree, it does matter where he went to school. The problem is that he plays at Idaho. The level of competition that he faces is substantially less that what you are going to face in a BCS level conference on a weekly basis. Perhaps he is that level of player, but he plays at a position that isn't as necessarily valued in terms of the draft as other positions and it would be an expensive proposition to use a pick on a guard at that point in the draft for a team like the Chiefs who need major talent increases at a number of more impactful positions than at guard.
And while Mike might be the best pure guard in the draft, he's still a pure guard. Not a tackle or center, but a guard. And he'd have to be damn near guaranteed to be a Pro Bowler at that position in order to justify that high of a pick for a pure guard.
I just don't see the Chiefs pulling the trigger on him. I could see a team use a late first rounder on him as a luxury type pick, which is what the best teams do and why they remain on top - because they can take the best player at a secondary position as they already have quality players at the key positions. Perhaps the Chiefs go with a BPA approach and draft guys like Berry and Iupati.