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Nice post by Lanning. Rep and welcome to CP.
There are two schools of thought about everything.
a) need vs. BPA
b) reach for playmakers vs. taking someone ranked higher, but with issues
c) focus the draft the front seven vs. draft the skill positions
d) coaching is key vs. coaching can't turn chickensh*t into chicken salad
e) good and mature citizens vs. more raw talent but with character issues
f) patience vs. win now
g) quality vs. quantity
h) Pioli made mistakes with Cassel, Pollard and T-Jax so he is FAIL vs. people learn from their mistakes and it is not so certain that these will play out poorly for the team.
i) a good fan should feel free to criticize his team vs. a "true fan" doesn't
You'll find folks here who will debate any of these issues all day long and will line up on both sides with passionate views. You can't win everyone over. This board is too diverse. But, that is what helps make this place fun.
As for me, I'm not clairvoyant as to who will be a star or not, but I liked the Chiefs draft. It gives me optimism that the team will be less predictably weak. Our second round picks will help us potentially turn a losing game into a winning game in one touch of a football. That is something that we have been sorely missing. Last season, the fun for me was watching Charles shred defenses and watching Studebaker gain key interceptions. We added two guys in the second round that will, IMO, have the "X-Factor" to score on any play, even moreso than Tate or Shipley, and put us in a better position to win than one more talented tackle or ILB. Yeah, I know that you need tackles (on both sides of the ball) and ILB are key to stopping the run. Yes, they are important! But give me an X-Factor guy with football smarts anytime. Maybe Kindle could have been an X-Factor at OLB. Maybe. But with a knee of a 40 year old NFL veteran, I'll take my chances on the guys Pioli picked.
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