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Originally Posted by spanky 52
Interesting read. Thanks. I'm not as down on Poe as I was Thursday night and the rest of the draft. Time will tell and I'll give Crennell and Pleasant some time to work with him. We have no other choice.
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That's kinda how I'm looking at it- he got hyped up & then cooled off so the talk of his bust potential was out there & there was probably less worry that they had to snag him there unless they felt like based on their board he was worth taking over the 2 offers to trade down. Plus, if the Chiefs didn't take him & he turns out to be legit, people would be more passed they let an elite NT slip right by because they were gunshy after spending high draft picks on Dline guys recently. With the new Rookie pay scale, taking a chance on Poe given his potential upside makes a lot more sense than before, because the money you have to pay the guy is way less than what it was before the new CBA. Is it good to draft a bust in the 1st - no, but the risk reward now makes its much easier to justify rolling the dice & see if it can pay off!