Chiefs Fixing this mess

**Rain Man** · 10-12-2009, 12:56 AM

Let's put players into one of four buckets over the next five years:

Group 1. Young, ascending, and will be in or near their prime in five years

QB (Cassel)
WR (Bowe)
T (Albert)
K (Succop)
P (Colquitt)
CB (Flowers)
CB (Carr)
ILB (Mays)
DE (Jackson)
DE (Dorsey)

Group 2. At their peak now, but will be past their prime in five years.

WR (Bradley)
TE (Ryan)
FS (Page)
ILB (Williams)

Group 3. Young, ascending, but probably not a long term answer
FB (Cox)
T (O'Callaghan)
C (Niswanger)
KR/PR (Charles)
OLB (Hali)

Group 4. Past their peak now and will be retired in five years.
HB (Johnson)
G (Waters)
G (Goff)
SS (Brown)
OLB (Vrabel)
NT (Edwards)

You can agree or disagree with me about the buckets, but based on what I see right now, we need to replace/upgrade at least 6 positions (Group 4) just to break even. To improve, about 15 positions to be replaced (Groups 2, 3, and 4), and that's not assuming any injuries in Group 1. This means getting 3 quality starters every year, which may be possible, but would be difficult.

If we did that on a regular basis, this means that we'd have to have upgrades like this (roughly)

2010 - G, OLB, NT
2011 - G, HB, SS
2012 - C, T, WR
2013 - FB, OLB, KR/PR
2014 - FS, ILB, TE
...and assume that everyone in Group 1 continues to do well.

This seems like a tall order.

10-12-2009, 12:56 AM	Topic Starter
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $2768491 VARSITY	Fixing this mess Let's put players into one of four buckets over the next five years: Group 1. Young, ascending, and will be in or near their prime in five years QB (Cassel) WR (Bowe) T (Albert) K (Succop) P (Colquitt) CB (Flowers) CB (Carr) ILB (Mays) DE (Jackson) DE (Dorsey) Group 2. At their peak now, but will be past their prime in five years. WR (Bradley) TE (Ryan) FS (Page) ILB (Williams) Group 3. Young, ascending, but probably not a long term answer FB (Cox) T (O'Callaghan) C (Niswanger) KR/PR (Charles) OLB (Hali) Group 4. Past their peak now and will be retired in five years. HB (Johnson) G (Waters) G (Goff) SS (Brown) OLB (Vrabel) NT (Edwards) You can agree or disagree with me about the buckets, but based on what I see right now, we need to replace/upgrade at least 6 positions (Group 4) just to break even. To improve, about 15 positions to be replaced (Groups 2, 3, and 4), and that's not assuming any injuries in Group 1. This means getting 3 quality starters every year, which may be possible, but would be difficult. If we did that on a regular basis, this means that we'd have to have upgrades like this (roughly) 2010 - G, OLB, NT 2011 - G, HB, SS 2012 - C, T, WR 2013 - FB, OLB, KR/PR 2014 - FS, ILB, TE ...and assume that everyone in Group 1 continues to do well. This seems like a tall order.
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