GBN Report: 2010 SENIOR BOWL GAME REVIEW

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Originally Posted by AustinChief

Jesus dude. I watched every game Hali and Graham played in college.. and though I am a big fan of Hali.. to equate the two takes a level of ingnorance that is ridiculous.

Let's break it down very simply... would you SERIOUSLY take Hali over Lamarr Woodley? (if so.. you may actually qualify as functionally reeruned...)... Graham is Woodley part 2... PERIOD. HE matured in the same system.. learned everything he could from Woodley.. is physicaly (minus 1 inch) the same man... and has similar stats... so, I ask again... would you take Hali over Woodley?

If you answer Hali you are either a moron or dishonest.

Oh, for Christ's sake...

Graham is not Woodley. Graham is Graham. He's not Hali, he's not Woodley, he is who he is. And he didn't mature into the same system. He is a product of Rodiguez's fun bunch defense that most likely won't be around...perhaps even next year. And I'm not blaming him for that...he's a nice player. But he's a short (by todays standard) defensive end that's never really been asked to do anything other than go get the quarterback. I won't go into why he isn't Lamaar because you won't hear it, and you'll probably get pissed about any Tamba Hali comparisons.

My take is that the guy wouldn't be capable of playing anything other than the rush ROLB spot, and doesn't give you anything more than Hali is already providing. Other than Flowers and Charles, Hali had the most successful year of any Chief and you want to replace him with a shorter version of himself that would be a rookie, with a rookie learning curve? *sigh*

You couldn't play Graham on the SAM side as he lacks the hip turn and backpedal and sideline to sideline burst...you might be able to get away with him as a Mike, but I doubt it as he'd be a liability in mid-zone coverage, so all he really could do in a 3-4 is the ROLB spot. And...eh, okay...let's draft him. Because Albert is doing well enough that he needs to stay at LT, but Hali had a craptasitic season so we should burn our first second round pick on a guy like Graham. Because of all positions on the Chiefs, Hali is the one guy that stands out as being a slackadasical pussbag that needs immediate replacement.

Super duper.