*****2020 NFL DRAFT THREAD - NO SPOILERS*****

[Dante84]

Version 2020 - WORLD CHAMPION EDITION

We are now within 24 hours - Cincinnati is on the clock.

Let's ****ing do this.

Rules:
1. No spoiled picks in this thread, all weekend. This means that as tweets are leaking picks a few minutes before the selection is announced live, you don't post it in this thread (ex: embedded tweets), reference it in this thread (ex: Joe Slapdick says it's So and So to Green Bay) or hint at it (ex: "it's a RB!").

2. Don't be a dick.

Otherwise, have fun, talk shit, freak out and lose your goddamned minds. It's Draft Weekend. The hot takes in these threads are so funny. I'll also be starting player threads for each of our picks as they are made, with videos and notable stats/takes in the OP. Pure knee jerk gold to reference in the future.


Here is our current pick order:

• Round 1: Pick No. 32: CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE, RB, LSU
• Round 2: Pick No. 63: WILLIE GAY, JR, LB, MISS. STATE
• Round 3: Pick No. 96: LUCAS NIANG, OL, TCU
• Round 4: Pick No. 138: L'JARIUS SNEED, DB, LA. TECH
• Round 5: Pick No. 177: MIKE DANNA, DE, MICHIGAN
• Round 6: No Picks
• Round 7: Pick No. 237: THAKARIUS BOPETE KEYES, CB, Tulane

Here is a list of the prospects the Chiefs have shown interest in this year.

View the 2019 Draft thread here
View the 2018 Draft thread here
View the 2017 Draft thread here

Time to grind! pic.twitter.com/FGn916qBq1

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) April 24, 2020

[Ebolapox]

Originally Posted by frozenchief

Because we did.

ok boomer?

[tatorhog]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Andy Reid's new Brian Westbrook

I thought he moved like a young Shady. But either way, he’s that shifty back Andy seems to have always had during his Philly years.

[TwistedChief]

Originally Posted by frozenchief

Because we did.

Did a polar bear eat your dog today or something, dude?

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by frozenchief

Every time Derrick Henry got the ball, he COST Tennessee points.

RBs do NOT add value. Even if RBs can catch passes, they do not add value.

**** me with a sandpaper dildo. This was a bad ****ing decision. KC should have drafted best available LB or CB or IOL. And no, I don’t care how many yards this guy runs for over the next few years. This is a bad ****ing draft choice and if you think otherwise, you don’t understand numbers and probability.

at this freak out

[frozenchief]

Originally Posted by Ebolapox

ok boomer?

Little bit younger but I don’t give a ****.

The evidence is clear: RBs don’t merit the attention that they did 30 years ago. You no longer need a first round RB. Handing the ball to an RB generally COSTS a team points. You can either look at the data and agree or you can make snide comments, but the fact is, Veach wasted this pick.

If you disagree, point to a RB in the last 15 years that had a positive Extra Points Added per carry. We would have been better off drafting a WR or another TE.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Anyone that is bitching is weird to me, running game was our 1 offensive weakness.

Has been since Hunt idiotically got himself kicked off the team. Now we have our pass catching back again.

Time to average 40 points a game.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by frozenchief

Hhhhmmmm, let’s look at, oh, I don’t know, actual data, and see why in 2020, you shouldn’t draft an RB in the first round of the draft:

https://www.pff.com/news/pro-are-nfl...018-nfl-season

Hey, look, you know what we see? If you take out information about the identity of the running back, IT DOESN”T MATTER. Why? Because the O line is far more important to the running game than the running back.

How about this one: RB performance is not as stable as QB and WR:

https://www.kaggle.com/c/nfl-big-dat...cussion/112044

Yeah, but we need an RB that can CATCH THE BALL, just like Kareem Hunt! Actually, that doesn’t work so well, either:

https://theathletic.com/1143546/2019...ake-any-sense/

Why? Well, maybe because in the NFL today, you THROW to win. You don’t establish the pass with the running game. you don’t need a good play action to sell the pass. No, you throw to win:

https://www.numberfire.com/nfl/news/...be-overdrafted

So, no. I’m not happy. We wasted an opportunity. What are we going to do in 3 or 4 years? Keep him? Try to trade him? We need a CB and we need LBs and we need good OL guys.

You want to improve the running game? Draft an offensive line. A good O line gets you a much better running game and protects your MVP QB.

What a damn waste of a pick.

Yea let's reach on an OL the 1 1st round interior guy was gone, like 7 OTs got picked, yea reach fool.

[PAChiefsGuy]

This dude better be a beast. We already have Williams.

[OskaloosaChief]

Barry Sanders was only 5'8". I'm not saying he's Barry Sanders, but watch some tape and with a little imagination......

[frozenchief]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

Did a polar bear eat your dog today or something, dude?

Rep for the polar bear joke. I undoubtedly deserve it.

I realize it ultimately is just a game. And I realize we won the SB just a couple of months ago. But I see many, many times where what one expects to happen is not what really happens. and if Veach had been paying attention to what really happens, he would not have chosen an RB with any draft choice and its super frustrating to see that pick just wasted.

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

I don’t know. Chris Simms vs JakeF.

This could get interesting.

I know who I got!!

[VAGOMO 4 LIFE!]

Mecole wants Swift because their both from Georgia

[frozenchief]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Yea let's reach on an OL the 1 1st round interior guy was gone, like 7 OTs got picked, yea reach fool.

You miss the point. I said that OL will be a better choice if you want to improve the run game. Sol if there isn’t an OL that’s worthy of a 1st round pick, choose a CB or an LB or an edge rusher or another position we need. Fine. Just don’t waste a first round pick on an RB.

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Mecole tweeted that he couldn't believe D'Andre wasn't picked at all in the first round, not that he was complaining about who the Chiefs drafted.

Georgia boy all the way through.

Originally Posted by PurpleRiders51

Mecole doesn't seem happy.

Are you telling me out of 32 picks D’ANDRE SWIFT WAS NOT SELECTED 🤦🏾*♂️

— Mecole Hardman Jr. (@MecoleHardman4) April 24, 2020

[VAGOMO 4 LIFE!]

For everybody who think they know it all, I have no problem with the Chiefs pick! I trust Veach and Coach Reid in their decision process! So save all that extra stuff for some else

— Mecole Hardman Jr. (@MecoleHardman4) April 24, 2020