For those that want to draft a WR in the first round....

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

We hear that every year.


Just you wait, Wilkerson would have been a 1st round pick if he stayed in school one more year - he'll be great with a little playing time under his belt. Thorpe has great speed, you can't teach that, just wait until he gets the system under his belt for one year.

Was 2005 a great draft year? You got two full time starters that first year - DJ and Colquitt and a special teams player in Grigsby.

When you are doing your own mock draft for KC this year do you say to yourself, "Boy, I hope the guys from rounds 2-7 put in 3 starts between them and get some special teams play. That would be a great draft!"

I already explained that. You can't judge a draft based on just their rookie years.


Here was my explanation that you omitted from your quote:

"I'm not sure how you think this works, but players drafted in the later rounds don't usually start their rookie year. Those are players that you hope you can eventually develop into starters. Or in some cases the most you can expect is a quality backup."


You also can't judge a draft just by how many starts players get. This is affected by who the team already has playing the position. Bad teams might make it look like they had good drafts because they HAVE to play rookies.


*edit: When I say you can't judge a draft based on 1 year, I realize that's all we have to go by at the moment. But when it's obvious players will be starting next year don't ignore it.