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09-20-2014, 12:44 AM | Topic Starter |
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Late night bullshit: Drafting a passrusher in the first next year.
Let's face some serious facts that need to be faced going forward:
1. Alex Smith is The Guy, and the Chiefs will not draft QB in the 1st round. 2. The Chiefs are going to cut Tamba Hali. He costs too much against the cap in a year the Chiefs need to make room for Houston. 3. Dee Ford has not looked good, and while he can develop into a nice player eventually, he's not getting the snaps to do that right now. Given these facts, why should we dismiss out of hand that the Chiefs wouldn't draft another passrusher in next year's 1st? The team must remain traumatized by last year's experience of having zero depth at the position -- drafting someone like Randy Gregory and bringing Dee off the bench (and starting him if someone goes down) may not be the best use of resources of 2014's 1st rounder, but it would provide the team key depth and provide it a hellacious passrush with Houston and somebody like Gregory, with someone like Ford spelling either passrusher. I think it's also possible the Chiefs draft a DE next year in the first, as I anticipate they will let Allen Bailey walk, and cut Mike DeVito -- but Kevin Vickerson is anybody's guess. I don't think they go offensive line -- I bet they bring Rodney Hudson, Jeff Allen, and Donald Stephenson back, although Allen and Stephenson would likely be in their last years in KC. Playmaker is the most obvious go-to in this draft, but it's not clear where the fits are at CB or S. The best corner in this draft is 5'9" and a hair slower than Dorsey likes them. It's not clear yet if there are any potentially dominant safety talents. WR is the most obvious place to go, and Sammie Coates is as obvious a John Dorsey pick as there is in this draft -- all measurables, all project. Amari Cooper is more steady, but he's not outstanding in any phase of the game that I've detected except perhaps route-running -- and Alabama players do horribly in the NFL. That leaves you with Stephon Diggs. At this point, I'd project Coates as a future Chief if we land a top ten pick, but a passrusher or down lineman would not surprise me. |
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09-20-2014, 12:51 AM | #5 |
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Who knows, whoever is the freakiest athlete will be our 1st pick.
Diggs is nowhere near the prospect that everyone is making him out to be. He is a 2nd round prospect at best. We won't take a corner in the 1st this year. Only way I can see us drafting QB is if Mariota is sitting there at our pick. OL is a possibility, depending on who is available at the time. Cooper is the most pro-ready WR in college football right now, I'd take him over Coates at this point. I do see us drafting another pass rusher within the first 3 rounds, but I don't see us taking another one in the 1st; that would mean Dorsey either admitting that Ford is a failure or that we is willing to let Houston just walk. |
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I can see 5-tech, WR, OL if we are picking high in the 1st but not #1 overall (Mariota). If we end up picking in the 20s, which I don't think we will, ILB becomes a real possibility.
Only CB worth a top 15 pick right now is Ekpre-Olomu, and he is smaller than what Dorsey likes. |
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09-20-2014, 01:18 AM | #8 |
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You can see an OL if we pick top ten?
You're high. |
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09-20-2014, 05:47 AM | #9 |
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Dee Ford is doing commercials for a local ford dealership
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We need a ****ing receiver like nobodies business.
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09-20-2014, 01:54 AM | #13 |
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This! I think we'll see how Amari Cooper does against tougher competition this year. So far Alabama has only played against pretty bad teams. Two other interesting receiver prospects are Jaelen Strong and Devin Funchess. But the seasons is still young. The question is: Is Funchess serviceable as a wideout or is he an NFL TE? He's not really the Dorsey type receiver either.
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This.
Pick a ****ing playmaker in the first. Get a stud WR or TE. If you can't trade down and get a top end FS or CB...
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