It’s Official: Chiefs Get Third Pick In Draft

Trade down in the draft pick up an extra pick and get two stud defensive players. Don’t take Crabtree with the #3 pick he’s not the next coming of Randy Moss by no means. Chances are Bradford will be staying in school to avoid playing for the Lions and Stafford is going to be the next Joey Harrington trust me I’ve watched enough of his SEC games. Go defensive.

If not a QB in round 1, sign Cassel. We need a franchise QB. Thigpen did a nice job this season and I wish him the best, but let’s get an accurate, franchise-type QB in here.

If they sign Cassel, then I’m thrilled to trade down and take a defensive player or perhaps staying at 3 and taking another bookend OT.

Good observation Colby I agree take an offensive tackle to play on the opposite side of Albert if we stay with the #3 pick. People are over-hyping Crabtree. You don’t win football games with receivers being drafted in the 1st round you win with great offensive and defensive lines and of course a good quarterback. Right now Bowe and Bradley is good enough to win with. I’ll take those guys over any of the receivers in Philly,Tennessee,or even the Giants minus Plaxico. See where i’m going with this guys none of those teams receiving core are better than ours but the records are better because they have good offensive and defensive lines. Until we improve those positions in the trenches receivers those not need to be a priority right now.

If we take an OT with the #3 pick, it should probably be Albert that moves, either to ROT or RG.

Colby,
I’ve heard Cassel will get the franchise tag before next year, and I wouldn’t want to give up two high round picks for him. Just because he fits NE offense doesn’t mean he’d fit what we’re doing here, whatever it is or will be next year.

Right on Ed. Even if it isn’t a sexy pick, we need to regain that dominant O line that carried us 5 ro 6 years ago. With Richardson still considered a project pick, we need a center, RG, RT and then depth at the position. Waters isn’t a spring chicken either, so it surely wouldn’t hurt to start looking, later rounds at a possible back up/ replacement for him too.

Uncuffed why would we move Albert he’s played great at left tackle if any thing trade down and draft a right tackle or guard. Why are people trying to move Albert around like the guy didn’t play well at left tackle. IF it ain’t broke don’t try to fix it. Albert has been great at left tackle we need to draft a right tackle or guard or if one of the defensive ends that comes out are blowing the new GM away then take the defensive end. We sure could use him.

Our top priority in the draft needs to be right tackle,right guard,defensive end and middle linebacker. Whether we stay at the 3rd pick or trade down we need to take the best athelete available out of those 4 positions. So if the middle linebacker is a better prospect than the defensive end and we can get a defensive end in the 2nd round then draft the middle linebacker. IF the a guy like Andre Smith can play right tackle and is a better prospect then Micheal Johnson the defensive end out of Georgia Tech then draft Smith. Either way out of those 4 position if we stay at #3 take the best prospect out of the 4 positions with the 3rd pick in draft.

Because it’s generally considered wasting the value of the #3 overall pick to use it on a guard or RT. A more extreme example would be using the #3 pick on a kicker. If you picked the best OT available and stuck him at RT, you’d be wasting his talent and lowering his “ceiling” in terms of helping this team.

I agree Albert has been acceptable at LT and I favor trading down, if possible, and getting DE or LB in the first round. But if we somehow get “stuck” with the best OT of the draft, it might be wise to move Albert, since he’s proven he can successfully move around the line and was/is a somewhat “lower” prospect at LT.

Question:

What was the determining factor giving St. Louis the no. 2 spot when we had the same record and both won our two games to non-playoff teams?

Herm’s The Man! Thigpen’s The Man! Both will be back in ’09 to lead the KC Chiefs to even greater glories yet untold!

No QB in rounds 1 or 2, no DE in rounds 1 or 2, no WR in rounds 1 or 2. LB or OT #1,whichever doesn’t go in the 1st round goes in round 2.

Tammy H, it came down to strength of schedule, from there it gets complicated. I can’t answer which games lost, were the determining factor[s].

But some where along the line we lost to more mathematical (Wall Street math) superior teams than the Rams have.

Hope that helps.

If they do trade down for picks I would like to see a first round with a stud DE and a good LB. If you are going O-line but not LT (Albert) then you can start filling up with non-first round picks. I agree that our skill (QB,WR,RB,TE) players are essentially good enough to not address in early rounds but they will need some free agency love.

There have been teams who won superbowls without a franchise quarterback. Thigpin is good enough to do this also. However we do need to be able to stop the run and get a pass rush. With that our DB’s should be able to do a better job doing their jobs. I like Herm as a person, but I don’t think he is capable enough to get the most out of the talent available. If he stays I hope he proves me wrong. GO CHIEFS!!!!

JohnNdallas–thank you, makes sense. We did have a tough schedule…Bring on 2009; Go Chiefs!

kr24 – Yours is one of the most reasonable posts I’ve seen. Thigpen appears to be good enough. With an improved offensive line and his continued maturation as a qb (I think both are reasonable assumptions), he could be pretty decent.

Right now the linebackers appear to be the unit most in need of improvement, but an improved pass rush is paramount.

Your welcome Tammy, happy to help

It’s always a balancing act when teams draft players. Go for the best evauated talent on the board, go for need, or hope the two lines cross to make it an easier decision.

The key word here is EVALUATION which is highly subjective what with beauty being in the eye of the beholder. This is where the Chiefs have fallen down in the past several drafts going all the way back to the 70s in my opinion.

Oh sure, there’s a nugget or two in there that saw them getting lucky with the 4th rounders Donnie Edwards and Jared Allen but that’s what it was, luck. Overall, the Chiefs current braintrust for evaluation and decisions based on that evaluation has been poor.

This is where the new fresh set of eyes, the new GM, will earn his bones or continue the team down the path of lost opportunity. Let’s think positive and allow the new guy some slack as this process unfolds leading up to the 2009 draft, shall we?