Well said coach!!!!!!!!
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Well said coach!!!!!!!!
You think I WANT to take a LT with the #1 pick?? Nothing could be further from the truth. I WISH there were a QB to take #1 overall... that prospect does not currently exist in this draft class. Things could change, but I highly doubt it. I don't see any of these QBs vaulting up the board nearly half an entire round. (Only exception could be Wilson) G. Smith's problems aren't with his talent. It's with his reads and personality... the combine is going to prove he's a great athlete with good skill... but it won't ease the concerns about his immeasurables.Quote:
Originally Posted by Three7s
My argument about taking the BPA or Joekel is purely just to try and get y'all to think about this logically. Taking a QB to take a QB just because he's a QB in the first round does not a franchise QB make. Would I like to see the Chiefs invest in a QB this offseason? Absolutely. But there truly isn't someone who stands out from the rest of the crowd. If we can save 2600 points and get a comparable talent with the 2nd round pick be it via trade or BQBA in the 2nd, then that's the route that should be taken. Y'all act like Geno Smith is head and shoulders better than everyone else in this draft and that's simply not the case... I don't care how deep you stick your fingers in your ears or how loudly you sing to drown out the noise... Geno Smith is NOT worth the #1 pick and to spend that many draft resources on him is asinine.
So, you're not ok with letting Albert walk and replacing him with an above replacement level player, but you're ok with letting Dorsey walk and replacing him with ANOTHER DT who's a protypical 4-3 DT and move him to 3-4 DE... yeah... that's a MUCH better idea. There's nothing about Star that would make one believe he's capable of being worth the #1 overall pick... especially since the team that holds the #1 pick runs a 3-4.Quote:
Originally Posted by jason1981
You're not losing 3000pts by letting Albert walk. You're turning 3000 points into a better player AND at least $4m in annual cap space. If he "busts," he's moved to a different position on the OL. Drafting a QB is already a 50/50 proposition at best and if a QB busts, it sets the franchise back at least 5 years AND you've wasted 3000pts because he can't be used anywhere else on the field... that's a distinct difference. If one views Albert as an injury risk (which has been one of my arguments), drafting Joekel isn't a wasted pick... it's necessary to keep the OL performing at its current level. Even if Albert and Joekel perform at the exact same level, it's ALREADY a positive because of the cap number. If Albert's back becomes a chronic problem, the value of a Joekel pick skyrockets exponentially. No matter how you slice it, a Joekel pick cannot be viewed as a waste of a pick or a lateral move.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach
C'mon, Coach. What have these QBs done that makes you think they're worth the pick? Drafting a losing QB who scouts say can't read through progressions, relies on dump passes to inflate his passing % and NFL caliber WRs to stomp on small schools like James Madison the way Geno Smith did is not a good pick... "use your logic." None of the other QBs deserve the spot either. All you have to do is watch Geno's games against better opponents to realize he's not worth the pick. Of his last 8 games, Smith could only manage wins against Iowa State and Kansas... in a weak defensive, pass centric BIG 12. This player would not have gone in the 2nd round last April.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach
Stop the madness!!
I keep teling you that he DID FACE BETTER DEFENSES and put up decent numbers, just the fact that he didn't win shouldn't discredit that. Texas, Oklahoma, ISU, and TCU all had decent defenses, and while he wasn't perfect against some of them, he didn't detriment his team at all. In some cases, he was carrying his team and his pathetic defense.
Foles= no playoffs!!!!@
Where did I say "never pay a good LT, instead just spend a 1st rd pick every four years on a new one"? No where is where, I did not say anything to lead someone to that. What I said is he had a problem this year with his back, and sometimes backs are never good again. If you take the best LT in the league, if he missed 25% of the games because of his back, and was out for the playoffs is he still the best LT? I was talking about one individual and not in general terms, please do not put words into my posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach
You might not be concerned about cap but some in here sure are, look how bad the have complained the last 4 years about Cassell's high contract and he was getting 20% or whatever of the teams cap, to me what difference did it make, we were not close to the cap then, I will agree he was not worth it but that is beside the point. We have new management and they might get us up to the cap in a year or two, what would you do if at the end of next year we had to cut Hali and/or DJ (just as examples) to make room to get under the cap? Management always have to worry about the cap, what would have happened if we would have signed Peyton Manning last year how would the cap have looked now?
Again I did not say anywhere we do not need to resign our draft picks if they turn out to be good, that is a stupid statement and makes no sense but if they have health problems or does not develop (do you think we should resign Baldwin because he was a 1st round pick) we should think about not resigning him.
If you franchise Albert and can not sign Bowe do you want the best WR we have walk? Also to franchise a LT is going to cost around $10 million also, and if his back is bad and he missed 50% of the snaps and we end up with a mid round draft pick there probably won't be a franchise LT there.
It is all a crap shoot and there is no pat answer, a lot will depend what happens between not and the draft.
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Originally Posted by Three7s
Texas was not a top 50 defense.
Oklahoma was not a top 50 defense.
Iowa St. was not a top 50 defense.
But hey... TCU was #16... and they beat him.
I guess "decent" is a relative term. I love how Geno advocates make excuses for him as to why he couldn't win games on one hand, then on the other, claim he's a franchise QB who can shoulder a franchise and is worthy of the #1 pick. Either he's a franchise QB who can put a team on his back and win games or he's not. You can't have it both ways. We can find talented, above average QB's later in the draft. This team does not need to waste the first pick on a player who presents little more than whoever will be available in the 2nd round.
I predict that you're going to see Geno light up the combine because he's got some pretty good physical talent. His problems are between his ears and there's nothing at the combine to expose that to the general public.
The same lovers told me I was just making excuses had a lovefest for Cassel when I talked about our poor D half the year. Now they want to use There D as an excuse as to why there guy lost I've given up the Geno fight. You won't win with them. It's one set of rules for the guys they don't want (anyone not named geno) anther for Geno. Just give up this fight you won't win with the geno lovers. Lucky for us I really don't see us taking at number 1. He's just not worth the number 1 pick and as the new brass has stated we are taking the BPA which has worked really well for the Packers.Quote:
Originally Posted by texaschief
This "salary cap is no big deal" attitude some Chiefs fans have is ignorant (no offense). After the last few years of not spending any money in free agency, I'm sure most of y'all never even thought to check. I know I didn't until I accidentally read a startling article on the subject. The Chiefs salary cap number heading into 2013 is sitting right at $120m. That's mid-pack, y'all. There are 13 teams with more cap space than the Chiefs... and that's BEFORE signing Bowe, Albert, Dorsey, or Colquitt. That $120m mark only leaves the Chiefs with $12m to play with this offseason. Cut Tyson Jackson and you save $14m. Cut Cassel and you save another $6m. If you cut those two players, that could give the Chiefs $32m cap space. But if you franchise Albert, that takes $10m. Signing Bowe to a long-term deal will require at least $8-10m/yr to bring back. Bowe is looking for a monster deal and unless we tag him for $11m, it's going to require some serious coin to bring him back long-term.
So, let's just do what y'all want and re-sign Bowe at the low end of the spectrum for $8m/yr and tag Albert for $10m. So, now what? Well, now we have a rookie draft class to sign which will require another $7m or so. What are you going to accomplish with $7m remaining? Are you really going to max-out your cap space and leave yourself very little wiggle room? Salaries for your best players are only going to go up each year. If the Chiefs went with this plan, there's no way they'd have enough money to sign Albert to a long-term deal after the 2013 season. Not to mention, we still don't have a punter and we've lost our starting DE's.
Upgrading this roster is going to require a much more thought out approach than just "plug-and-play."
By the way, those of you who think cutting Geno after a quick one year failure is the fall-back plan if the kid busts, you might want to take a look at Dontari Poe's cap penalty if we cut him this offseason... (it's -$6.7m). Hell, cutting Berry would be a -$4.7m hit. You can't just draft-it and quit-it. The NFL doesn't work that way. Making a poor selection with this #1 pick, especially at QB, would do MUCH more damage than some of you are willing to acknowledge.
But I am going to bury my head in the sand and say draft Geno with the first pick no matter what, end of discussion. I will worry about the year after that, the year after that. I WANT A QB WITH THE FIRST PICK!!!!! Nothing else will do, I will ignore what anyone else is saying because I want a QB 1st and only what I want matters to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by texaschief