Originally Posted by
texaschief
I'm gonna hit on a couple things real quick without going into too much detail.
First off, to the author of the original post, you are an optimist, sir... if you believe there are going to be 9-14 teams with WORSE records than the Chiefs at the end of the season. To that point, I see the Chiefs picking in the 4-6 spots. Just look at the teams tied or worse than the Chiefs, record wise, and you'll see the Chiefs fall drastically before the end of the year. Cleveland, San Diego, Philly, Tampa, Arizona, Jacksonville, Miami, and Carolina are ALL going to end up with better records than the Chiefs who have the toughest remaining schedule in the league. Out of the 14 teams currently or tied with or worse than the Chiefs, 8 of them will end up with better records. That puts us around 6. There's still hope that Seattle, Washington, and Minnesota could all end up better than the Chiefs, but I wouldn't count on it.
Second, I think Dorsey could be one of the best defensive tackles in the league if he played in a 4-3 defense. Dorsey could be one of the Chiefs biggest trade pieces going into the offseason. I think the Chiefs should trade Dorsey to a 4-3 team for a latter first round pick.
I expect Indy, SEA, StL, Minn, and Wash to be picking ahead of KC. All but St. Louis and Minn need a franchise QB. Luck goes to Indy, Barkley reunites with Carroll, Kalil to STL, Blackmon becomes the #1 for PonderS in Minn, which leaves Jones for Washington. 3 QBs a WR and a LT taken before the Chiefs pick.
In my opinion, if the draft falls the way I see it, this is a horrible spot for the Chiefs to be in. With only RG3 left available at the QB position and knowing they still have Cassel returning in '12, the Chiefs don't really have an obvious pick here. There is still a TON of talent available here and could perhaps trade down and accumulate even more picks. There's also the curious case of Dwayne Bowe, who is slated to be a free agent in '12. This could cause the Chiefs to jump on Blackmon if he's available.
Personally, if there's no QB to be had at #6, I would like to see the Chiefs trade down. In addition to trading Glenn Dorsey to... say... perhaps... oh, I don't know... New England(?), they could have a few first rounders to play with. I wonder if Pioli could grab BOTH of the Patriots late first rounders (one from N.O.) for Dorsey and a third round pick. THEN, they could trade down from #6 and grab BOTH of Cincinatti's first round picks... ESPECIALLY if they like the top DE or CB.
I'd love to see the Chiefs sitting there with 4 first rounders. Hell, even if it meant trading away the rest of our draft along with Dorsey to make it happen, I'd want 4 first round picks.
Then, the picks could be:
Riley Reiff-OT
Vontaze Burfict-ILB
David DeCastro-OG
Dontari Poe-NT
If we get to keep our 2nd round pick, my pick would be
If Bowe leaves:
Best available WR
If Bowe stays:
Best available player.
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