The Oliver Twist
The other thing that Len Pasquarelli mentioned that had anything to do with the Kansas City Chiefs, besides the same old Larry Johnson holdout regurgitation, was ex-Georgia CB Paul Oliver, who will be available in the league’s July 12 supplemental draft. He’s not a character guy really, as his grades are the reason that he was declared ineligible, prompting him to enter the draft. That isn’t a big deal, at least to me it isn’t.
Pasquarelli has him going in the third or fourth round of the supplemental draft, and I would have no problem with the Chiefs giving up a 2008 third or fourth to get him on the field in ‘07, where he could learn under two great mentors — Pat Surtain and Ty Law. Oliver would likely have been a first- or second-round draft pick in next year’s draft, so he could end up being a steal. This Pasquarelli quote is why I think we are interested:
Oliver did, though, display excellent ball skills and moved fluidly in the position-specific drills, and seems to project best as a prospect for a team that employs a Tampa-2 type coverage scheme.
I think Oliver could be our nickleback now, and I also think that he could potentially start alongside Surtain in ‘08 in our Tampa-2 system. That would allow Law to possibly slide over to safety if Jarrad Page doesn’t turn out to be the God that we all think and hope he is.
if he is there in the 4th round we definately should take him. im on the fence about whether to take him in the 3rd or not but we have stockpiled so many late picks we could probably get by. we definately need a nickelback and this is likely laws last year, so why not?
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:00 pmI definitely think Law can keep playing, especially if he moves to safety a la Rod Woodsen.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:17 pmSince we did not draft a corner we should take him but I see some other teams that need a corner worse and he could easily be gone in the 3rd rd. I agee with you rockchalk, we have stockpiled some picks which could allow us to take him.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:41 pmI was confused about the Supplemental Draft rules, so I looked 'em up on Wikipedia.:…Draft order is determined by a weighted system that is divided into
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:44 pmthree groupings. First come the teams that had six or fewer wins last
season, followed by non-playoff teams that had more than six wins,
followed by the 12 playoff teams. In the supplemental draft, a team is
not required to use any picks. Instead, if a team wants a player in the
supplemental draft, they submit a "bid" to the Commissioner with the
round they would pick that player. If no other team places a bid on
that player at an earlier spot, the team is awarded the player and has
to give up an equivalent pick in the following year's draft. (For
example, RB Tony Hollings was taken by the Houston Texans in the second round of the Supplemental Draft in 2003; thus, in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Texans forfeited a second-round pick.)…Sounds like it could be ok, so long as it's not above a 3rd round pick. But it's worth it for a guy that we might not get a look at the following year (because of other teams).-cw