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.
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