Comments on: Jake Long Article…Makes Me Wonder

By: redbeard

redbeard — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:42:02 +0000

claddy wont need the work…as otah will.

By: ian

ian — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:23:45 +0000

I personally think Jeff Otah will be a better LT then Clady in the NFl he is a beaast and is amazing at run blocking sure he needs a little work but hell i’d take him

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:36:26 +0000

I have seen a couple "professionals" state that Matt Ryan might not even be drafted in the first round. If Jake Long is gone, then the Chiefs will try like hell to trade back where they can pick another LT. Clady isn’t going to be picked with the 5th pick, at least I hope not. This is the time for all the rumors and leaks from teams to the media about who they are thinking about taking. Basically, we can believe nothing we hear from here until the Chiefs actually select someone. We all have our opinions of who the Chiefs should take, but, we all could be waaaaaay off base.

By: redbeard

redbeard — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:40:48 +0000

draft CLADY

By: merlinnj

merlinnj — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:48:17 +0000

Roc: I think you are basically hitting on our dream scenario. Essentially, I am hoping that the draft breaks down as: 1] C.Long 2] Dorsey 3] Ryan 4] DMC leaving Jake Long for us. It could happen and is logical. We have to hope that no one above us sees Jake as a much better value than their other options. Any of those teams could use him as others have pointed out in this thread. Impact D-Lineman are hard to find. The Giants recent success may put a higher emphasis on this. I am ok with the obove scenario and Ellis or Gloston leaping into the top 4. Whatever it takes to leave Jake for us.

By: ROC27

ROC27 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:02:08 +0000

You know, for a pessimist, Im pretty opptimistic…. Sure teams 1-4 have a need at O Line. But they ALSO have needs at other positions too. Miami needs help at the DT position, cause obviously Mr. Holliday isnt cutting it. Even if they dont take Ellis or Dorsey… They’re gonna need someone to take over for Jason Taylor when he calls it quits…. #2. St.Louis also needs to vamp up their D line. With either a DT or DE (Chris Long). Plus, Im not all that sure that Orlando Pace is quite finished… #3. Atlanta… THEY NEED A FREAKIN’ QUARTERBACK!! PERIOD. Mike Vick aint coming back for a while, and might not ever come back to the Falcons… #4. The Chokeland Raiders… They moved Gallery from LT to LG and they had a but more success and with Derrick Burgess MIA in the pass rush and Warren Sapp retiring, they’re gonna need one of those three Defensive linemen. If not, you know Al likes those flashy guys… Run DMC MAY be a Raider…. as much I’d hate that.. Now, here we are… #5. (My favorite # by the way)… There is our boy, waiting and willing to be the man for the next decade.

By: merlinnj

merlinnj — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:12:01 +0000

Adam: you are changing scales in your comparision. I bet there are more solid players at position X versus franchise players at position Y with most positions. How many Super Bowls did Elway win before TD? There are plenty of QB’s that have won it without being a franchise QB, Trent Dilfer and Jeff Hostetler being examples.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:34:00 +0000

Well, Taylor, it might be more stupid to pass on a potential franchise QB. In my mind, there are more solid LTs out there than franchise QBs. Last time I checked, franchise QBs win Super Bowls just about every time. This is especially true when basically Derek Anderson is the only other QB out there, and there are lots of FA O-lineman and the best draft crop of OTs maybe ever.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:35:38 +0000

Yes and I think by at least signing a few or at least one OL then we wont handcuff ourselves durign the draft. Then we can go out and use the #5 pick on the best player available.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:34:03 +0000

I think its doubtful that Jake Long falls to us because the 4 teams picking before us have offensive lineman as a need, but if actually does then the Chiefs would be stupid not to pick him. O Line is by far our biggest need this year. And if Jake Long isnt there with the number 5 pick, then I think we should go ahead and draft either ryan clady or jeff otah, wichever has the best combine with the 5th pick.