Comments on: A Draft Done Right http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/ A Kansas City Chiefs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more Fri, 25 May 2012 00:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14391 John Sun, 04 May 2008 22:34:11 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14391 The Central Florida RB's name is Kevin Smith, in 2007 he rushed for 2566 yeards--just 62 yeards shy of Barry Sanders' all-time, single season, NCAA record--and he was the R3 (#64) pick of the Detroit Lions,in the NFC North "black and blue" Division. I figure Smith owes Merritt a portion of his signing bonus. The Central Florida RB’s name is Kevin Smith, in 2007 he rushed for 2566 yeards–just 62 yeards shy of Barry Sanders’ all-time, single season, NCAA record–and he was the R3 (#64) pick of the Detroit Lions,in the NFC North “black and blue” Division. I figure Smith owes Merritt a portion of his signing bonus.

]]> By: John http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14390 John Sun, 04 May 2008 22:12:52 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14390 Maybe I am just being overly optimistic, but I think there is a fair chance all 12 picks will be signed for training camp. The fact that the #1 draft pick is already signed is a huge difference from last year's prolonged holdout; J. Long's contract set the top of the scale before the draft. In addition, I think both the Chiefs and their draft picks want to get everybody signed and with as little hassle as possible; our top picks' agents do not seem to have a rep. for long holdouts. Finally, there is going to be so much competition at nearly all positions both to make the team and to start that no player is going to want to start at a disadvantage. The Chiefs do have to wait to find out what their rookie pool cap is, as I understand it, before they can go very far. Don't know when they find this out. Jeremy/guys, did you notice the difference between the jersey numbers of our 2 TE picks. Brad Cottam is clearly the new Jason Dunn. Sort of looks to me like Mike Merritt is being looked at as the "move FB" Kuharich mentioned in his 4/30 podcast to take advantage of his "phenomenal, unbelievable" blocking ability. Understand Merritt was the point of attack blocker for Central Florida's running back who ran for so many yards and was drafted pretty high--can't remember his name, stats or who drafted him. Anyway, how cool would it be if our final pick were to be the one to lead the way at the point of attack for LJ and the rest of our RBs! You know, with every new little bit of information I learn about these picks and how they fit into the Chiefs' thinking, I just grow more and more inpressed with the Chiefs' draft acumen and the draft class and more and more stoked to see this multi-year rebuild all unfold. I am just glad we had such a good opportunity to upgrade our season ticket seats in late March, while everyone was so despondent and so many elected to let theirs lapse. You know, it is possible some of our home games won't even be sold out/televised. GET THOSE TICKETS WHILE YOU CAN, FELLOWS! IT IS THE DAWN OF A NEW AND BRIGHTER DAY! Maybe I am just being overly optimistic, but I think there is a fair chance all 12 picks will be signed for training camp. The fact that the #1 draft pick is already signed is a huge difference from last year’s prolonged holdout; J. Long’s contract set the top of the scale before the draft. In addition, I think both the Chiefs and their draft picks want to get everybody signed and with as little hassle as possible; our top picks’ agents do not seem to have a rep. for long holdouts. Finally, there is going to be so much competition at nearly all positions both to make the team and to start that no player is going to want to start at a disadvantage.

The Chiefs do have to wait to find out what their rookie pool cap is, as I understand it, before they can go very far. Don’t know when they find this out.

Jeremy/guys, did you notice the difference between the jersey numbers of our 2 TE picks. Brad Cottam is clearly the new Jason Dunn. Sort of looks to me like Mike Merritt is being looked at as the “move FB” Kuharich mentioned in his 4/30 podcast to take advantage of his “phenomenal, unbelievable” blocking ability. Understand Merritt was the point of attack blocker for Central Florida’s running back who ran for so many yards and was drafted pretty high–can’t remember his name, stats or who drafted him. Anyway, how cool would it be if our final pick were to be the one to lead the way at the point of attack for LJ and the rest of our RBs!

You know, with every new little bit of information I learn about these picks and how they fit into the Chiefs’ thinking, I just grow more and more inpressed with the Chiefs’ draft acumen and the draft class and more and more stoked to see this multi-year rebuild all unfold. I am just glad we had such a good opportunity to upgrade our season ticket seats in late March, while everyone was so despondent and so many elected to let theirs lapse. You know, it is possible some of our home games won’t even be sold out/televised.

GET THOSE TICKETS WHILE YOU CAN, FELLOWS! IT IS THE DAWN OF A NEW AND BRIGHTER DAY!

]]> By: doc http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14405 doc Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:16:25 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14405 People are concerned about his drive. Evidently he told one of his clemson coaches he'd rather be at the movies during a football game or something like that, hopefully herm will light a fire under him. People are concerned about his drive. Evidently he told one of his clemson coaches he’d rather be at the movies during a football game or something like that, hopefully herm will light a fire under him.

]]> By: jason http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14404 jason Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:33:46 +0000 http://arrowheadaddict.com/2008/04/28/a-draft-done-right/#comment-14404 what is the deal with richardson? did he get in trouble i keep hearing that he wouldve gone earlier but... WHY? also carr will play alot this year IMO i feel real good about him i mean no tds against in THREE YEARS, i know it was in div2 and all but holy hell what is the deal with richardson? did he get in trouble i keep hearing that he wouldve gone earlier but… WHY? also carr will play alot this year IMO i feel real good about him i mean no tds against in THREE YEARS, i know it was in div2 and all but holy hell

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