In politics, the Bradley Effect is when voters tell pollsters they are going to vote for a candidate of color and then don’t once they get inside the booth. In Kansas City, it’s when an unheralded receiver named Mark Bradley comes in and unexpectedly grabs the Chiefs‘ No. 2 wide receiver spot by its throat. Do I believe in the latest TBE? Yeah, I think our Bradley Effect is the real deal, folks.
I thought Bradley was a player while he was at Oklahoma, and I was also impressed with him during his rookie campaign with the Bears. I really think we have found Eddie Kennison’s replacement, and in today’s high-octane NFL you can never have enough WRs. That, Merlin, is why I support drafting Michael Crabtree. Look at how Anquan Boldin, Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Breaston have opened things up for Tim Hightower, for instance. The Cardinals have never ran as well as they did last week!
Addicts, is our Bradley Effect real or a mirage?
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Although i find it a little early to say he is definetly the real deal as a numnber 2 I really think he might be. I do disagree with Crabtree, I think you draft with best player available with the top 3 pick but i also think that with so many amazing player being able to be picked, i think that need does need to be consider, and DE and QB and O-line are huge needs. you might say well we don’t need a LT and that is what you draft in the first round but I honestly think that Albert as good as he has looked would look even better at Guard or RT, and than you could draft a true LT in Andre Smith or Micheal Oher and imagine Albert and Oher growing together on the left side together and having Waters on the RG spot to fix a major hole, or having two very gifted athletes protecting both sides of the QB for many years to come, just think about it.
The OL thing is definitely a thought, but personally I don’t believe there are any QBs (other than Bradford) or DEs worthy of a top-three pick. I do love Andre Smith, Ian. Big time.
The world is strange place when we have to use the Cardinals as a model for team building
The first place Cardinals, mind you
Let’s not forget Waters career is winding down. I agree that we still have some waiting to do before being convinced Bradley is a solution.
I agree, if Crabtree is on the board, we take him. He is so god awfully amazing…
I give us an 87% chance of trading down in the first rd.
I also don’t think we will draft a WR in the 1st with so many other needs. Bradley is young and seems to be a real solid #2 type. If we were a less conservative team, a game-breaking #2 might be a higher priority, but this is Herm.
Also don’t give up on Will.i.am Franklin yet. One of the fallacies that Chiefs fans are starting to believe is that due to players like Flowers and Carr playing well as rookies, then guys like Franklin and Dorsey are busts. The truth is it’s very unusual for rookies to play well. The vast majority of players drafted breakout their 2nd or even 3rd year. Franklin may look like a whole new player come training camp 2009.
my home Internet still won’t let me on this site…any thoughts?
It should work just fine now. Sorry about that everyone…
I move for a new nickname. “Marquee” Mark Bradley.
I say that when he gets the ball we say we “put it on the B train”.
Is Dez Bryant for Oklahoma St eligible for the draft because he is amazing too
The Bradley Effect, Marquee Mark, The Encore (to “The Show”)…this guy has as many nicknames as games played!
I definitely agree with Crabtree, we don’t have Priest the Beast in the backfield, and LJ isn’t what he once was. The Chiefs are definitely proving to be a passing team these days, so we need the weapons to make that work.