On the flip-side, had the Chiefs drafted a DT who had made 7 or 8 Pro-Bowls, the pick would still have been fantastic.

Again, I’m not arguing against Curry. Just sayin’ the better player is the better pick, regardless of where he plays.

Okay, well apparently you and I were watching 2 different Chiefs’ teams leading up to his selection. I remember it well. I remember what our biggest need was, remember how perfectly he met that need and remember getting him as being a perfect bunker strike.

I know TG was a great pick, and said as much. But the pick was great because he was a great PLAYER, not because he filled a desparate need. If you listed teams’ number one needs I don’t think you would ever find a team that said, “Our number one need is a good TE.” It is a complimentary position.

When it comes to the draft, draft a guy who can play. The only exception should be if the guy would bench one of your best players if he got on the field (eg. drafting a corner at #3 this year).

I’m not at all against drafting Curry. But only if they think he’s the best player available–NOT because he plays SOLB.

1) There are no Peyton Mannings or Matt Ryans in this draft & people need to wake up to that fact. 2) Pioli seems to have a knack for finding premier QB talent later in the draft. 3) We need to have a veteran FA QB if for no other reason than to have one as a backup. 4) I expect us to draft a “development” type QB either this year or next with the view that he could be our FQBOTF. 5) We don’t yet know how Haley views Thigpen’s long-term potential. 6) Who’s to say we won’t adopt some variation of the spread? 7) I am not by any stretch promoting a return to the Peterson philosophy of letting somebody else develop our quarterback.

So we take an aging vet similar to how we have with Carl running the show? Remember, the Chiefs are still rebuilding. Lets not get ahead of ourselves with all the excitment in KC’s overhaul of management and coaching. If you were to build a team from scratch wouldn’t you start with QB? And its not every year you draft in the top 5. I don’t think we can plan on Bradford or McCoy next year, who play in a spread offense no less.

1.Trade Down
2.Draft O-line
3.Draft Curry
4.Draft Crabtree
in that order

Although it’s a rarity to see, I would not be too surprised to see any of the top 3 teams in this year’s draft being presented with options to trade down. Seattle is primed to take Crabtree and there may be a team or two further down in the draft that would like to have him.

Only probelm, he already traded away his 2009 draft for Roy Williams of all players?