Draft Grades: Pioli's First Draft Merely Average

Just a thought on Washington, but does anyone know if he played any WR since HS? What about a red zone threat where they throw the fade and he just out jumps everybody for it? Sound familiar in Haleys offense.

Washington is a home-run hitter as a KR. If he's productive in the regular defense, that'll be good, too. I agree with you on size in the d-backfield.

James Hasty was one of my favorite CBs. His physicality made it REALLY hard to beat him over-the-top, because he held up the receiver at the line with a tremendous jam. And if the QB adjusted his timing route to the shorter depth, Hasty was fast enough to make a play on the ball. It was VERY tough to complete passes against him, although it was easy to misinterpret his "lucky" plays, when the ball was overthrown, as a result of pass rush in combination with great jam.

as for washington I like that we have tall guy now...

I have never liked short corners, no matter the scheme. a tall cover corner allows more options.

look at bowe , if our QB sees' bowe going into the endzone from 30 yards out against a short corner in a man coverage...
you know where the ball will be going...lol

just saying having two taller man corners allows more coverages we can run without risking as much...

beside man cover guys can still play cover two as well...

We also cant jump in now and say posativley that washington is a only show guy...even if he only jumps 30 on the field I take him over flowers...lol

beside guys I would love seeing flowers play nickle
overmatching the third wideout..

ok now I know people are not watching the actuall players.. and are mostly seeing his coll, team colors.

Brown can play... no MU didnt throw tons of money into promoting him, like other teeams mostly the big ten (over rated again for the last ten years)
do to there players...yes those who dont know coll.s' do throw money into marketing their senior players to the media, big time they do it...

MU has had a very good line for a while, i dont care that the okies sfties who play linebacker got to mu...lol(why do you think people dont draft them as linebackers)

I say brown actually has a shot at starting this year, really I do

NO WAY you can give Donald Washington a "D" grade, hes probly the only guy drafted who wasn't a "reach", and that "position of need" arguement you used is bogus. Travis Daniels is by no means a solid nickel CB, Donald Washington IMO is. I honestly thnik that this draft will go down as one of the best for this franchise, and be on par with some of the great drafts Scott Pioli had with the Patriots.

*role players, not ole players. (Can we get an edit option?)

2383 said it pretty good. Why grade the draft now? Because there is nothing else to do, I guess. Completely pointless. Pioli has drafted ole players for the team, and that's fine. I won't complain if it helps us change the losing culture that has been constant in KC for the past 3-4 years.

Have to agree with birddaug everyone says we have to get a right tackle including the people on this sight and we draft a kid that's looks fully capable of being a very good right tackle and you say its a bad pick... The only down said i've read about brown is that speed rushers may beat him on the corner which can be countered with a tight end there to chip the end and make him go inside before releasing on route especially since cottam is a much better blocker than receiver at this point.

I have done it before, but now that I really think about it, grading a draft before even seeing the players play is the most retarded thing you can do. Honestly, no body has any idea who is going to be a bust, and who is going to step it up and become a stand out player. Obviously the guys who make the picks always think they are scoring an A, otherwise they wouldn't make those particular picks in the first place. Look at last years draft. Everyone gave us an A largely in part to the Dorsey pick. Revisit that today and that grade may slip a bit. Revisit it in 3 years and it could very well turn out to be a D. Point is, you never know. Grading drafts before anything has even happened is rediculous.

The Star has a good article about Brown. After reading the article it makes me think there is a lot of room for growth with him. He thought he'd be playing basketball so he put most of his time and energy into hoops. He never even played O-line in high school. He played guard at first and then tackle. With his size and good feet from his basketball background, the Chiefs may have found a guy that they can coach up into a solid starter in a year or two.

Let me qualify myself first. I am a fan but I don't have an X's and O's knowledge of football. I am confused on the comments on Colin Brown. I thought the general consensus was that we needed to take a right tackle in the mid to late rounds cause that is what we want to pay for that position. I watched missouri enough to see them spread thier line out wayyyyy wide so have to assume that he is very mobile and can work in space like a tackle has to do. His size makes him a mountain of a man to do this doesn't it? I have no clue what other right tackles were available but maybe a bit of Kansas anti missouri bias on this rating this pick??

When the comment is made that in rounds 5-7 there were better players on the board than the guy that was picked. We should keep in mind that Pioli has his own draft board and it may not be the same as yours, Mel Kiper's, or Todd McShay's. I'm sure they took the best player available that they thought was also an area of need. Honestly, I think it is pointless to grade a draft right after it. We'll see how this turned out in about three years.

1. Tyson Jackson deserves at least a B+. He wasn't a reach for Pioli and Co. because he was their best player available at a spot of need. This is the guy they wanted, period. Not to mention his versatility.

2. I can't give a possible one-year wonder at QB and an old linebacker an A+. Even though I like the trade, it cannot be considered a homerun at this point by any means.

3. Magee is another solid pick at perhaps the most important position in our new defense. It was needed. Again, versatility is a factor here.

4. Donald Washington adds depth to our secondary and versatility as a potential kick returner. He is fast and athletic.

5. Hopefully Pioli and Co. saw something in Colin Brown that no one else did. He is athletic, and will hopefully provide depth to our O-line, seeing as he has played every O-line position. I'm guessing he's a project.

6. Quinten Lawrence -- watch this guys highlights. He is FAST. Kick returning option at worst, the speed compliment Dwayne Bowe needs at best.

7. I don't look for Javarris Williams to play much of a role. Short yardage back at the very most.

Jake O'Connell is extremely athletic. I'm thinking he's more of a project than anything right now, but he could end up being a very good receiving tight end one day... hopefully sooner than later.

Ryan Succop... forget this pick, I wanted Ellerbe or Sakoda. I don't see this guy becoming the next Adam Vinatieri but who knows I guess.

Overall grade: B-

Pretty much the same grade, but i really like TJ I would have gave him a B+ only because he's not that quick at the DE position but he's very powerful and can read the O really well and Magee a C, Chiefs should have drafted Jarron Gilbert instead of Magee so my overall is a C