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No, I’m interested in the top 10 Chiefs draft choices of all time. There’s no other qualification(s) for the selections, just the 10 players that in your mind were the best draft selections by the Hunt Family franchise beginning in 1960 and running through 2009.

Rank them in order, one through 10, with No. 1 being the best draft choice in team history.

Attach your list of 10 to the comments on this post. Voting remains open until 11:59 p.m. Saturday, March 20th.

I look forward to seeing your selections and for your reading pleasure, here’s my top 10 Texans-Chiefs draft picks of all time:

The Best Chiefs Picks … Weekend Cup O’Chiefs-BobGretz.com

“First and foremost the opportunity is great,” said Urban after returning to his San Antonio home on Thursday night. “They’ve got some core young guys who are quite talented but still young. It’s a chance for me to come in and be a veteran presence in the locker room.

“I’ve heard a lot of great things about Chris Chambers. This gives me a chance to be another veteran presence and help turn the program around.”

Urban, 29, began his NFL career after signing with the Seattle Seahawks as a free agent out of Trinity University. He spent three seasons with the Seahawks and a season on the Dallas Cowboys practice squad before joining the Cardinals.

Urban will be reunited with Todd Haley in Kansas City. Haley was the Cardinals’ offensive coordinator before becoming head coach of the Chiefs last season.

Urban leaves Cardinals for Chiefs-Victoria Advicate

And yet here Jones is, signing with Kansas City to play second fiddle behind a rising star in Charles. It’s not hard to see this as a 60-40 or even 70-30 split in Charles’ favor, with Jones perhaps stealing goal-line work. Certainly, Charles is the more explosive player (he’s one of the more explosive players in the entire league, it turns out), and he’ll play on third downs, too, because he’s the superior receiver. This is worst-case for Jones’ fantasy value. I dropped him from the mid-20s to 38th on my running backs list when I heard this news. He’s a handcuff for Charles or a late-round gambit. The truth hurts.

As for Charles? Well, this isn’t great news for him, either. The Chiefs have made it known that they were concerned he couldn’t hold up to the pounding of 20 carries per game going forward. Now he’s more likely to live in the 15-carries-per-game neighborhood, with week-to-week variability. He’s still a terrific home run threat, but whereas I previously rated him as a first-rounder in my inaugural mock draft this March, now I don’t think you can take him there. I bounced him down from my No. 9 rusher to No. 14, under the assumption that he loses touchdowns. He’ll still have some spectacular weeks, games when he breaks at least one long scoring run and does his best Chris Johnson impersonation. Unfortunately, though, it seems like Jones’ presence means he’ll be a bit more feast-or-famine than his prospective fantasy owners would prefer.

Jones loses lots of value with Chiefs-ESPN.com

The 31-year-old Jones (32 in August) has carried the ball at least 290 times in each of the last five seasons. Even though he’ll only be counted on in a limited role, it wouldn’t be surprising to see his age and workload finally catch up with him. Should that happen, Charles could be primed for another run like he had in the second half of last season, and wouldn’t that just be spectacular for your fantasy playoffs?

Charles’ stock is affected by the signing, but I’d only drop him about 10 picks in your rankings at this point. In my early, early top 25, I have Ronnie Brown and DeAngelo Williams, two other committee backs, at 14 and 17, with Chris Wells at 20. Charles should be just as good as these guys, and I’m looking at slotting him between Brown and Williams.

Jones’ stock obviously takes a huge hit. I think he’s only looking at 100-150 carries, projecting him with 500-700 yards and anywhere from 4-10 TDs. At 32 years old this season, I think you have to give his floor (500 yards, 4 TDs) more weight than his ceiling (700 yards, 10 TDs).

Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones-Fanhouse

Scotty, I like what you have done in the free agent market as of this writing. I don’t pretend to have anymore knowledge of football or people for that matter than you do. Let me give you some friendly advice about a few things here, and you can take it for what you gave for it! First of all, inform your head coach that he might want to tone down his act a little. Making a starting NFL caliber player ride the bench to prove a point is not only brainless this day and age, but it should also be a fire-able offense. Cursing at grown men at high volume (or anyone) most likely yields only negative responses. I can see a need for it in this game at times, but Haley has taken this to an extreme. With the new hires on Haleys’ staff (Weis-Crennel-Thomas) I would hope Coach Haley understands that there are at least three head coaches in waiting on this staff, and that should give him all the motivation he needs. You have made statements like “we want smart, tough, good football players”. All Kansas City Chiefs fans agree with you. Now it is time for you to get them, and have the coaches in place to make us a winner. Sounds fairly simple? Oh, and one last thing, we are not New England West. This is Chiefs Country, I am from Missouri, The “Show-Me-State” so now show me.

The Experts at Arrowhead-Bleacher Report