All-Rookie team tells the tale
As the offseason discussions turn to team-building and the draft, evaluating past drafts becomes an important step in preparing for the 2016 draft. Self evaluation is imperative to plan and build a draft board. John Dorsey and the team leadership has to know what they have and what they don’t.
They have know how they’re 2015 draft class was faring since the mid-point of the season, but it was recently confirmed. The Chiefs had two of their rookies make the All-Rookie Team as voted by the Professional Football Writers of America. Both Marcus Peters and Mitch Morse were selected.
That is confirmation that Dorsey was able to make selections that were truly ready and able to make an impact at the NFL level. Ideally, you’d like to get 3 starting caliber players out of a draft. The team came very close to that. However, getting two players acknowledged as the best rookies at their position is a significant accomplishment.
Each draft class has its strengths and weaknesses. Selecting players that can perform at the top of their class demonstrates an ability to evaluate correctly and efficiently and navigate the draft effectively. 12 teams had a player selected this year. Six teams had multiple players selected and only the Buccaneers (four) and the Vikings (three) had more players selected to the All-Rookie team than the Chiefs.
By that standard and considering immediate impact, Kansas City had an elite draft in 2015. Now they need to have a similar draft in 2016.
That’s it for this week, Addicts.
The countdown is on for the Super Bowl!