Don’t count on the Chiefs finding a late-round quarterback
By John McCarty
If the NFL Draft seems light on instant starters at quarterback, wait until you read about how ugly the late round options are.
This draft, at least in my eyes, will be an interesting event to watch unfold in terms of where the quarterbacks come off the board. As it has been said and reported numerous times, this draft class is light on instant-starter level caliber signal callers. What it’s also really light in is depth. After you get past the first wave or so, the rest of the field is, well, ugly. Really ugly.
How ugly? Well, lets look at the Big Board from Bleacher Report’s Matt Miller, who on his post-Combine list has seven quarterbacks in his top 61 overall prospects, ranging from Mitchell Trubisiky at at 12 to Nathan Peterman at 61. His next quarterback is Chad Kelly, coming in at 172nd overall. For those keeping track, that’s roughly three and a half rounds of a draft (thus, half a draft basically) between the first ‘tier’ and the next level. To be honest, I agree with Matt, the next level of quarterbacks is ugly, but in keeping with Chiefs draft spirit, we can, ever so briefly, examine perhaps so late round signal callers.
To gather rankings, I’ve used both Miller’s Big Board, mentioned earlier, as well as the CBS Sports NFL draft rankings. Mainly, I did this to prove a point, but also to provide an order that we’ll go, starting with Chad Kelly of Ole Miss. Come one, come all. Let’s look!