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[shieldsy]

Very, very, very early but...

http://www.draftcoun...ock-Draft-A.php


Scott has the Chiefs selecting ninth. I think it will be much earlier than that.
9 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: SEAN WEATHERSPOON, OLB, MISSOURI


Scouting Report

Many thought the Chiefs were going to select Aaron Curry with the #3 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft but they instead opted to go the veteran route at linebacker with Mike Vrabel and Zach Thomas. Unfortunately Thomas didn't even make the opening day roster and that left the Chiefs pretty thin at inside linebacker, especially since pending free agent Derrick Johnson has been a frequent inhabitant of Todd Haley's doghouse. On the face Missouri's Sean Weatherspoon wouldn't appear to be an ideal fit for a 3-4 defense but the same was said of Patrick Willis and Jerod Mayo and they seem to be doing okay. A true playmaker who is always around the ball, Weatherspoon is the total package and possesses everything you look for in a linebacker from both a physical tool and intangibles standpoint. Weatherspoon might be a slight reach here but make no mistake about it he is legitimately a fringe Top 10 talent and Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli showed last year that he isn't afraid to defy conventional thinking on Draft Day. It should be noted that this spot would have belonged to Boston College's Mark Herzlich but in May he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that wiped out his 2009 season and clouded his future.







IMO, Spoon is a great player.....but there is no way an OLB in a 3-4 should rate this high of a selection. It just isn't as critical a position as ILB in that scheme.

Since Pioli seems bound and determined to migrate to the 3-4...(Dorsey isn't a great fit either for that scheme BTW)...

I could see them going with Eric Berry to get a difference maker in the secondary (it worked well with Brian Dawkins for Denver)..or trading down a bit and landing a NT like Terrence Cody.

[Los Pollos Hermanos]

I can't believe they have us picking 9th.

[penguin]

That is a horrible mock.

[Dom]

that means we will be winning a game this year?

[autodrummer]

I would rather us take a NT(Suh or Mccoy) or a pass rusher with our 1st. Can Weatherspoon pass rush?

On Walterfootball.com they have us taking the T from OK state. I don't want us taking a T unless it is later in the first or 2nd round.

[cookiemonster]

autodrummer, on 21 October 2009 - 02:34 AM, said:

I would rather us take a NT(Suh or Mccoy) or a pass rusher with our 1st. Can Weatherspoon pass rush?

On Walterfootball.com they have us taking the T from OK state. I don't want us taking a T unless it is later in the first or 2nd round.

Suh would be nice! But he doesn't play for LSU.

[milkman]

autodrummer, on 21 October 2009 - 02:34 AM, said:

I would rather us take a NT(Suh or Mccoy) or a pass rusher with our 1st. Can Weatherspoon pass rush?

On Walterfootball.com they have us taking the T from OK state. I don't want us taking a T unless it is later in the first or 2nd round.

Suh won't be a NT in a 34, he'll be a DE.

Had Pioli not been so damn determined ot transition to the 34 right away, and addressed the the O-line and WR positions in the last draft, and had he still been determined to overdraft a 5 tech, then Suh would have been the player he targeted in the next draft.

TJack will probably be a very good 5 tech, but Suh would have been the prototype.

Taking Suh in the next drat will effctively have us drafting 5 tech in the top 5 for 3 consecutive years.

[milkman]

shieldsy, on 15 October 2009 - 12:12 PM, said:

IMO, Spoon is a great player.....but there is no way an OLB in a 3-4 should rate this high of a selection. It just isn't as critical a position as ILB in that scheme.

I couldn't disagree more strongly.

In the LB corps of a 34, the difference makers are the OLB.
DT, LT, Shawne Merriman (when healthy and roided), DeMarcus Ware.
ILB is pretty low on the priority list.

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Since Pioli seems bound and determined to migrate to the 3-4...(Dorsey isn't a great fit either for that scheme BTW)...

Dorsey isn't the ideal physical presense.
You'd like to have a longer, leaner physical speciman.
However, Dorsey is playing great football, getting penetration and being a disruptive force.
If you get that from your 5 tech, then measurables are irrelevent.

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I could see them going with Eric Berry to get a difference maker in the secondary (it worked well with Brian Dawkins for Denver)..or trading down a bit and landing a NT like Terrence Cody.

I want no part of Cody.
When that guy gets paid, I can easily see him getting fat(ter) and lazy.
I rather wait until later and pick up Boo Robinson or Dan Williams.

[MissouriChief]

DallasChief, on 15 October 2009 - 12:20 PM, said:

I can't believe they have us picking 9th.

Way to late huh? We need to draft that kid out of ND, or trade Bowe for Brady Quinn. Cassell is a good backup, but never a starter.

[HG]

MissouriChief, on 18 November 2009 - 09:02 AM, said:

Way to late huh? We need to draft that kid out of ND, or trade Bowe for Brady Quinn. Cassell is a good backup, but never a starter.

This statement is worse then your Larry Johnson is the greatest Chief of all time comment.

[MissouriChief]

HG, on 18 November 2009 - 09:13 AM, said:

This statement is worse then your Larry Johnson is the greatest Chief of all time comment.

He makes to much money to be performing at his level.