2009 offseason
I know it's alot of reading but I can't stop thinking about the offseason. I wanna see what you guys think we should do. And see what you think of my ideas. It's hard to predict anything
There are alot of needs to our Kansas City Chiefs team. Most of us look forward to the draft. I can not come between what we should take and when. Our biggest needs IMO are ILB, DE, and still QB. Thigpen has been amazing. But you can never go wrong with putting some stock in at QB. We dont need to use a 1st round on qb. We can also look to the Free Agent pool.
At QB we will be lookin for someone young. Thats why we will probably go to the draft for that. Maybe a Harrell from TTU in say the 3rd. But in free agents Matt Cassle could leave New England. What ever happended to JP Losman as he is a free agent too.
At RB we are fine. Unless we could trade the beloved LJ for some picks. Which I would be for at this point he just doesn't seem to care about the team anymore. But Darren Sproles is a free agent. They let Michael Turner go so why wouldn't they let Sproles. He would be an awesome assett to our special teams. But talking RB in the Draft doubtful.
WR unless we could get a name like TJ Housenmezdah or Devery Henderson we are set with Mark Bradley it looks like. Once again no Draft there
TE we are set.unless of course Tony G gets traded for some picks. If this were to happen I'd look to the draft for another TE to play alongside Brad Cottam. Mizz TE Chase Coffman could be the next Tony G. He doesn't have the build as Tony G but he has the hands.
OL we need some big aquistion here. I would use a 1st round pick on a Tackle to replace Sackintosh. That pick would be Andre Smith. The man is amazing he has played since his freshmen year and he hasn't slowed down. Just got better. I would like this to be our first pick in the draft if a free agent isn't picked up. Someone like Jordan Gross would look good in a KC uniform.
DL we need something here too. The DE needs to be improved. Terrell Suggs is going to be a free agent. The Ravens have Ray Lewis, Terrell Suggs, Dawan Landry, and Bart Scott's contracts coming up. I think that they will let Terrell go. Here's where we come in a take him. We're going to have a lot of money to spend might as well get one of the more versatile DE's in the league. Also Julius Peppers is going to be a free agent. Carolina will likely not let him loose. But if it happens Kansas City should not hesitate one bit. If neither of these players are picked up. The draft is where we will look. There are many good DE's coming out this year. Many mocks having the Chiefs taking Michael Johnson out of Gerogia Tech. I think that would be a bad choice just from he hasn't proved that he's that good. If we look to the draft for a DE. First round choice has to be Brian Orakpo. He is a physical freak. Awesome pass rush and a good run defender. That would be an awesome D Line. Brian Orakpo, Glenn Dorsey, Tank Tyler, and Tamba Hali. Awesome. But if we use a first round pick on a Tackle like Andre Smith. The 2nd round will have players too. Hopefully Greg Hardy will still be on the board.
LB another huge need for the Kansas City Chiefs. The name that sticks out most in free agency is Jonathan Vilma. I think he should be the number 1 free agent that Kansas City wants. Doubtful that the Saints who have had him just a year will let him go. But he would be the best player for the Chiefs to get. The New York Jets let Vilma go last year. And could let Eric Barton go this year. He would also be a good pick up for the Chiefs. Karlos Dansby would be someone to look at. There are a good amount of LB hitting free agency this year and the Chiefs should pick up one. If not that's going to make the draft a hard one. There is no ILB that sticks out enough to pick him in the top 5 of the draft. Laurinatis and Mauluga are who I am talking about. They both will be gone by the 2nd round probably. So in the 3rd round Danelle Ellerbee would be a good player to get.
DB we are actually looking pretty good. Another Corner would not hurt at all. We got two awesome young safties hopefully we will sign Jerrad Page for a couple more years. We have two amazing young corners in the Brandons. We are finally set at starters. We may need to pick up a Nickle or a Dime Corner though. Defitnetly look to free agency for that. The draft will need to fill up to many other spots than Corner. Someone like Dunta Robinson from the Texans or Allen Rossum would be a good addition to the Brandons. Maurice Legget has looked ok. But nothing special.
Overall us Chiefs fans are going to have a crazy offseason. I think that they'll make us happy by spending some money on a big name free agent. Maybe even too. If we fill our 3 big needs. Right Tackle, DE, and ILB this season we will grow alot. We also need something new at RG and maybe even C. We will need to take care of atleast one of the big 3 positions to have a good draft. I'd say ILB should be addressed in free agency. There is alot of players to be taken. DE should probably be in the draft and Right Tackle is either. Be nice to have a 3rd rounder for a "system" qb that we can mold.
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Like your thoughts
Very practical & accurate
- I think with Thigpen’s development that 3rd round is a good place to be looking for QB’s. We just lucked out with Croyle but Harrell or even a Cullen Harper would be a great selection in this round
- Agree completely on the RB & WR’s. One thing I like about our franchise is our running game. We ALWAYS have good talent in the backfield, no matter where they came from…
- At the beginning of the season I was calling for a R1 RT because that would secure our offensive line (along with Albert) for the next 10 years. But as dire as our pass rush situation is and as high as we’re drafting I’m more open to the idea of drafting a DE first. Preferably not Michael Johnson his skillset reminds me too much of Hali’s. The last thing we need up front is another underachiever. What about the idea of drafting Orakpo 1st round and picking a RT second round? I’m hoping and praying Jason Smith from Baylor falls into the 2nd round. We’ll be drafting so high our 2nd round pick will practically be a late 1st rounder : ^ )
- We desperately need help at LB. If we had a good, reliable MLB our pass rush would be far improved. We’ve been striking out in free agency so I’m inclined to say we draft. I’d even say look at 2nd round talent and postpone the RT selection until the 4th round.
- Lol, Allen Rossum? Isn’t he like 50?
A big free agent acquistion is needed and my vote would be Jordan Gross but clearly Carolina is positioning to sign either him or Peppers before seasons end and whoever isn’t gets tagged. Karlos Dansby may be the most realistic FA because Arizona is going have to cap trouble with Leinart’s contract, Warner & Boldin wanting new ones, etc. It will be an interesting offseason indeed with free agency and the draft, really truth be told more interesting/exciting than in season
by KansasCityShuffle on
Nov 29, 2008 2:47 PM CST
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I agree with your assesment
for the most part ,but i think if Tonyu G got traded Jermaine Gresham would be a better pick at TE becasue he can block much better than Chase Coffman and is a very good receiving threat also.
I also like Orapko, but if we did trade down i think that if George Selvie came out from South Florida we would have to look at him too.
Another ILB we could look at is Brandon Spikes out of Florida, who could go anywhere to late 1st to mid second.
I think that we have a dilema if who ever we choose in the first, becasue we need three postions really bad, If we chose Andre Smith than he would probably play Left tackle and Albert would fill RT and we would kill two birds with one stone but there would be considerable dropoff in DE talent in the second round and MLB may be the best choice, I think you hit by saying we should take Orapko and get our RT in the second and hope for a good MLB in the third but hopefully we can trade LJ and get an extra pick for him so we can have more options,
Anyways i give you props for your analysis and hope that you keep up the good posts
Good job
by IamtheGreatest on
Nov 29, 2008 3:46 PM CST
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2009 Offseason
Just one small problem for the Chiefs when it comes to Free Agency. Its called Clark Hunt. You see, he doesn’t want to spend any money in free agency, thats why we are 33 million under the salary cap right now!!!!!! The stadium renovation gets priority right now. You will not see him do anything “BIG” in free agency, Mark It Down. I know I’m right on this one.
by chiefs82 on
Nov 29, 2008 4:02 PM CST
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Being able to attract quality free agents is one of the reasons for the stadium renovations
If you’ve been listening to Priest Holmes and several other players talk about the Stadium Renovations, you will know that its not JUST about putting in luxury boxes to bring in more money. They are also upgrading the teams facilities.
Priest said that he nearly didn’t come to the Chiefs because the facilities were so old that he was concerned about the ability to recover from injuries here. He claims its one of the reasons he did all his rehab in San Antonio when he was hurt instead of here.
Several other players that were free agents from around the league have expressed the same thoughts when they came to meet with the Chiefs. It really is something that players look at when deciding if they want to come to a team or not. Chiefs fans have blamed Carl Peterson for years for only being able to attract mediocre free agents, but the state of the facilities had as big if not bigger impact on that as Carl himself.
So its very important that these renovations and upgrades get done so that when we want to we CAN attract free agents.
Having said that, there is a time and place to spend money on free agents. Year one of a rebuild is not that time. Both because you are wasting the best years of that players career on a team that isn’t going anywhere anyway and also because what reason would a big name free agent that could get big dollars from anywhere have for wanting to go to a losing team when he can get a comparable offer from a winning one?
Also you have to look at just how many quality free agents are really available each year? Damion McIntosh was the best Left Tackle available the year we signed him. Napolean Harris was also one of the top LBs available in free agency the year we got him. Just because they are free agents does not make them good, just makes them cost more than they are usually worth. Its somewhat rare that a team actually lets a good player go to free agency without resigning them or trading them for value like we did Jared Allen.
by ChiefDJ on
Nov 29, 2008 7:48 PM CST
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I think it is funny that we are already slamming Clark Hunt
and we are already slamming him. Give the guy a chance to eventually hire his own people. We were interested in free agents but, they weren’t interested in playing for a rebuilding team. We were unloading veterans like crazy last year. Not a good sign to incoming FA players.
Indecision is the key to flexibility
by cmpotter on
Nov 29, 2008 5:48 PM CST
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