Who said suh wasnt a 3-4 NT

notice becuase no chiefs NT dose that anyways lol

there is no way we will draft him. The chiefs cant possible spend that much money on a mediocre D line. i’d rather trade for a veteran NT to show these young guys the ropes.

i think we need someone bigger. I hope that we win a couple of games so that we can draft out of the top 5 (or trade down).
if we go d line we should take mount cody.

I like trying to get best players possible as much as the next guy but why draft a guy and then put him in a system where he can’t do the thing that got him drafted so high.

I assume Pioli et al are willing to live in misery for another 12-18 months in order to build a SuperBowl winner, not just sign some vet free agents and qualify for the playoffs from the weak AFC West. Based on GM/Coach pedigree & history I also assume they’ll look to recreate something in the NEPats/NYGiants/PittsburghSteelers mold. Where do those guys spend their first-round picks? There’s lots of scatter from year to year, but I think overall those organizations look to the draft to get a high-quality QB and WR, ProBowl-quality safeties and LB’s, and they stock the defensive line LIKE CRAZY with high-round picks. Offensive line not so much, maybe a first-round LT but mostly from mid-rounds for the O-line. Running backs mostly mid-round, only sometimes high-round picks. To me it seems like a reasonable strategy, I think for example you can chart the rise of the Patriots very closely with their defensive line talent and some good luck getting Brady to pan out. And I think the Chief’s two, long-ago SuperBowl appearances, then frequent playoff appearances in the 90’s, only came about when they had their best defensive line personnel.

KC already has their QB, possibly a long-term possession-type receiver and some defensive line pieces, maybe two or three cornerbacks who will stick around. Likely Albert will continue at LT for the foreseeable future. Huge needs on the rest of the offensive line, huge needs for speed and size at WR and LB, and another safety.

But….

If the Chiefs are in the top five of the first round, which looks likely, then I think an LB is low-probability (they’d have to trade down in the first round, very difficult to do); another LT also probably a reach given that interior line and RT are higher priority and more suitable to not-first-round picks; I think it’s risky to assume that Okung would be a significant upgrade over Albert, and he would bring a VERY high cap hit to test out that theory. Based on the prospects currently available with high 1st round grades, I think it may come down to Pioli et al making a choice between paying big money for another DL piece, or for a safety. Unless they get a good deal to trade down (if so, then all bets are off), I think they’ll be boxed into taking another top-five defensive lineman.

Yeah, yeah, the old regime already did that, but a year from now the only holdovers from those picks will be Dorsey, possibly Hali, and Pioli et al aren’t really going to care what Edwards and Peterson did, it’s their team now. They will look at the success of the Giants & Pats with their first-round DL’s, and pull the trigger on Suh or McCoy.