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So 2009 draft pretty much a complete failure hope I’m wrong though.

A complete failure? If you count the trade of the second pick that means we have 4 starters (Cassel, Vrabel, Jackson, Succop) plus 2 more playing significant time (Washington and Magee). You don’t draft players hoping they will be great week 4 of their rookie year, you draft them hoping they will contribute over several years.

I think you should have a little patience. Pioli is a good GM and will work to continue and improve this team.

had he just spelled the mans last name correctly. :(

but, it surely wasn’t perfect.

Jackson will prove to be a good pick, I believe.

Magee was a good value there, as was Washington… and Pioli was clear that they’d take BPA over PON… they wanted good “football players” not necissarily the players WE think fit the team’s need the best….

I think Brown was a reach, most said he would have been there by the later rounds… but I’ll reserve judgement till he actually plays.

Lawrence has good potential, but I’d really like to see him on the field.

Williams- I can see why they drafted a RB, considering they were probably unsure of whether LJ would be here.

O’Connell… not sure about this one

Succop, obviously is working out well

Also remember Belcher is part of that class, along with Walters. They almost drafted Belcher, but got him without a draft pick as a FA… so he could turn out to be a steal.

And the “Pioli didn’t address the Oline crap” has been beaten like a dead horse…

Tyson Jackson is our DE for years to come…a cornerstone on Defense…that is nice for a 1st round pick. Our 2nd round pick got us our starting QB and one of the best player/coaches in the game.
I dont agree with Magee….That was too high a pick for a guy that wont start. I would have went LB….or OL. Didnt like the Javarris Williams pick….we have plenty of RB.

I just hope Pioli doesnt value Team over Talent….what I mean is that a group of Talented guys can be coached into a team…but a team of less talented guys wont be as good….although more cohesive.

Yes a few teams have had a player or two step up and provide right away. But looking back at past Chiefs drafts, this one to me was better. So next years draft, if we dont instantly draft that O-lineman or LB are we going to call the ENTIRE draft a wash? Succop alone has proved he is worthy. Jackson is getting on the job training, and doing it against three pretty good offenses and quarterbacks. The next few weeks are when we will see if he warranted the #3 pick! They have played some of the best offensives and now have a stretch of not so good to mediocre teams, they will take this experiance gained and move forward with a few victories.
To me the schedule was a blessing in a disguise for the Chiefs. We will build momentum to close the year, starting this weekend, we will be able to evaluate further positions and address them in this years draft. Just dont be to quick to pull the plug and consider it all a wash, did i forget to mention Succop?

it IS too early to judge. WAY too early. I hate to say it but next year is still a growing year like it or not. That’s the way it goes.

I think he did SOME really great things in the offseason. I think it’s impossible to tell really. I mean next year is uncapped. UNCAPPED. We can’t blow every penny on hundred million dollar players when we don’t even know if we have a team worthy of them playing for…

You don’t put a NEW flag pole in front of a condemned building do you?? I thought not. So I’m glad we didn’t go ape shit with the spending. I am just so disappointed at the lack of improvement.

I see the Poll shows most people think we’re improved but I don’t see it. We have God awful stats and the only one that even matters in the end is the ever elusive “W”. Which in our case stands for “When”? WE played NY last week which stood for Not Yet!!