but Gonzalez is probably a very close second for me… any way you could put up the position each played for some of us younger non-native chiefs fans?

…but had to go with Buck on this one.

But I went with TG on this one. TG has set the bar high for all TEs that come into the league to match.

Remember when everyone use to compare TEs to “the next Kellen Winslow (Sr) or the next Shannon Sharp”? Not anymore, TG is the the new “next”.

It doesnt hurt that I think TG will be a unanimous first ballot HoF.

(CT Chief Fan just beat me to my point)

DT was fantastic, but he was not the best ever to play the game at his position…Tony is.

one defensive one offensive.

That way we can vote for DT and TG.

will retire as the best to ever play his position and he was taken with the 12th pick. I love DT but he wasn’t the best OLB to ever play and he was taken with the 4th overall pick so the expectations were a little higher for him.

No prob

He is the best player at his position ever – hands down. The dude owns just about every TE record there is.

how Carl Peterson drafted both DT & TG. I think thats more a testament to him being eternal than him being a good evaluator of talent though

I think I could almost predict the birth years of those who have voted or come very close to it

(here come the flames) DT was a terror on the field, but playing opposite Neil Smith helped his performance, and DT wasn’t /quite/ the same after they let Smith go. He’s in the HOF, and deservedly so, but…

Tony’s played at a high level consistently, with a broad mix of talent around him, and in a number of different schemes. The changes to the O haven’t mattered, Tony’s always made an impact. That, and as noted above, TG’s become the prototype for the receiving TE in today’s game.

How many times must it occure for the public to understand that defense wins championships, period….Therefor either Buck or Derick has to be a more important pick to the Chiefs chances of going there. Since they went twice with Buck, and won in SBIV, I give him the nod as the best 1st rounder ever for the club. Period. TP

But the poll is not about importance, because I surely would NOT say TG’s importance is greater than any other KC Hall of Famer.

The poll is about the best pick and I think picking any person who is lauded at the best at his position, regardless of what that position is, is an automatic winner.

Maybe im taking the poll for too much at face value, but thats what I think.

I had an interesting discussion about Carter with a Vikings fan back in November. He was arguing that Carter was one of the best corners he had ever seen. He was an older man who loved to wax poetically about the days when Minnesota were the Buffalo Bills, the second best always. I was too young (9-13) to fully analyze the defensive players when Carter played, but I agreed that he was a significant contributor for the Chiefs. The Chiefs with Lewis, Carter, and Hasty had three incredibly gifted corners in the 90’s which helped when DT and Neil couldn’t get the rush on, as rare as that was. I sometimes wonder what he could have been, if he hadn’t had the substance abuse problems. His career never recovered after his suspension.

On my vote, DT changed the Kansas City Chiefs, and made them relevant again. Not single-handed, but he was the most important cog in their success. Tony is the only Chief who will be considered best ever, but in terms of a successful draft pick, DT had far more effect on the performance of the Chiefs. Though I may have to contradict myself, and say that the Chiefs were allowed to have a dominant offense without drafting a #1 WR because of TG. I’m too young to have seen Buck, but I wouldn’t disagree with anyone picking him.