Who’re we taking at #35 tomorrow … ?

when asked how he feels abotu going to Seattle, he said he would ahve been just as excited to go to KC? i found that slightly comical

Dorsey and Jackson with Tank will be an awesome frontline
Now where do we find a Jack Backer?

Or will he survey the landscape after draft and see who was plaing liars poker.
Sign the tender and specify a few teams and get traded for a 2nd rd pick :)
to a team with some CAP room and needing a Jack Backer.

Oh my god tyson jackson . I can honestly say I have had piolis back this entire time telling others to relax but i swear the wind went out of my sails when they annouced tyson jackson i could see if we had nabbed igor or some 3-4 guys in free agency . But tyson jackson ? oh man I almost was about to take a flight. All i could say is dorsey is out of a job hali is really out of a job mcbride may still have a chance but jees we went from a bad D to the worst D with they tyson jackson announcement . We have no players to pull this off im scared guys really scared.

which seems more obvious in hindsight, then we made the only move that made sense to build this team the way Pioli wants it. Tyson Jackson definitely seems like a stretch to me, and in most draft classes would have gone mid to late first. But we had absolutely no true 3-4 (and questionable 4-3 ends) on the roster, so this was by far the greatest need, and Pioli realized there wouldn’t be starter material at the position sitting there when we pick in the 3rd.

But I have to say, what a let down emotionally. I felt like Scott would somehow pull a magic trick trade that just wasn’t possible. After the surprising Cassel/Vrabel trade I would have thought he could pull off anything. I am sure it wasn’t for a lack of trying, he was probably just playing the hand he was dealt. Herm had already jettisoned most of the valuable cargo this ship had, and our #3 pick had no trade value to anyone. What are the chances of that? We would have been better off picking #12 this year if we wanted to trade down. I was really looking forward to seeing all of the moves that we were going to make, and it just didn’t happen.

But I am very optimistic about what is going to happen tomorrow. Here is where Pioli will earn his paycheck, and hopefully he will find some gems. There is still some talented players out there, including quite a few in the tight end group. I like Shawn Nelson if we go that route. Shonn Greene is very talented and could replace LJ if we let him go. There is still some wide receivers like Brandon Tate. But I suspect we would look at Michael Johnson or Jasper Brinkley to build our D. Both could find a starter’s position on our team.

Sorry to ramble. I missed all of the draft posts and I had to unload on you guys! Tomorrow will be interesting if nothing else!

Kept waiting for a move with all of the talent setting there. I guess Bill was the big man on campus in New England. I hope Sunday is a better day, because I’m not impressed with the last couple.

a player who played in the league for 10 years, had only 24 and a half sacks over the course of his career and only went to one Pro Bowl

If that is the kind of production we are hoping to get out of Jackson then we seriously missed. I know, I know he will make the others play better blah blah. Before the draft most people were saying ‘you only select impact players in the top 5 so we can’t select a 3 down LB that can do everything.’ So where is the outcry for a guy who we hope gives us 2.4 sacks a year? I just can’t get behind this pick, I am sorry but there were many better choices at that point in the draft. Even at 3 we could have taken Monroe, Crabtree, Curry, Raji or a handful of other players that will have a bigger impact than Jackson.

In the end, a good draft is about getting the best value available. BPA’s got weaknesses, and so does filling a need. The one can get you a player you can’t use to good effect, the other can make you look silly by overpaying for the talent you drafted. Both can blind you defects if you get your mind locked into a mindset – look at Al and his “Gimme the fastest WR on the board in the first” (or whatever the hell he’s allegedly thinking) groove.

Pioli might be wrong – as can anyone – but from what’s coming to light, Jackson’s been drafted as a good fit, and a step in the new direction that Pioli & Co. want to take the team. That shows that SP’s not just a stats & scouts guy. He’s thining about the bigger picture. I find that datum comforting, even if Jackson busts, or takes time to develop, or the D takes time to jell.

It looks to me like SP’s not working a system, which is good. You know what casinos say to people with systems? “Welcome! We hope you’ll stay here for a long time!” I don’t know Jackson from Adam, but: He wasn’t hyped, he wasn’t foreshadowed by the Chiefs, he’s got a history with a player on the roster, and he appears to be a good fit for the 3-4 system they want to implement.

Like I said, he may have made a mistake, but don’t despair fellow Chiefs fans. Pioli’s draft of this guy shows that he’s doing more than tweaking spreadsheets – he’s /thinking/ about who he wants, why he wants him, and how he’ll use him. things could be worse.

I am not sure at this point what OLB pass rushers are still available but if we find someone who can really take advantage of Jackson being in front of him I might be willing to change my mind about Jackson. But we better have over 35 sacks next year as a team or this is a fail. Since Jackson is not a pass rusher anyway and he is supposed to make the entire D better then we better see a lot more sacks.

In Pioli We Trust