The 2009 Draft Brings Us Eight New Chiefs

because they are part of a bigger plan. The one thing that Pioli believes in (and learned from Belichick) is to pick players that do certain things well and put them in situations to do those things in the game. I know he is not the coach but I have a feeling that he and Haley think alike, otherwise he would not have been hired as our coach. This plan might not come to fruition right away but with the young players Herm drafted last year, this draft, and next years, we will be on our way.

We aren’t going to be considered a draft winner or get much media attention but it doesn’t matter. These players our right players for our team. Tyson Jackson and Alex MaGee our perfect fits for our Defensive line. Donald Washington has major upside and is worth the risk of a 4th round pick. We also picked up a road grader right tackle and a big boy running back and a damn fast receiver to go with a tight end and a kicker picked up late. Time will tell if these players are the best players we could have had, but I think Scott already has a pretty good idea that he’s got the right players for our team.

I feel a million times better about our defensive line. I was really concerned about it, and now I feel like it’s at least solid if not a real strength. Jackson, Tyler, and Dorsey starting with Magee providing good depth. I like the sound of that.

was real lackluster. A real bummer after last years, in fact. I think the best pick we made was in Round 4th with Washington. I’ll go ahead and go record saying Peterson & Herm had a better draft class last year than Pioli & Haley had this year.

We’ll have the AP mock draft/real draft comparison up tomorrow as well.

DT not T it can be confusing to some people even though he will probably be DE

OT from Ohio State went undrafted

Of course 73% agree with me on Lawrence. We need a kick returner and his scouting report made him sound like he’s the one that it will be.

The TE could be a surprise, since if Pioli is moving up in the 7th round to get him, there must be a reason.

Jackson will be the new management’s guy. Everyone here sounds like we passed on Reggie Bush and took Mario Williams. I’m quite sure that’s the case with this draft. I don’t think Curry was a can’t miss player despite what the experts say. Even if that was the case Mario Williams turned out to be a beast, so I hope we can look forward to that.

I don’t know enough about the offensive linemen to form an opinion.

Washington, they said, has a ton of potential and has amazing athletic skills, just hasn’t figured out how to use them. I guess the best we can hope for is that he is somehow able to take a spot from a CB we have, but we were 7th in turnovers forced, so that might be hard to do.

This draft was crap. PURE CRAP. Oh, and Tyson Jackson DOES NOT look like Mario Williams. Carlos Dunlap….who we should have selected NEXT YEAR….looks like Mario Williams. Just to give you an idea both Williams and Dunlap were pass rushing beasts in College, stood about 6 foot 13 and ran about a 6.6 40. Frickin Tyson Jackson runs damn near a 5.0 and got 4 stinking sacks in college. The two Patriots work horses are a better comparison.

As you guys can see, im still pissed. I still havent hashed out all of my feelings on this crap but, I have a few rough draft things I would like to throw out.

See, this is my main problem. With the movies we made, it is like Pioli and Haley are trying to make us the Patriots 10 FRICKIN MIN. FROM NOW! This draft was weak on high end selections for an ideal 3-4. Dont fool yourselves. Both defensive ends were a REACH. It is very special and very rare to pick this high in the draft…unless your the Lions or Rams. We should have drafted the way 99% of us thought we should draft. Filling positions of NEED with TOP TALLENT. You know the usual suspects…we have been talking about them for months. We are not going to be play-off contenders this year and probably not next year too. That is why we should have filled the NEED this year and worked on the 3-4 next year. Ill tell you exactly what is gona happen now. We are gona pick like 15th next year, and Carlos Dunlap is gona go in the top 5, and we will cry…why couldnt we select a guy like that with last years pick. WELL WE COULD HAVE. If we would have selected NEED for this year. We probably would have struggled next year. Then we WOULD have been in the right position to damn near finish our rebuild. I hate to admit it….but I yern for Herm’s drafting style.

Now, my unrefined main point being made I would like to say this. I still believe in Pioli and Hali. 5 years from now we might be looking back from a super bowl win and say this is where it started. I am not denying that. But, my gut instinct is that we are going in the wrong direction. We still may get there via Pioli genius. But he has to prove a lot to me now. Not that he cant do it. But im feeling grim and kinda sick to my stomach….STILL.