My source told me that they had agreed and had to work out some details.  In the spirit of their denial it might take a few more weeks to announce the deal.  But unless my very good source is wrong then I suspect it gets announced in June.

I asked him a few more questions that are after the jump.

Yes, they had talks and in spite of their denials, they were talking to all the teams.  But the Falcons seemed to be the team willing to pay a second rounder and as I reported, once a second rounder came on the table, regardless of year, it sealed the deal.  When they denied the talks, it made no sense but that is what they do.  Secrecy is at an all time high in KC right now.

I am not sure of the Patriots level of interest in Jackson at any time in the process. 

The value of the defensive line far outweighed the value of the a non pass rushing linebacker position-hence the reason for the pick.  Had Curry been a rusher on 3rd down and excelled in that area, then he would have been the pick, but absent the rushing skills, he was not as valuable. 

I really believe that had Jason Smith been there, they would have picked him. 

However, when picking in the top ten of the draft, you have to draft a position that is never available in the free agent market.  I know they tried to trade down, but they had no takers and the only reason the Browns could pull it off was the Jets had players the Browns wanted. 

Lombardi's assertion that talks did indeed occur between the Chiefs and Falcons prior to Pioli's denial is interesting.  He's not breaking any news here by saying secrecy is at an all time high in Kansas City, but it's interesting to note that Pioli flat-out denied that an agreement was in place.  But enough about the Gonzalez trade.  We've covered it ad naeseum around here.