Nose Tackle of the Future

Haven’t heard much about him, which always makes me think that teams covet him.

I’m not certain he’s not just a very good 4-3 DT prospect, who, when playing at his “Kansas City weight,” will come in at 300 lbs, and not really be fleet enough in space to play DE, and be too small for NT. If he scouts as the NT everyone seems to think he is, NE might take him, but with Ron Brace from the 1st in ‘09 and Wilfork signed to a long-term deal, I’m not so sure NE does that. But with Williams in hand, trades for Wilfork might be in the cards. One thing for sure, in my mind, is Williams has NFL quickness off the ball and knows how to use his hands.

I kinda feel that 330 would be Cody’s “KC weight,” after an offseason (maybe 2) with Haley’s trainers. I think they pick players who are at the proper weight for the position when they’re at the proper weight for their frame. I don’t see them beefing people up beyond what they think their bodies can handle, or slimming them down too much, either. For instance, McBride’s target weight for LB was 260, but I don’t think he ever got down below 270, and that’s probably his ideal playing weight, if there’s a team that could use a smart 270-pounder with average-to-good feet. (Myself, I’d probably just line him up outside of T-Jax and tell him to run over the TE every play – take that pesky TE outta the pattern before his wheels leave the tarmac).

This is a good thread.

the NT position is key to the whole thing working. This says to me that KC believed in Jackson long-term more than any NT prospect. They may not have that strong a belief in any of THIS year’s NTs, either. And to my eye, the way Jackson plays and moves, they got it right. TOtally different d-line paradigm, and I can think of no more unselfish and no more focused player to bring that whole philosophy to KC.

Chiefs72: If Jackson is a long-term solution at LDE and is a dominant force for many years, then where he was picked in the 1st round is immaterial. Same would go for Williams or Cody, if they can get the job done. You can debate whether it was a reach until the cows come home, but the simple fact is if that position is nailed down, I’ll have a lot more patience for the “We need a better LB” talk.

The main thing is not to strike gold, but to circumvent disaster with those high picks. You WANT to strike it rich, but you can’t COUNT on it. You’re not looking for a HOFer, but you don’t want to have to go back to the well at the same position for years to come.

If the player can get the job done, it ain’t a reach. If he can’t, he’s a waste of a pick that could’ve done you some good elsewhere, and you could’ve done as well or better with journeyman signings, like Shaun Smith and Ron Edwards.

For all I know, that might be how KC is lookin’ at things and, against all MY instincts, think they do the team more good in the draft by chasing LBs or WRs or … all day long. All depends on the talent tiers in the various position groups…

Focus on the top two prospects may be misplaced, with NONE of the current crop worthy of 1st-or-2nd-round consideration. Heck, the idea of bringing Gerard Warren in and just going with Warren, Smith and Edwards for a year doesn’t sound too far-fetched, either. Pick up one of those kids from the Southeast, and see if he’ll develop, with an eye to churning the roster at the nose and maybe drafting Powe or someone like him in 2011.

I know that’s a ridonkulous number of NTs to carry…

because everyone is high on cody this year and i don’t see what the hype is all about, there is 2 way more impressive NT’s coming out next year in. Jerrell Powe and Phil Taylor, we wont have as many holes to fill and we can def snag one of them