I don’t think Pioli drafts based on most important positional need exclusively. So while just about everyone would agree that QB & OT are the two biggest needs, if there’s an ILB or G/C (for example) who grades out better at their position than any of the OT or QBs available, then that’s the route Pioli will go.

That said, I generally agree with your list…though I don’t think we’re going QB in the first round, there’ll be too many other good positional players still available. I would add ILB to your list though. Obviously DJ is incredible & Belcher is solid, but there isn’t much in terms of depth, and Belcher could use some competition.

TE depth is worth a 3rd round pick. Moeaki will be back and Pope is a solid back up. I’d rather snag another O lineman or a D lineman

Except using a mid- or high first round pick, which we’ll probably have, for a right tackle. Not on purpose. Tackles taken that high end up at RT only because they failed at LT. Wouldn’t mind using a second rounder on one, though.

I guess the exception would be if, by the time our first pick comes up, the clear best player on the board is an OT. But a need at RT should not enter the equation of how we allocate our first round pick.

Of course, if Gaither would have settled in at RT on our team we would be looking at one less need.

But I still like an ILB..Donta Hightower (if he is still there) in the 2nd..I think when Belcher tackles the runner still goes for a couple of yards..plus he can’t blitz and still seems to be out of position often..I think the def lacks an intimidation in the middle..tackling etc..

Thats just Opinion.. several will say “Donta , won’t be there in the 2nd”..wait til all the juniors declare…Kevin Sheppard and Martez Wilson fell to the 3rd last year..

I just don’t see it, he still can’t shed blocks well, misses tackles regularly and can’t cover passes to save his life. He’s a liability every time he steps onto the field and DJ is constantly cleaning up for him, he’s more likely to “save” plays 10 yards past the LOS then he is to make plays on the LOS. I’ve seen no real change in this at all this season so color me surprised.

He lays the wood for once this season on Marion Barber, and now he’s a solid player and doesn’t need upgrading? Makes zero sense to me. Its just like a few weeks ago when Battle was the hot ticket. He looks okay for a few games, and then he’s a “Solid” player and the position doesn’t need upgrading. Even though he still showed me reasons why the RB needs upgrading, absolutely zero burst into the hole at 240 Lbs for instance.

Belcher in his role is okay to below-average, but he limits Crennel in his play-calling because he’s not versatile at all. Which limits our defense as a whole. We can easily find someone who can fill his role and then some in the draft or FA and I say we take them.

before predicting draft needs, because if either or both leave they will need to be replaced.

there are some Stud ILB’s in thisdraft.. Id have to take one as well

• Add ILB and I pretty sure we have ageneral consensus of what we need…

QB
RB
OT
G/C
Safety Depth
TE

RB is higher than OT because Barry Richardson is so useless that you can plug in anyone and that will upgrade the line, even more so when Wiegmann retires next season because we won’t have to see him continually get pushed around anymore when Hudson fills in for him. We don’t need to get Offensive Tackle very high in the draft, we could wait until the 3rd or 4th round to find a tackle and still see a significant improvement on the line, it’s one of those cases where the line will end up fixing itself by the process of elimination with minimal addition.

I think a back to pair up with Jamaal Charles that is just as explosive as he is, is a more pressing need than offensive tackle. Getting someone to replace Barry Richardson is a whole lot easier to replace than the production we’ll be missing when Jamaal doesn’t come back from his ACL injury the way people think he will. It was already said that by the halfway point of this season, all three backs we have barely have half of the production Jamaal Charles had at that point last season. Would Ryan Grant, who even when he was producing for 2 seasons for Green Bay was never really that great and is now even worse, and a change of pace back with an injury history (Brandon Bolden) make a difference at all?

Besides that I’m fine.

are you secretly the GM for the Chiefs? I mean, Stags, would you please become the GM of the Chiefs?

would that be good enough for this team to be very good? I’m not saying I want Cassel but I think he is capable if the circumstances are right. Just look at the 49ers. Lots of defense and feild goals.

I strongly agree with this post.