On Monday, ESPN NFL Draft analyst Todd McShay spoke for an hour on a conference call about the upcoming draft and what we saw in the NFL Combine.
Unfortunately, yours truly was not able to get a question in before the call was ended. There were no specific mentions of the Kansas City Chiefs in particular or players they are projected to be interested in, but here are two quotes worth talking about:
Alabama S Landon Collins
"With Collins there are some limitations in man-to-man but he has really good range in deep zone coverage. He supports the run hard and has very good ball skills. When you look at combine numbers it was pretty impressive what he was able to do ... he almost has WILL linebacker size."
Oklahoma WR Dorial Green-Beckham
"The guy is a monster at 6'5 and 237 pounds, similar to Calvin Johnson in terms of size. (Johnson) ran an official 4.40 and Green-Beckham a 4.49, it's outstanding. The rest was OK. He ran a good 3-cone at 6.89 and his jumps were not outstanding, they were average to below-average ... the short-shuttle was a little below average as you would imagine. ... So much of it with him is going to be on character and the teams on terms of veteran leadership and the receivers coach working with him, because he is as raw as can be but you can make an argument he is the most talented receiver in this draft, if not in the top two or three."
Other notes
McShay generally felt that the receivers are a very deep class and believes at least a half-dozen are worthy of a first-round pick including Devin Funchess, Dorial Green-Beckham, Jaelen Strong, Amari Cooper, Kevin White and DeVante Parker.
McShay also talked about the San Diego Chargers probably drafting along the lines in the first round. While San Diego could take a receiver to prepare for the eventual exodus of Malcom Floyd (free-agent after this season), McShay sees the Chargers building in the trenches.