Official 2010 NFL Draft Thread

[phins]

I do like the NFL draft - in spite of it being the most overhyped event there is.

Drive by buzzkill!

[Freed Roger]

I do like the NFL draft - in spite of it being the most overhyped event there is.

Drive by buzzkill!

ha true.

but with the amount of hype, I thought it was set to happen a month ago. jeez get it over with already.

[Hungary Jack]

I love the ageless and indomitable Mel Kiper.

Not really.

[TGantz]

I love the ageless and indomitable Mel Kiper.

Not really.

If I had the power to fire one person on ESPN, it'd be him or Shefter.

[lukethedrifter]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5086484

The Gruden QB Camp episode with McCoy cracked me up.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Rams traded Carriker to the Redskins. They don't receive any picks, but moved up 30 picks in the 5th.

[Fat Strat]

Alright, so it seems like the first four picks of the draft are pretty well set.

1. Rams -- Bradford
2. Lions -- Suh
3. Bucs -- McCoy
4. Skins -- Okung

That gets us to 5, which is the Chiefs. Who do you think the Chiefs should draft? Keep in mind that this is the second Chiefs draft for Pioli after many with the Pat's. He has a tendency to break from the expected (Tyson Jackson last year is one example among many with New England).

I've heard Berry, but do you really take a safety this high?

I've heard Bulaga, but we just draft a LT in the 1st round (Brandon Albert) 2 years ago. He's solid, and has played in three different offensive systems in 2 years (yes, the Chiefs have had that much turnover).

I've heard that they want to trade down to let someone move up and get Claussen. That might be smart, but who wants to move up into the top 5 and pay a player that much more in this economy when not a ton of teams are looking for qb's?

One of the DT's could fall our way, but after drafting Jackson last year, we went with Dorsey (DT-LSU) the year before that... to go along with Hali and several other 1st day interior lineman over the last few years. Either would be great and we would have a seriously young and talented defensive line... that sells tickets and t-shirts!

The sexy positions are non-options. Wide out? Nope. QB? Don't need one yet. RB? Nope. CB? Nope. Pass rusher? That's a possibility, but they would have to play outside linebacker.

[cardsfansince82]

I don't follow the Chiefs all that closely so I don't really know their needs all that well. But I'd absolutely take Berry. He is a once every five years talent at safety and can be a real difference maker. He might be more of a sure thing than any other player in the draft. You can always find linemen later in the draft that are almost as likely to develop as the top ones for a lot less money. I guess they could drop down a bit and take Pierre-Paul/Thomas/McClain or someone like that but there really aren't a lot of teams looking QB. The few teams that are might be content to hope he's still on the board.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I don't follow the Chiefs all that closely so I don't really know their needs all that well. But I'd absolutely take Berry. He is a once every five years talent at safety and can be a real difference maker. He might be more of a sure thing than any other player in the draft. You can always find linemen later in the draft that are almost as likely to develop as the top ones for a lot less money. I guess they could drop down a bit and take Pierre-Paul/Thomas/McClain or someone like that but there really aren't a lot of teams looking QB. The few teams that are might be content to hope he's still on the board.

The Chiefs have to take Berry if he's there. The guy is really good. The more I think about it though, the Rams need to take Suh and try to get Pike later or sign a stop gap QB and trade down for Locker next year. I know Bradford is a great talent and all, but Suh is NFL ready and Bradford just has too many questions. Suh and Berry are probably the only players in the draft without any questions. Just doesn't make sense to me for the Rams to take a QB with shoulder and system question marks like Bradford has. Take the NFL player, Suh.

[Fat Strat]

The Chiefs have to take Berry if he's there.

He would both fill a significant hole for us, but you can also get safeties capable of starting in this league in the 3rd round. Not that Berry isn't a phenomenal prospect; the position just doesn't provide the value to justify the price. If we could move down at all (to 7 or 8) the Berry pick would be the way to go.

He might be more of a sure thing than any other player in the draft.

Everyone said the same thing about Aaron Curry at last year's draft. He was there for us, we needed linebacker help, and we picked a mid-1st prospect in Tyson Jackson (DE) instead. The name I'm seeing a little now is Rolando McClain, the Alabama ILB, who seems to be this year's Curry. I just can't see the Chiefs drafting him.

All of our offseason activity has been on the offensive side of the ball, bringing in a WR from Ari (Urban), Lilja from the Colts (G), Casey Weigman (C), and Thomas Jones. Offensively, we weren't THAT awful last season once we shipped Larry Johnson away and the line solidified behind Charles. Defense was more of a problem. Seems like we have to draft defense first... That should lead us to McClain or Berry.

My gut tells me that we'll take Bulaga, Trent Williams, Okung... whoever is there at tackle to protect Cassel.