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Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 11451627)

Let's just all agree that it isn't a good thing that this OL has been in flux the entire time that Reid and Dorsey have been here, especially when you consider the fact that Reid's schemes tend to be more complex than the majority of other coaches and much of what he does requires a really well-coordinated effort up front.

But I don't know what you want him to do about that. It apparently is uncouth to pay a good solid player like Geoff Schwartz who fits what Reid does. Meanwhile they HAVE looked to the draft to select linemen.

You can't have it both ways. You can't let your good players walk and also avoid the position group being in flux

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Originally Posted by SNR (Post 11443595)

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/d6/d634...0fc93e28e7.jpg

LMAO. That's classic. I can't stop laughing.

So I'm not totally against Erving, and I'd probably agree he's the safe pick. But just think, 3 yrs down the road Chiefs fans are going to be screaming "why the hell didn't we take _____ in the 2015 draft!?" How many star WRs are going to be picked after us at #18? How many beastly front seven defenders? and lock down DBs? ...point is, even if there are only 2 or 3 legit stars taken after #18, Erving as a Center will never be one of them. Does that really make him BPA?

BPA > Filling holes is Dorsey's philosophy

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Originally Posted by SNR (Post 11443593)

What if I told you it was actually the behavior of a team who spent the most money on a free agent WR this year and also gave decent deals to a mediocre ILB and backup OG, while they also re-signed their CB-turned-FS with one year of starting experience to a pretty good deal and traded a 5th rounder for Ben Grubbs and gave him an extension to save money in the short term? All of this while they knew what the market was for Rodney Hudson and still chose not to fork over the cash for either him or someone like Stefan Wisniewski.

What do you think that says about what they think of Eric Kush?

I'm late into this discussion, but this nicely sums up my feelings as well.

I've seen zero indication from the offseason activities that tell me they have questions about our starting C this year, and it's Eric Kush.

I won't be totally pissed if they take Erving, think he's got a great chance to be a great player. However, let's not get carried away with his prospects at RT, which I don't believe he's ever played, but I could easily be wrong, just haven't heard anything about that. What I have heard is here was much concern over his real prospects at LT, where he was showing some big holes in his game. And half a season moving to C, while he was impressive, doesn't give me huge confidence to take a C in the 1st round, which even a 4 year starter would be questionable value.

I'm down with BAA, which i have a suspicion may be DLine. Hoping it's a CB tho, jones or collins.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...pects-to-teams

Mayock doesn't link us to Erving specifically but he does link us to two OL players, Flowers and Collins.

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Originally Posted by Direckshun (Post 11443343)

They've been shopping for centers all free agency, have they not.

They brought one in for a visit, Barnes. They were mentioned as being interested in Wisnewski, but you classify that as shopping?

Horrendous pick at 18. Probably the worst I could imagine on draft night.

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Originally Posted by OldSchool (Post 11454711)

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...pects-to-teams

Mayock doesn't link us to Erving specifically but he does link us to two OL players, Flowers and Collins.

Would take Collins. Only fatty I'm interested in that high

So Cameron Erving has been benched in the middle of a 2-10 season.

http://www.cleveland.com/browns/inde...hing_rook.html

This was a terrible, terrible idea.

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 11941135)

So Cameron Erving has been benched in the middle of a 2-10 season.

http://www.cleveland.com/browns/inde...hing_rook.html

This was a terrible, terrible idea.

He's been getting his ass kicked in pass pro, which I don't understand. He's looked really good in the run game but is letting guys get in his pads and getting leverage on him. I guess maybe that's a risk when you take a guy with tackle size and move him inside to block shorter stronger DTs. Gonna be a while with him. Oh well.