Clark Judge: Chiefs can't afford to take quarterback with first pick of draft
 

Cover of cbssports.com:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/cl...-pick-of-draft

With two months to go before commissioner Roger Goodell steps to the lecturn to open the NFL draft, I have a prediction: The Kansas City Chiefs don't choose a quarterback with the first pick.

Yeah, I know, they need one like L.A. needs mass transit, and they'd take one if there were an Andrew Luck or Matt Stafford available.

But there's not.
In fact, there's nobody even close, and if you think I'm kidding you weren't listening to what Frank Scelfo, Jacksonville's quarterbacks coach, said about Blaine Gabbert the other day -- namely, that if he were in this year's draft he'd be the No. 1 choice.

That should tell you something about the field. It should also tell you what the Chiefs' first move should be -- namely, anywhere but quarterback.

With the first choice you don't draft for need; you draft the best player out there. You go in one direction and one direction only, and that's for the sure thing. You absolutely, positively must be sold that whomever you choose steps in, starts and becomes the foundation of your franchise for the next 5-10 years.

So tell me which of these guys fits that description: Geno Smith? Matt Barkley? Tyler Wilson? Tyler Bray? All have holes in their games, and none is worth choosing with the first, second or third picks.

So that makes Kansas City's options easy: Either stay where you are and choose the best player -- a pass rusher, maybe, or a left tackle -- or find your quarterback with a later choice. The bottom line is that the Chiefs must be true to their board, choosing the guy at the top ... and I can't imagine any of these quarterbacks is anywhere near there.

In fact, one guy I trust who studied this class of quarterbacks thinks it's so underwhelming he's not sure there's a legit first-rounder in there.

I'm serious.

That doesn't mean there won't be a quarterback taken in the first round. Of course there will. There will be more than one. It's a passing league, and clubs that don't have good, young quarterbacks can't wait to get their hands on one. So they reach, just as teams did in the 2011 draft when four quarterbacks went with the first 12 picks, leaving Andy Dalton to Cincinnati in the second round.

Dalton is the only quarterback in that class to make the playoffs his first two seasons, and there's a lesson there for Kansas City: Don't overdraft the position.

"We never reached (when I was at Dallas) -- except for one time," said former Cowboys executive Gil Brandt. "We were supposed to take Joe Montana (in the third round of the 1979 draft), but we had three veteran quarterbacks, and (then coach) Tom Landry said, 'I can't carry four quarterbacks.' So we took Doug Cosbie instead."

Cosbie was a decent tight end who was named to three Pro Bowls, but Montana was a Hall-of-Fame quarterback who won four Super Bowls.

Everyone knows the Chiefs need someone to replace Matt Cassel, but not with the first pick of the 2013 draft they don't. They can find one by trading out and moving down or by staying put and choosing a quarterback at the top of the second round, much as San Diego did in 2001. Instead of taking Michael Vick with the first selection, the Bolts that year traded the pick to Atlanta, then tapped running back LaDainian Tomlinson with the pick acquired from the Falcons and quarterback Drew Brees at the top of the second round.

The problem for Kansas City is that it chose the wrong year to bottom out. The 2012 draft was the time and place to find a quarterback with a high draft pick, with Luck and Robert Griffin III the first two choices. It's not just that they were the two best quarterbacks out there; it's that they were at or near the top of everyone's boards. So Indianapolis took the best player in the draft; Washington took the second best, and that's the way it's supposed to go.

Which means you can scratch Kansas City from choosing a quarterback with the first pick for one very important reason: That player should be the best player in the draft, and there's not a quarterback who qualifies.

Clark Judge won't be able to afford the medical bills he's going to have if he keeps writing this shit.

Gobble gobble mo****a!!!!

The 2012 draft was the time and place to find a quarterback with a high draft pick, with Luck and Robert Griffin III the first two choices

That's fine Clark. We'll "settle" for a better prospect than Russ Wilson you dumbsonofabitch.

What about the drafts from 2000-2012. There wasn't any "Lucks" then either, yet plenty of elite QB's and Super Bowl winners.

FO Clark!!!

You ever read the tripe this traitor has written?

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=237636

Nevermind that.

These guys are now OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGING that teams should tank during SPECIFIC seasons so they can target SPECIFIC guys.

I'm sure the NFL LOVES this.

LMAO


What a stupid article and stupid premise. There's not a single player in this entire draft that fits the above description.

Yeah, I think my head is about to explode scanners style by reading their crap.

jfc

this doesnt even make sense

Let's let teams continue to "reach" for guys like Big Ben, Flacco, and Ryan whilst we draft "sure things" like Ryan Simms, Glenn Dorsey, and Jekyll. Can't wait for another decade of not winning a playoff game.

In before 1000

I'm surprised Judge took Eric Craft's dick out of his mouth long enough to write this

Clark Judge: "Damon Huard is better than Trent Green"

Nothing he says has merit after that bullshit.

i truly want hit this mother****er with a baseball bat.
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Jarvis Jones - Part time player
Damontre Moore - Part time player
Luke Joeckel - Waste of three draft picks
Dee Milliner - Drafting a #2 CB is ****ing stupid at #1
Star Lotululei - Yay! Another d lineman in the Top 10.



DRAFT A ****ING QB!

If there was an LT out there at running back, we could consider it. But therein lies the rub...

"OH NOES! IT RISKY!"




it will never end....just draft anything but a QB and waste another decade...that's fine because it isn't 'risky'

30 years isn't nearly enough wasted to risk a QB

What did Brees win the Chargers?

Yep. suck for Luck alive and well! :thumb:

Those who thought that was stupid, how are you feeling now?

Joeckel does.

I'm guessing this is Brandt, who has already shown he's gone senile with his mock draft.

What do you mean?

The same folks that said "tanking for a draft pick is for pussies" are now saying "can't take Geno, he's no Luck!"

ROFL

I need the gif of the guy that lights himself on fire and jumps from that tall building to show my emotion.

Charger's playoff appearances under Brees - 1
Charger's playoff appearances under Rivers - 4

OK then...

Well now wait a second..

http://images.wikia.com/callofduty/i...indow_Fall.gif

LMAO

Remember the days when they said Robert Gallery was an absolute can't miss at left tackle for an NFL team? Rated higher than any other tackle, ever? Only gave up one sack his entire college career, and on and on?

Yeah.

It's like none of these pissants even try when writing this crap. If a QB is worthy of being taken if we trade down to say 5 or 6, then he's ****ing well worth being taken one overall. The new rookie cap pretty much destroys the old thinking of what "value" is at the top of the first round.

Can we please fly a banner over Arrowhead that says "WE WILL BE PATIENT WITH A QB DRAFTED #1 - WE PROMISE"

True. No kid is a can't miss really. But as positions in the NFL go, tackle is about as safe as you get. I sure know there are few teams that know how to draft a D-lineman.

And 2011 QB's proved they're the biggest crap shoot.

Joeckel is better than Robert Gallery. Duh.

Yeah, let's go safe! We can wait another 20 years for a playoff win! Yeah!

http://i48.tinypic.com/11v7gpl.jpg

Also... this don't make a **** bit of sense....

So the first choice absolutely positively must be sold as the foundation for the next 5-10 years. So who would that be? I don't know a pass rusher, maybe, or some shit who knows....

Just had a thought - won't it be ironic if Joeckel is drafted by us #1 and then the most hated current player in KC?

The people that advocate Joeckel or Star I simply ask....why?

WHY?!?

Neither of them improve this team at all...talk about wasting a pick.

I've yet to see a valid argument for either....because there isn't one.

How does letting Albert go and drafting Joeckel make the team better?

really? from my perspective, they can't afford NOT to take a QB.

????

what?

No the **** he does not.

Another rhetorical question.

Those people can't tell you why. Same way they can't tell you why NOT a QB...well...other than, "Did you see the pinstripe bowl?"

Also, I'm sure the Dolphins have no regrets drafting Jake Long over Matt Ryan and settling for Chad Henne in the second round. The same Jake Long who will probably not be back with Miami next year.

I was worried that having the #1 pick would make the offseason kind of boring. That hasn't happened. It does make the offseason kind of stressful, though.

The Chiefs don't need "safe". The Chiefs need a playmaker at quarterback, period. Geno may not be the next Luck, but I'd be willing to bet he's better than Bradford, Dalton, and Tannehill. That sound good to you?

If we pass on Geno, there are going to be about 4 or five teams drafting a few slots right behind us that will be doing cartwheels. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that there would be no way the Raiders would let him slip past them. That would be fun, watching Geno rape our eyeballs out for the next decade while we watch Joeckel protect the Ricky Stanzi's of the world. That would be like taking Donald Stephenson one pick before Seattle took Russell Wilson, only on a much grander scale. **** that idea right in its filthy ass.

Jesus Christ does it ever.

It's like every day we're almost going to win one of the games we lost last season.

SIGN HIM AND MOVE HIM TO GUARD HE PLAYED THERE IN COLLEGE YOU KNOW

That's a good way to phrase it.

I really love reading your posts and imagining your avatar saying them. LMAO

When was the last time there was an NFL draft when ANYONE said, "There isn't a first round QB in the draft."

That's right...the ****ing year KC gets the first pick in the draft.

SNAKEBIT!

tits

"It looks like the Chiefs are going to take Star Lotulelei with that first overall pick....."

"BOLD STRATEGY COTTON LET'S SEE HOW IT PANS OUT"

I hope he hits a tree on the way home... doing 100mph while being raped by an abnormaly large and hung yetti

:popcorn:ROFL

This is freaking Ground hog day in this place.

Bradford was a sure #1
Alex Smith was a sure #1
Sanchez was a sure top 5
Leinart would have been a sure #1
Vince Young was a sure top 10


so, you know what? **** these experts cause they don't know shit.

Geno Smith is the shit, I'm gonna be pissed if we pass on him. BECAUSE DRAFTING LINEMAN GOT US HERE!

The tackle position is not a safe pick.

Do the names Tony Mandarich, Kenyatta Walker, Mike Williams, Robert Gallery, Tony Ugoh, and Jason Smith mean anything to the true fans?

They're only saying it BECAUSE the Chiefs have the 1st pick. Guarantee you if the Raiders had the first pick....they'd be all about them drafting Geno. You'd read stories about how you can't let a previous bust stop you from trying again.

You want us to listen to Frank Scelfo, whose biggest accomplishment was Nick ****ing Foles????? GTFO. Between crap like this, the dumbasses who think taking Jokeyl is a better idea than taking a shot at a QB in a pass happy league, and the people who think its best to find more ****ing weapons for Matt Cassel, I'm going to go insane by the time the draft comes around and won't be able to watch all the idiots cry when we do draft Geno #1.

Tackles are always safe.

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.49784...22778&pid=15.1

My blood, it's boiling...:mad:

The Jaguar's/ Raiders/Bills/Cardinals front office continues its covert media campaign to try and convince the Chiefs to pass on Geno so they can grab him.

A ride out of town after the Chargers spent what was essentially the number 1 overall pick on another QB. Good thing the Chargers traded down and drafted for value.

The point is that Bob Dole cannot recall EVER hearing anyone say there was not a QB in the entire draft who was a solid first round pick.

I'm honestly about ready to quit again. This offseason SUCKS.

I hear ya. **** it, Im logging. I'll be back later.

Judge must have fallen on his head. That's laughable.

He's been deep throating Carl and Pioli forever.

I don't care who they draft, they don't pay me for the successes of the team or blame me for the failures. I get to sit on the sideline and watch if I want or go golf when I don't. You all have to get something else going in your life. Chiefs will suck the life out of you.

What pull does Pioli have with these hacks, anyway? Fat Scott might well be the world's best used car salesman, ever.

'can't afford' lmao.

WTF.
yeah, if we take one, it might set us back another 41 years and we'd miss out on those awesome 8-8 seasons

WISDOM.

So I guess we can say that Luck and RGIII have made all NFL reporters stupid.

There are no locks in the draft. RGIII was not a lock. Luck was, but that doesn't happen much. The notion that our pick has to be the foundation of your franchise for the next 5-10 years takes the risk and reward aspect out of the draft. What are we supposed to do, take a guard? Screw that and screw you Judge.

I think the Joeckel stuff really hinges on Albert, his health, getting resigned, etc...

Star, I'm not overly opposed to. I'm about as ready to see Dorsey and Jackson on another team as I am Cassel and Quinn.

We have quite a few major needs, depending on how free agency pans out. I could be happy with a QB that they feel is the best, but I could be equally happy with Canty and Star coming to the DL and grabbing an QB at the top of the 2nd. At this point leading up to the draft, I'm not seeing that many QB's going off in the first round.

A QB would be my priority, but after the teams grades are realized and should none score that well, I would be good with the best player available.

You realize that Landry Jones is the QB that's going to be available at the top of the 2nd?

Barkley, Wilson, Glennon, and Nassib are all probably going in the 1st round. Manuel could go too.

I would be shocked if Nassib and Manuel go in the 1st.

I think they go in this order:

Geno
Wilson
Barkley
Glennon

The only exception might be the Raiders getting all horny for Glennon's arm and saying "**** it."

Landry Jones would be horrible. I'm not a fan of Nassib either. Barkley, meh. Wilson would be worth the 2nd, and I wouldn't be opposed to Manuel in the 2nd either.

You really see 5 QB's going off in the first round of this year's draft? They might, but I would be extremely surprised.

HAI GUYZ, U SHOULD HAVE DRAFTED QB LAST YEARZ, HAHAHA DERP