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Originally Posted by O.city
Dj, what are your thoughts on wr In this draft, and overall what the chiefs should do there this offseaskn?
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Eh, I like what Dorsey's doing right now and I hope he stays with it - be very wary of FAs (not just at WR - everywhere). I haven't looked into the FA market a great deal mostly because I hope the Chiefs let it sort itself out and then try to find a solid #2 option after the dust settles.
As for the draft, I think White has the most upside but Cooper is an amazing fit for a Reid offense. I absolutely love how smooth and intelligent that kid is. Great agility, good burst, just a perfect fit for this offense. I also really like Parker's potential in this offense but he's not as advanced as Cooper. Another guy that will be able to get separation and seems to have very good hands.
If those 3 aren't there, don't take a WR in the first. Strong is just a Bowe clone; Smith won't use him. DGB has taken me awhile to figure out but I think I know where I stand on him - he'll be very good
somewhere but it wouldn't ever be here. It just occurred to me last week that the guy he reminds me of is Marques Colston. Big, rangy guy who's more fast than quick;
terrible route runner and erratic hands (will follow an amazing catch with a routine drop). I had talked myself into him as a good pick for the Chiefs but reversed gears - I just don't see him as a fit for this offense and this QB. Smith won't loft those 40 yard jump balls for him to go get. And ultimately, DGB doesn't quite know how to use his body on the shorter routes to screen off next-level defenders. He got away with it at the college level because he's just so much bigger than the guys he's going against but in the pros I don't think he'd have that kind of success early.
With the possibility of getting a guy like Devin Smith or Nelson Agholor in the 2nd (Perriman probably wouldn't last to the back of 2), I'm steering away from a first round WR unless one of those first 3 are available. Even guys like Lockett, Coates and Hardy may see the third, Diggs and Conley even beyond that. There's so much talent in this draft that I don't like the idea of reaching for a WR in the first.
And ultimately, I think this offense will work damn well with nothing more than Kelce and 3 #2 WRs. We may not be able to get a #1 in here, but Smith's strengths are his intelligence and his willingness/ability to survey the field. If the Chiefs can get Smith and Hardy to go with Wilson, DAT and Rodgers - Reid can absolutely wreck shit with that and Smith's smart enough to make it work. We're still not going to go gung-ho downfield, but with that much quickness on the field, secondaries have to respect sideline to sideline from the LOS out to about 25 yards. Reid will have a field day with that kind of freedom.
The obvious issue is the youth/inexperience. At that point, I tell Alex Smith that he got his security because of his ability to lead and manage an offense - if you also need to surround him with expensive veteran WRs, then he's not doing you much good. I honestly think Smith is as equipped as any QB in football to help transition in a young WR group.