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Originally Posted by Saccopoo
At this point, I do not like Flowers, especially as a first round pick where you want a guy who has the potential to play, at minimum, RT or either guard spot. He's got poor feet and a horrible kick step.
I'd go Rashard Greene or Tyler Lockett over Devin Smith in the second. Both Greene and Lockett are impeccable route runners and willing blockers, despite their size and both have more than acceptable long speed. Smith was never asked to run a full route tree in college and I'm worried that won't translate well over to the next level. The Chiefs need guys who are going to come in and be polished on route running. It's why I was so high on Beckham last season.
I'm not completely sold on Stephone Anthony. He had a remarkably good defensive line in front of him to keep him clean. Seems to have trouble working to the ball on pass plays. Goes downhill well, but it looks like he gets tangled up on the offensive linemen more than he should.
At this point, I can't see Dorsey even touching a CB that's under 6' no matter how skilled they may be. Tall and strong, he's looking for prototypes in the press scheme Sutton uses.
Heuerman and Vigil are absolute draft winners in my book as I love those two guys for the Chiefs system/current personnel.
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I disagree on Flowers, but hey that's why we have opinions.
I can see your point on Greene and Lockett, but Lockett to me is limited to the slot. I think Greene might be too. The Chiefs need an outside threat and Smith runs better routes than he's given credit for.
As for Mager, he's 5'11-1/2". In case you want to know, Darrelle Revis is the exact same height and was only 3 pounds heavier than Mager coming out, Sutton was with the NYJ when they drafted him. Tramon Williams is 5'11-1/8" and Sam Shields is 5'10-3/4", and Dorsey was with GB when they drafted both of them. I think you are off base with the assumption that they must have this humongous CB. It's simply not true.
The best CBs in the NFL are between 5'10"-6'1" because they have enough length to keep stride deep, yet enough agility to flip and mirror with quicker receivers. Obviously if you can get a longer CB that can do that, great, but they don't grow on trees. I remember a study put out, probably 2011, by Pro Football Reference about Pro Bowl CBs. It was something to the affect that 80% of those CBs fall within the range I listed with the heaviest concentration at 5'11". Looking at the CBs selected since, that really hasn't changed. There are few CBs in the league that are legitimately talented and over 6'1" or taller.
In 2014, 2 CBs made the Pro Bowl that were "near" 6'1", Patrick Peterson (6'0-1/4") and Aqib Talib (6'0-3/4"). 1 CB was over that, Richard Sherman at 6'2-5/8".