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Originally Posted by Direckshun
That's exactly what I'm saying! If you and I are both targeting players as players the Chiefs are likely to select far in advance of the Chiefs actually selecting them... Then that's very much a clue that we know what Dorsey wants.
That's all I'm saying, really.
I've been incredibly encouraged by Gaines' special teams play. And he didn't look bad in the spotwork he did against New England.
His preseason was so horrendous, I have soured my hopes of him becoming an eventual starter -- which is what you want in a 3rd round corner who's 6'1" with 4.3 speed.
But here's hoping.
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Well, remember though, everyone's a rookie once. The fact that he's kicking ass on Special Teams is evidence enough, for me, that's he's willing to work through it and become better. That's a huge plus for any #2/NCB guy.
As for your "theory" of knowing what Dorsey wants, you're missing almost the entirety of the picture here.
Dorsey, doesn't run a Press Man defensive Scheme. He's got basically ZERO input as far as changing schemes from a press man hybrid 3-4 front playing 50% Nickle/Dime, than say, Playing solid Tampa 2.
Dorsey's job isn't to scheme, it isn't to call plays, its none of that. His job is to keep us under the cap with deals as team friendly as possible, while bringing in "THE BEST" talent we can possibly afford, all the while keeping a future eye on talent and delivering a list of names to Reid for him to put his input on, prior to the draft. Then its Dorsey's job to take this slimmed down list of guys, and put it next to his "BPA" list, and if the moment suits him, draft one or two of those guys, or trade up/down and wheel and deal.
He doesn't draft guys of a specific mold, indefinitely, thats not how good GM's work (Pioli). Good GM's, the truly magnificent kind, merely "assist" in the personnel management of talent discovery, and let their Coaches do most of the final evaluations prior to drafting, because its THEIR schemes that these players need to fit.
Flowers, in Green Bay, would have been a solid fit under Dorsey, or even now. Flowers here, however, was a very, very bad fit. Don't get me wrong, he could play it above average, but he's not suited for the scheme, and we let him go.
Simple shit like that amazes me with how many people overthink the "Dorsey" string pulling.