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Originally Posted by Direckshun
Every single one of our picks in this year's drafts feeds a need.
Ford & Gaines are longterm investments to replace Hali and Flowers.
DAT is clearly to replace McCluster.
Murray is a longterm investment to replace Chase Daniel.
Fulton/LDT are replacements for Asamoah/Schwartz and Jeff Allen.
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Perhaps, but they are not immediate needs that addressed immediate roster issues/deficiencies.
What were the biggest needs going into the draft?
Primary needs: WR, FS, CB, OG
Secondary needs: MLB, OLB, OT
Where Ford was picked, there were infinitely better options if you are looking for it from a "need" perspective. Dennard, Verrett and Roby were all on the board and considered first round talents at CB. Problem is, they don't fit the pre-draft parameters that Dorsey plugs into the Decision Lens software, i.e., they are all under 6'0" tall.
Deone Bucannon and Jimmie Ward were available at S.
Xavier S'ua-Filo at OG.
Benjamin, Lee, Matthews, Richardson at WR.
And I'd even argue that a guy like Kyle Van Noy would have been a substantially better pick than Ford due to his scheme and positional versatility in that if he wasn't going to beat out either Hali or Houston, he'd most certainly be an upgrade to whatever we had on roster for the MLB spot next to Johnson.
All these guys would have filled a more immediate need than backup/special teams material. A team with the holes that the Chiefs have shouldn't be picking up long term projects/special teamers in the first round. That's what 5 through 7 rounds are for.
Murray was a complete waste of a pick for the simple fact that he gives you nothing above and beyond Chase Daniel with the exception of less experience. The guy is 23 and only three years younger than Daniel.
LDT and Fulton were/are major projects even though Fulton is running with the first team. (Which goes to show you how absolutely shitty this team was at the OG position.)
They might have drafted for future need (as all teams most certainly do), but it most certainly wasn't for immediate need.