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Originally Posted by O.city
But whats the reason for the upside? He's big and athletic?
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Listen to the Chiefs scout talk about Mackenzie. The video is on the Chiefs website, and the link was posted somewhere in this thread. I'm too lazy to find it right now, though. In any case, yes, physical traits are a huge part of the upside, but they're not the entire story.
And let's say it IS about the physical traits. Okay. Why are you drafting Antwaan Randel-El and moving him to WR first thing? Wouldn't it just be easier to draft a WR? Oh, he's fast and shifty? That's a physical skill WRs have to be able to do? You're telling me there aren't other fast and shifty WRs the Steelers could have drafted in the 4th round those many years ago?
Like I said, I wouldn't have drafted Mackenzie, much less traded up for him. I think the upside on that C we got as an UDFA from Holy Cross has more upside than Mackenzie-- that guy overcoming playing only against Sisters of the Poor State University is probably a more likely outcome than Mackenzie overcoming the position and skill switch. But I'm not going to say this was a dumb pick when that's exactly what 6th round picks are for.