Who do Chiefs pick at 18? Who do you pick at 18?

[Meatloaf]

Ok, folks, we're just under a month to go before the draft, and I thought it might be interesting to see who some of the CP Heavyweights think the Chiefs will draft at #18. For extra credit, please note who you'd select at #18.

Of course, we don't know who might be available at that slot, but I think most probably have a decent idea of who might be available. Anyway, this is your chance to go "on record" as per the 2015 draft.

Note that I stuck this in The Lounge as there doesn't seem to be too much other football stuff going right now. I would ask the mods to please move it if/as needed.

I'll start:

Chiefs: DT Malcom Brown
Meatloaf: WR Jaelen Strong

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Go look at the first round of that draft and tell me who has been the best player since that was taken in that first round.

Not the point and you know it is not the point.
You don't take C in the first round let alone in the top 5 idiot.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

because he might be the best BPA at the time

We need help at LB and S, he is both

So you want us to spend our 1st on a tweener that is for depth. We can get some depth for those positions later not in the first.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Damn near anyone would have been a better pick than Tyson Jackson.

Couldn't have done much worse.

Knowing that now? Yeah. This board would have flipped its shit more than we did over the TJ pick if we had picked a center.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Not the point and you know it is not the point.
You don't take C in the first round let alone in the top 5 idiot.

If he's the best player in the draft, sure you do.

You'd rather take a busto like Darrius Heyward-Bey or Aaron Maybin because of the position they play is deemed an "exciting" position by the casual fan versus a perennial All-Pro because he's on the offensive line?

If we had an even decent LG this past season, this team would have been in the playoffs.

You tell me what's a more important position when push comes to shove...

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

So you want us to spend our 1st on a tweener that is for depth. We can get some depth for those positions later not in the first.

it includes a trade down first


unless one of the key WR falls to us or something

i assume that even shelton will be gone

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

because he might be the best BPA at the time

We need help at LB and S, he is both

Dude...

Geez...

For realz?

A 6', 220 lb. outside linebacker that runs a 4.64? For a 34?

You own a "Paul Dawson for President" t-shirt too?

[The Franchise]

I just don't see a fit for Thompson on this team.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

If he's the best player in the draft, sure you do.

You'd rather take a busto like Darrius Heyward-Bey or Aaron Maybin because of the position they play is deemed an "exciting" position by the casual fan versus a perennial All-Pro because he's on the offensive line?

If we had an even decent LG this past season, this team would have been in the playoffs.

You tell me what's a more important position when push comes to shove...

With hindsight sure but without it absolutely you do NOT take a C in the first and for damn sure not in the top 5.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

I just don't see a fit for Thompson on this team.

I don't either. He is a 4-3 OLB. He would have to shift inside. There are and will be better ILB when we are on the clock.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

With hindsight sure but without it absolutely you do NOT take a C in the first and for damn sure not in the top 5.

I would have. Advocated it at the time.

Mack was the best center prospect I've ever seen at the collegiate level.

****ed dudes up. Bad.

I take that guy at #3, especially when our choices were coming down to guys like Mark Sanchez, Tyson Jackson, etc.

(Although I would have been okay with Eugene Monroe as that would have given us the potential of sliding over Albert to LG, which he said he was willing to do if they drafted Monroe.)

Mack was the best player in that draft, regardless of position, IMO.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

I just don't see a fit for Thompson on this team.

If you could have him play both sides of the ball and special teams when the need arises/formation called for it, he'd have value.

But not every down, first round value.

The guy has great field vision and uses that very effectively. (Thought he was an excellent running back for the Huskies, maybe even better than he was as a linebacker.)

But he doesn't have the speed as it relates to his size to be truly effective on either side of the ball. He's not Ryan Shazier. He's not Marshawn Lynch. (However, I think he's closer to Lynch than Shazier in terms of his football skills.)

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

If you could have him play both sides of the ball and special teams when the need arises/formation called for it, he'd have value.

But not every down, first round value.

The guy has great field vision and uses that very effectively. (Thought he was an excellent running back for the Huskies, maybe even better than he was as a linebacker.)

But he doesn't have the speed as it relates to his size to be truly effective on either side of the ball. He's not Ryan Shazier. He's not Marshawn Lynch. (However, I think he's closer to Lynch than Shazier in terms of his football skills.)

Except he doesn't want to play RB.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

Except he doesn't want to play RB.

I saw that.

That changes though, especially when you are getting blown the **** up and worked over by NFL tackles and tight ends every down.

He gets drafted a lot higher as an OLB than a RB at this point and I assume that's where that's coming from. Once he gets into a system, his biggest value is his versatility and that's why a team is going to pick him up versus just a good OLB.

[BossChief]

Shaq plays much faster than that.

Not sure I'd draft him at 18, but I'd love to get him in the 2nd.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by BossChief

Shaq plays much faster than that.

Not sure I'd draft him at 18, but I'd love to get him in the 2nd.

I wouldn't spend a pick on him prior to the fourth round.

He's a very good football player, but at the next level, he's a gadget guy at best.