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Sure, Reid, Dorsey and Hunt did all the research on the guy, feel he has the potential to be a very good to great player and Mahomes has an excellent bloodline of professional sports in his lineage. But no one can absolutely state that he's a "Franchise QB", future HOFer (which is pretty much what you need to be a consistent Super Bowl winner and threat) and that he'll unequivocally be ready to lead the Chiefs franchise to 10+ wins in 2018. It's an educated guess. But the thing that really stands out to me, at least with 90% of CP members, is that they're forgetting about the journey that several of the highest drafted players currently on the Chiefs roster took before realizing their potential. It took Derrick Johnson six years before he lived up to his draft expectations and took Tamba Hali five full years before registering 10+ sacks. Eric Berry is still growing as a player! It took Jamaal Charles a few seasons until he was able to be a consistent threat. Dee Ford was considered a "bust" by most of CP (not me, of course) before breaking out in 2016 (his third season) with double digit sacks. Eric Fisher is still ascending and his best years are ahead of him (the same was with Chris Jones and Mitch Morse and LDT, etc.). The bottom line is that you're absolutely correct, especially in regards to John Dorsey, in that he drafts players as projections for their ceiling, and not finished products. |
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05-15-2017, 03:45 PM | #2 | |
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06-01-2017, 09:56 AM | #3 | |
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Mahomes - cross hairs in the hype machine but everybody knows it's the ceiling projection for our qbotf K-pass - huge athletic potential (ala chris jones) but limited experience and fundamentals Hunt - might be the exception of the projection pick, maybe not the ginormous ceiling with him but most do expect this pick to be solid lunch pail RB Chesson - showed big potential before injury and didn't get back to that level his last year Eligwe - another problem case bumped from D1 to small school, big time athletic profile Mcquay - well this one seems to be a decent late round flyer, but he comes into a very crowded defensive backfield with a lot of other young guys |
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