2019 Draft: How Critical is CB?

kccrow · 10-11-2018, 02:27 PM

Watching the Chiefs this season makes me wonder just how critical the CB position is for KC when they head to the offseason.

Right now, it appears that front seven is 10 times the mess that the secondary is. If we do look at the secondary it appears safety certainly trumps the corner position in terms of need.

Last season we were all screaming about how Veach ignored the CB position but it hasn't really been an issue thus far.

Chris Jones is the only player on the defensive line to get an occasional push. The linebackers are horrendous; they can't fill against the run and they can't cover anyone. Some of the filling is attributable to the DL not being able to occupy blockers, but there just seems to be diagnosis issues by the LBs. Justin Houston remains a good player, but he doesn't have the same burst to bend the edge to the QB. Ford is a free agent. The depth behind Ford and Houston has been garbage with it looking like Speaks needing to play DE.

So, my thought process right now is that the Chiefs will, once again, not consider CB a priority position to draft and they may be right if that's how it plays out. Not only that, the CB market next offseason may have some quality gap fillers, similar to or better than Scandrick.

It seems that DE, OLB, ILB, and SS may be top priorities.

What say you?

10-11-2018, 02:27 PM	Topic Starter
kccrow MVP Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Michigan Casino cash: $3257078	2019 Draft: How Critical is CB? Watching the Chiefs this season makes me wonder just how critical the CB position is for KC when they head to the offseason. Right now, it appears that front seven is 10 times the mess that the secondary is. If we do look at the secondary it appears safety certainly trumps the corner position in terms of need. Last season we were all screaming about how Veach ignored the CB position but it hasn't really been an issue thus far. Chris Jones is the only player on the defensive line to get an occasional push. The linebackers are horrendous; they can't fill against the run and they can't cover anyone. Some of the filling is attributable to the DL not being able to occupy blockers, but there just seems to be diagnosis issues by the LBs. Justin Houston remains a good player, but he doesn't have the same burst to bend the edge to the QB. Ford is a free agent. The depth behind Ford and Houston has been garbage with it looking like Speaks needing to play DE. So, my thought process right now is that the Chiefs will, once again, not consider CB a priority position to draft and they may be right if that's how it plays out. Not only that, the CB market next offseason may have some quality gap fillers, similar to or better than Scandrick. It seems that DE, OLB, ILB, and SS may be top priorities. What say you?
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