The Draft Network mock sim

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Okay, I just face-raped this one:

1.29 -- HOOOOOOCK. First time I got a shot at him; I cannot stress enough how good he'd be here.

2.29 -- Julian Love, CB - ND -- I'm warming to him; with Ward's length but lack of quick twitch, I prefer Love's ability to match up with smaller WRs more than some others available here. I passed on Trayvon Mullen and JoeJuan Williams for the same reasons; longer guys with stiffer hips.

2.31 -- Riley Ridley, WR - UGA -- I can't help it, I love the possibilities of this kid on the other side of Hill long term in this offense. I think he'll just blossom and thrive in our system. He can be everything Watkins is at a literal fraction of the cap space. I passed on Tillery here because I simply love what Ridley could be.

3.29 -- Amani Hooker, S - Iowa -- good spot for him.

5.29 -- Terry Beckner Jr, DT - Mizzou -- he's not really going to last this long is he?

6-29 -- TJ Edwards, OLB - Wisc -- I really don't know how he fits here but he's a hard-nosed player who's aggressive. He's probably just a STer in this system but he was a good value play.

7th -- Michael Jordan, C - OSU -- There are a lot of rough edges to knock off here but with Reiter extended, we can bring in a guy with the tools to be better than him and try to coach him up. I'd be elated with getting Jordan in the 7th round.

Did another mock and I got 3 of your 4 first picks. Swap out Josh Jacobs for Ridley though.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by The Franchise

Did another mock and I got 3 of your 4 first picks. Swap out Josh Jacobs for Ridley though.

I realize as I do more of these how badly I would infuriate the average Chiefs fan in my perfect world.

About half of my drafts have 3 of my first 4 picks going to offense.

I just cannot convince myself to throw that much capital at the defense yet when we simply don't know how much of the suck was coaching and we went so hard at it last year. Especially when I'm not wholly convinced that Lucas can't start or that Watts isn't actually a ballplayer.

I know I'm supposed to draft a safety and 2 CBs in our first 4 picks, but I just don't like the draft doing that. I end up taking a CB with one of the seconds pretty much every time and it's generally Joejuan Williams because Love doesn't make it there.

But if Adderley's not there in the first? {shrug} I'll make due with offense. Or if I end up having to go with Baker there, best be prepared for 1 more CB and then a shitload of toolsy offensive guys.

I could be completely wrong and would doom the franchise to another disappointing season, but I keep falling into the same general trend here - there are some really talented offensive players that I'm not gonna pass on because I don't like what happened last season.