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@Chiefs4life24 355968 wrote:
Was anyone else getting a cannot connect to this site because the server host has reached his or her bandwidth limit notification?
Yes.
@matthewschiefs 355942 wrote:
Having a sister who is a nurse I believe that there will be a season and things will be ok. My only question is will there be fans or not.
This virus stuff while a issue isn’t as big as it is made out to be by some
If there is a season, the players on all teams may have to brace themselves for playing the games in empty stadiums — which would be an eerie feeling for all of them. The NFL could still have fans tune into the games live via the web by some paid subscription package. Look at how the draft was conducted.
@matthewschiefs 355925 wrote:
Very true
But most teams don’t bring back nearly every starter like the Chiefs will. But it’s always hard to defend the crown that’s why it has been so long since there has been a repeat champion. Lets hope the Chiefs can change that
The nucleus is there, no doubt. It will depend on how bad they want to repeat & if they have some of the good fortune that they had last year.
Interesting schedule. But, as I’ve said before, take a wait & see approach and take them one game at a time. History has shown that things don’t always go so well the next season for a team that has won the SB the previous season.
I do hope to see the good development of what appears to be a very talented 2020 draft class.
@Eydugstr 355861 wrote:
Shame to see him go. Wasn’t he drafted by Herm Edwards? Got a feeling that he’s going to be one of those guys, regardless of stats, that we’ll begin to miss now that he’s gone. Thanks for all the great years of football, and very glad Colquitt got to finish out with a ring.
No, he was taken in round 3 in 2005 when Vermeil was still there.
Good-bye, Dustin Colquitt — the last player from the Dick Vermeil era. Thank you for your service in KC and glad you got to get a Super Bowl ring.
The interesting guy amongst these UDFA’s is the Center Darryl Williams. The Chiefs are said to have paid him 107K guaranteed money to sign (may be false rumor, can’t verify). Listed at 6-2 and 304 lbs.
Time will tell, but this may be the diamond in the rough, right here.
@jason1981 355829 wrote:
I’m not sure if I ever been this excited after a draft besides Mahomes but even thin I dreaded waiting a year for him on he bench. I think there’s alot of these players that will make the team over veterans. Especially if it helps give us more cap space.
That’s understandable — just look at Piol’s drafts. It seemed like Pioli could NOT identify team needs or evaluate talent. By contrast, this current regime, fresh off a SB win, still recognized team needs that were glaringly obvious & went after good-looking prospects to try to address those needs.
As I said before, Pioli’s 2010 draft on a scale of 1 to 10 got a -50 (minus 50). This 2020 draft gets a 10.
Thanks for the pic, C4L. We know of another RB that wore #25 not so long ago that was pretty good.
@Eydugstr 355826 wrote:
Really really liked this move. IMHO the whole idea of BPA by Veach was extremely well played by looking at what WASN’T drafted by anyone else in the first round (RB’s) and thinking “Hey…we’re stuck at 32 but we got pick of the litter!!” #26 did some serious damage in the post season but imagine him paired up with this threat every other play. Also imagine what this kid could do if he’s able to pick up Reid’s playbook quickly.
We know that Kareem Hunt picked up the Offense well enough & fast enough to gash NE for nearly 250 yards from scrimmage in the 2017 season opener, and it is said that CEH’s work ethic is off the charts, so it is reasonable to assume that CEH will pick it up quickly.
Speaking of D-Will, and thinking back to the SB game, D-Will ran the football effectively enough that I can only imagine what Hunt or CEH would have done to the 49ers Defense, if either had been on the field.
The Offense was good enough without Hunt to get a SB win, but it can’t be denied that the DYNAMIC element that Hunt provided was missing — hence this why you draft a RB like CEH to try to bring that DYNAMIC element back.
@Eydugstr 355824 wrote:
My hope is that in this offense this kid turns into a cross between Brian Westbrook and Emmitt Smith.
If he turns into that, he will be DYNAMIC !!
He won’t get to wear #22, as that is already occupied by Juan Thornhill, unless Thornhill decides to give it up to him and take a different jersey number.
I have no problems with this draft. If you think about it, here the Chiefs are drafting at the end of every round because they win the SB, so one has to temper their expectations, but I think they killed it and had their best draft under Brett Veach.
Think back 10 years & that 2010 draft. I didn’t like that draft at all, as there were too many reaches and missed opportunities, and on a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate that 2010 draft a -50 (minus 50), as I never doubted that just about every one of those selections wouldn’t be in KC beyond their rookie contracts.
This 2020 draft gets a 10. This time there were seized opportunities (round 3 — thanks Turd Elway, for not taking the O-Lineman at #95 and letting the Chiefs get him with the next pick) and there is some great potential all the way down the line with every player the Chiefs took in this draft.
We know that Patrick Mahomes is the common denominator versus the rest of the AFC West, but there is another factor that been going on over the past 4-5 years:
The Chiefs have been hitting more often on their mid to late round picks than the other AFC West teams & I believe they did it again in this draft. The other AFC West teams — especially the Donkeys — have been drafting players after round 1 that are out of league in 2 to 3 years and probably delivering pizza to somebody’s doorstep, while the Chiefs have been getting some good football players.
Here’s a video on the Chiefs latest pick:
