Interesting: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8043460?MSNHPHMA Seems kind of odd, though. The guy led the NFL in sacks and is only in his fourth year... Even for a rebuilding team, that's certainly young enough to be a core guy for the future. Then again, the Chiefs are asking for a 1st and a 2nd rounder for him, so maybe it will work out okay.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pack Attack @ Apr 17 2008, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Interesting: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8043460?MSNHPHMA Seems kind of odd, though. The guy led the NFL in sacks and is only in his fourth year... Even for a rebuilding team, that's certainly young enough to be a core guy for the future. Then again, the Chiefs are asking for a 1st and a 2nd rounder for him, so maybe it will work out okay.</div> It's hard to argue with the title "NFL sack leader". That implies that he is among the elite players in the league. The Chiefs can just replace him with Gholston at #5 and get an extra day 1 pick out of all this. However, as much as we believe Gholston will succeed at the NFL level, he still has yet to prove anything on an NFL field. I am in favor of the Chiefs trading away what is arguably the best player on their team - rolling the dice that someone will fill his shoes and not miss a beat. In fact, I hope they line up 11 guys on defense that are all rookies. Dumbing down their team is only going to help the rest of the AFC West.
Well, I did hate to see Jared go, but I think the extra picks will make the re-building process a little faster. I agree that it seemed nuts to trade a stud DE for an unproven rookie on the D-line, but we have been looking for a DT forever. Maybe this will be our Hershell Walker trade. Funny how those always involve Minnesota, huh? I wish Jared luck, but I wish the Chiefs more luck.
Hey KC, good to see you! I was surprised that Oakland didn't grab Dorsey for exaclty the same reason. I really wanted line help on D, but I guess they think we are good for camp with the new free agents we picked up. Kiffin really pulled one over on me. I was sure we wouldn't take the guy that everyone thought we would.
