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The Chiefs 2015 - Draft!

Posted on July 20, 2010 at 08:09 PM.

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Draft Day 2015

The Draft:

This is always a very exciting time, to see new and eager talent just waiting to please their new teams and hoping they go where they have always dreamed of playing.

* Note that we made some moves prior to the draft that involved picks, as a result we have a somewhat unbalanced list of draft selections.

* Also Note that we made two significant moves as the draft unfolded:
Because we decided to re-sign QB Matt Cassel to a new 4-year agreement and, despite making the commitment only one year ago to QB Ramzee White (involving significant bonus structure, given his #4 overall draft selection, we truly felt it unfair to retain him as purely a backup to Matt and sincerely felt we owed him the opportunity to play ball elsewhere. So we shopped him to target teams that might require, or soon require, a bright young QB and sent him, along with our #2 Pick & #3 Pick to the New England Patriots for their #2 & #4 & #5 Picks!

As the draft commenced, we again spotted someone we really wanted to take a run at and also made a move with the Green Bay Packers to jump up in the first round. We sent them our #1 & #2 & #4 Picks in exchange for their #1 Pick, which allowed us to move almost halfway up to pick at #18.

After all of that off-season and pre-draft movement of players and picks, we were still left with seven with which to choose some talent to bolster The Chief roster. The day unfolded as follows:

Round 1 (Pick 18) - RT Ed Reed (Colorado State)
Round 2 (Pick 22) - CB George Harris (Virginia Tech)
Round 3 (Pick 1) - OLB Evan Frazier (Tennessee)
Round 5 (Pick 20) - OLB Sam Gibson (Baylor)
Round 5 (Pick 22) - FS Desean Odom (Abilene Christian)
Round 5 (Pick 28) - C Sammy Sammatalle (Hawaii)
Round 5 (Pick 218) - CB Jordin Dority (Rutgers)

Our Draft Grade this year was again a "C" (that might be the third year in a row we've been graded only "C"). Best value was said to be CB Dority (our very last pick of the draft - not sure if that is a good or bad omen)!

The Falcons, oddly enough, were the only team to be graded "A" and as we just faced them for the championship, I imagine they will have even more tools to return in 2015! I hope we too have that re-match opportunity.

Rookie Signings:

RT Ed Reed - 5years/28.5million 74 C
CB George Harris - 4years/3.55mil 67 B
OLB Evan Frazier - 4years/5.3mil 81 A
OLB Sam Gibson - 3years/990k 67 B
FS Desean Odom - 4years/1.32mil 83 A
C Sammy Sammatalle - 4years/1.32mil 78 A
CB Jordin Dority - 4years/1.32mil 78 A

Is it just The Chiefs or are the tougher picks the first round choices you make, when compared to the diamonds-in-the-rough we seem to be lucky enough to encounter in the later rounds.

I was actually very please with this year's draft and feel we have added a lot of young and talented depth to the squad for the coming 2015 season. I can't wait to see them play!

After all the moves, signings and picks, we were left with a CAP number of 9.07-million with the 4.91-million penalties, so I think we did very well.

To strengthen our defense through the middle we also did revisit the Free Agency pool after all and are pleased to announce the signing of MLB Dysean Stone, a bright young defensive team member to back up our linebackers.

* One final note:
FS Darrian Dyles has decided to skip training camp in our to pursue other activities. Not exactly sure what that means, but we repect Darrian's decision and will hold a spot for him in the secondary of course.

We are ready for the pre-season!