Unless KState is teaching slow get off, and they very well could be, I'm just not sure what the upside they saw in this guy outside of bulking up to become a power rusher because you don't get faster as you age

Sure you can miss with the last pick of the 1st, and I'm not trying to crucify anyone in hindsight, but I mean, you can't beat out Mike Danna? IDGAF how old you are

Not sure who the Chiefs could have taken there that would have been better?

LaPorta I suppose….

Bro has the get off of the CP server but maybe Tamba can roll with him on the mat in the offseason

Should've taken LaPorta

Nolan Smith i think qualifies, although I guess could be seen as a rush backer. I remember a lot of people thinking he was too light despite him stonewalling plenty of capable college OLs. Turns out the tape didn't lie, and being really fast also translates to the NFL.

He’s been pretty good. Numbers are good, not elite like some believe.

I’d probably argue Brian Branch would’ve been the pick in hindsight.

I wanted Joey Porter Jr

Porter Jr or Laporta were obvious picks that would have been better, Brian Branch was maybe a little less obvious but yea would have been better.

I don’t recall if Tuli Tuipulotu was thought of highly enough to go late first but in hindsight he would have been a pretty solid pick at DE.

FAU probably maxes out as an AJ Epenesa type with 6-7 sacks likely being his ceiling. It happens, at this point I just hope he actually gets the snaps to get to that point and shows enough that they can save $9 million next year by letting go of Danna.

In hindsight, right? Because I'd love to see the receipts of you or anyone banging the table for LaPorta in the 1st before the draft.

Do you understand how stupid and futile it is to play this dumb game?

The only one that works without hindsight is Porter Jr. and they were never going to draft a CB in the 1st for the 2nd year in a row. They drafted 4 CBs total the year before. FAU was a solid pick at the time that made sense. It is what it is. You idiots will never learn that nobody bats a thousand.

Too bad you didn't have the balls to join the CP mock. Would've been a good way to show you this shit isn't easy, and that's going against other reeruns too.

I wanted LaPorta over Felix then...and when they passed was hoping they'd try to get Mayer that the Raiders picked just cause I wanted Kelce replacement and see both play. Wasn't that mad but disappointed at the time

Where's the receipts? You also had LaPorta over Mayer?

I had Tom Brady as the #1 QB in the 2000 draft.

No, really, I did. Just believe me.

I told everyone we should draft Puka Nacua in the 1st round over that JAG from Lee's Summit. People just didn't listen.

Is FAU every going to be a starting DE for us or in the NFL?

Probably not.

Guess it depends mostly on how broadly you define the term. I mean technically Mike Danna was a starting DE for us -- FAU can be that. He can be as good or better than Danna was.

But is he ever going to be the sort of genuine asset as a starter that Karlaftis is? Nah -- I don't really think he will.

This will be the year we find out. This is when he should take the leap.

The fact that they were happy to slow play Omenihu creates some confidence.

The fact that they still brought Omenihu back then shakes it a bit.

I really don't know what he's going to be. But I think a better version of Danna and/or lesser version of Omenihu should be a fair bar for him to clear. Somewhere between those 2 guys is a fine, if unspectacular, use of the 1st rounder.

Obviously you're not gonna go very far if that's all you EVER get from your 1st round picks, but if that's what your 1st round 'busts' amount to, you're in really really good shape.

LMAO

LMAO I just can't stop watching it...

I expect career years from Omenihu, Felix and Karlaftis. 2 of these guys are in money years and Felix knows it’s time to put up or shut up. He wants that 5th yr option. That’s money on the table for him too.

Hard not to have a career year for Felix with the bar laying on the ground

wiffing on a 1st rounder happens but still hurts you.