Why would we drop Avery

I saw that in Gothamist.

Exactly. Going back to horizontal, what WR in a late round would be an obvious bet to beat out Avery for a roster spot?

Highly doubtful.

Our WR corps is too thin to drop a proven commodity.

Avery's production does not merit his cap #. His salary for '14 is about 3X that of Jenkins and they're both similar types of receivers. (Speed) It goes up quite a bit more for 2015. Bowe's contract is uber inflated and there's only so much $ you can allocate at a specific position. Dumping Avery gives them extra money to go after a sure handed young receiver that has gotten better every year (Tate). All speculation of course, but the logic is valid.

Reread the post: Golden Tate

2 touchdowns and less than 600 yards? And almost 3X the salary as Jenkins? :hmmm:

chiefs have 6 picks. Last yr the chiefs made player for player trades with Jenkins and Sherman. They gave up 2 second round picks for Smith. Then Dorsey tried to gain a better 2014 late pick by trading a 7th and Edgar Jones for a 6th.

Chiefs had a 7 player draft class in 2013, but also had the advantage of being the first in the waiver wire (which is like having a bunch of extra late picks). Chiefs don't have that benefit this yr. They need more picks to take advantage of this deep draft class, and reduce risk.

As for Free Agency

I only expect to see the chiefs pursue CUT players. Chiefs will likely get 2015 comp picks for Albert, Schwartz, and Asamooah leaving. They might even get lucky with something for Mcluster. Signing FREE AGENTS can negate comp picks, while CUT players wont. The team might as well use that salary cap space on signing Alex Smith, Houston, and Berry long term.

So, in other words. We draft like how many of us have been saying. BPA at position of need. Nothing really new to see here.

If you need it watered down, yes. There's a lot more in there, though, outside of what I posted in the OP.

Specifically, I like how we are not only looking at the areas that need to be upgraded, but also weighing those prospects against our current roster.

So they just suck at the draft then?

You think it's a little early to determine the overall value of last years draft, or no?

Everybody is offering the overall value of last year's draft as an excuse for drafting Fisher when he showed on the field he wasn't BPA and didn't fill a position of need.

So is it too early or not?

Got some flawed logic going on up in here.

Don't be a vagina. The book isn't written on ANY of the draft picks from last year, including Fisher.

The article talks specifically, as do several people in this thread, about Dorsey's school of thought on the draft.

The article contends that he uses a BPA scheme, weighted by position of need.

Fisher doesn't fit either of those. His play on the field bears out that he wasn't the BPA, and the fact that he couldn't even secure a starting spot full time says he didn't fill a position of need.

It was a panic pick because the draft sucked, nothing more, nothing less. Dorsey isn't infallible, and his "draft strategy" isn't revolutionary.