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Great Article on Drafting Process (insight on Dorsey's school of thought) (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=281983)

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Originally Posted by SNR (Post 11444948)

How do you explain the Dee Ford pick?

Or Phillip Gaines when there was still a ****ton of WR talent available, which was the Chiefs' most urgent position of need that entire offseason?

No team that claims to go with a BPA draft strategy will follow it verbatim, otherwise you'd see a draft one of these years where 4 or 5 players of the same position get drafted (even though last year came close with the Packers and Jaguars both picking 3 WRs each).

But there are quite a number of teams that definitely embrace the spirit of the BPA philosophy. If the 2014 (and 2013 draft to some extent) are any indications, then we can expect John Dorsey's Chiefs to fall in that category.

How far will that philosophy extend this year? Would the Chiefs pick Alvin Dupree if he fell to 18? My guess is they'd probably try to weasel a trade down, but we all know how much Dorsey sucks at negotiating those kinds of things. If nothing was available in the way of a trade down, and the options basically come down to Cam Erving or Alvin Dupree, I'm guessing that Dorsey would take Alvin Dupree.

Dbs were much more critical a need than wrs last offseason. Let's not forget the panic we all had going into the season with the secondary we had.

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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501 (Post 11444961)

Dbs were much more critical a need than wrs last offseason. Let's not forget the panic we all had going into the season with the secondary we had.

Only fools were worried about the secondary. I was not, and it wasn't because I thought Phillip Gaines was going to play meaningful snaps and do somewhat well. I was fairly confident that we would have an improved secondary from 2013, and I was definitely right. Considering we had Berry's bad ankle and his lymphoma diagnosis as well as the spotty health of our newly acquired dimeback, my assertion was more true than I even thought.

Not hating on Gaines at all. I think he's a good player, and I'm glad we made that selection, but if you're going to be like Tuckdaddy and claim that BPA is bullshit, then the Phillip Gaines pick CLEARLY muddies up that assertion. WR was such a glaring need this offseason and the draft was so deep and stocked with WR talent that it would totally have been acceptable and understandable for Dorsey to break with his BPA strategy and take maybe the 2nd or 3rd player on his board as long as it was a WR.

But Dorsey stuck to his BPA guns. And I personally think it paid off even at the expense of our putrid play from all WRs not named Bowe last year.