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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
$78 million in Dead Cap Space under Dorsey, massive lack of depth, inability to draft pass rushers, cornerbacks, (outside of Peters, who was a head case coming out of college), linebackers and overall poor roster management.
I've said this before but Veach was able to add more talent in 3 months on the job (Butker, Ragland and KPL) than Dorsey did via the draft in 2017.
With 6 draft picks in 2017, Dorsey drafted exactly one impact player in Kareem Hunt.
Three of Dorsey's 2016 picks are no longer on the roster and two were cut before the season began in 5th rounder Kevin Hogan and 3rd rounder Keivarie Russell. While he hit on Hill (another troubled player) and Chris Jones (who slipped due to laziness), Ehinger, Murray and Robinson have been disappointments.
Don't even get me started on the 2013 and 2014 drafts. Sheesh.
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You are right about dead cap space and I agree with that point completely. Using hindsight, who and how would you have picked differently this past draft ahead of Kareem Hunt? I’m happy with Mahomes and what we had to do to get him. Expecting immediate impact players after round 3 seem an unreasonable standard. So that leaves us arguing about who would have been a better pick than Kpassagnon?
Look, I like what Veach has done so far and hope he’s better than Dorsey. I just think criticizing Dorsey’s drafting is odd. Especially the 2017 draft because of what he gave up for Mahomes.
He missed in the pass rushers because we had spent so much on Houston and Dee Ford teased a little making plenty think he might actually be okay before disappearing last half of last year and this year. Steven Nelson seems average and is starter quality on many teams. He has struggled with the other CBs for sure though. I guess we just see it differently.