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Originally Posted by chiefforlife
I think thats my issue as well.
Im good with FAU and he was realistically one of the picks we expected, its just thinking for a little bit that Murphy, Nolan Smith, Mazi Smith, Anton Harrison, Bresee were all there. Hell at pick 19 it looked like a different draft for us, it was falling perfectly.
Hearing Veach say that they had 16-18 first rounders and FAU was one of them, makes me feel much better. They really liked him and thats great to hear.
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We see this on this board every time a local kid from KU/MU/KSU might be or is drafted by the Chiefs and it usually has no place in reality. I remember the board when Talib was projected as a first round pick and everyone was just like "KU sucks and had a lucky season Talib sucks huge bust". And then he was taken in the first round and had a very nice career with 2 all pro teams. It's almost like scouts from Seattle or New York or Mel Kiper don't have bias about college teams because they cheer for someone else.
Here's the facts: ESPN ranked Manzi, Bresee, and Harrison all lower than FAU. We tried to trade up and who knows maybe they would have taken Murphy if they did. Regardless, ESPN and PFF had him at 32nd best player. SI had him at 39. He was taken well within the range of variance where he was ranked. People need to stop with the "Chiefs are homers and wanted to stay at 31 so they could have a big celebration and draft a home town guy who was a huge reach for feels", as if fans celebrating two super bowls in 4 years with the greatest QB of all time really need to see another local player on the team before they buy a ticket to arrowhead.