[kcbubb]

Nice post crow. You’ve partially won me over. In what ways is Paris that much better than Simmons? I’m curious. Because it can’t athletic ability?

Originally Posted by kccrow

1) I disagree 10-fold with DJ on whether or not Paris Johnson Jr is a good LT. He is, in my opinion, in the top half of LTs in the league and ascending. He played year one at RT and last year at LT. He's going to be really ****ing good.

2) I can also tell you, as an Ohio State fan, that Josh Simmons is nowhere near as good as a college LT as Paris Johnson Jr was. It's not even in the same ballpark. Simmons is solid and a top-20 or so player, but he's not a top-10 pick in any draft.

3) I have said before, and will reiterate, that I would not touch Simmons before pick 63. Sure, do your diligence and figure out what you can, but you won't really know anything about whether or not he'll make it until he puts the pads on and has to drive other 300+ pound men on that leg repeatedly. I don't trust how much testing they can subject him to right now versus that actual on-field evaluation.

Given that it's a tendon, there is blood flow, and there is no doubt the injury is fully healed at this point. He isn't going to fail from a purely "medical" perspective. The question is with physiology. Can he perform a full knee extension with the same amount of power he did before and without it causing recurring issues of swelling and tendinitis?

This is about as bad of an injury as any football player can sustain, and offensive line is one of the absolute worst positions to sustain it at. The data is HORRENDOUS when it comes to this, and I've posted a study on it in the draft forum. He is, without a doubt, an absolute shot in the dark and I just cannot bring myself to champion that in round 1.

Plenty of other teams are also checking him out right now. That doesn't mean any of them are comfortable with him in round 1, and it doesn't mean the Chiefs are. Hell, the Chiefs burn most of their top-30 visits on UDFAs. If they draft one from that crop, that's about max, but they usually bring in a couple UDFAs from it. I wouldn't read much into that.