[The Franchise]

OK......#3 pick in the draft to hold a clip board when we have EMPTY positions at LB???? I don't get why we would do that.....this team is going to pick high again next year when their is a better QB class with the bargin rate of the rookie cap in place. I just don't get why everyone wants a QB in a weak QB class like this one.....Pioli finds the diamonds in the ruff (Brady and Castle), so why put all our marbles in one bag?

I see....so we take a second round projected player at the 3rd overall pick for an 80 million + dollar contract to....hold a clipboard for a year or two before we even find out if we made a HUGE mistake or not, while ignoring serious needs on a defense that came in next to dead last??? Ah yes...the reasons that we haven't seen a SuperBowl since SuperBowl 4 are becoming clearer and clearer now....

Maybe he has the arm, and skills, but no where near the enough on the field experience. Not only that, who hasnt looked coming out of USC? He is too raw, and would be sitting for his first 2 seasons or so. Mark Sanchez is just a product of the best team in the coutry, and an overhyped one at that. I

Sanchez will graduate before he could start his next college season anyway. He is not actually coming out early. USC red shirted him that's why he has a year left. In that clip he seems to have all the throws, and works well under blitz pressure. With a good pro QB coach this guy will be great. I just don't think the Chiefs are ready for a rookie starter QB this year. If they take him I will be excited, he has great potential. I just hope they give him a better shot than they did Brodie. Brodie could have been a great QB with the Patriots, just not here. He would have a better shot if he could get drafted further down, and not get rushed onto the field. He maybe pro ready, but the rest of our squad isn't ready for what it will take for him to be successful.

Now if we could trade into a top 10 pick with our #3, and maybe a second, then package that second with what ever we can get for all the guys we are getting rid of this year LJ included, and trade back in to the bottom of the first round, and if Sanchez is still there, then you grab him, and take a RT earlier. I doubt Sanchez falls below Detroit's pick in the second round. But I don't see an overwhelming need at QB that would cause him to get drafted earlier than say the Buc's.

One of the reasons the Detroit Lions have been so bad is because they have failed to develop a good offensive line. Instead they tend to address the glamor positions like the wide out and qb position with their first round draft picks. Case in point, Joey Harrington. Although Joey Harrington was probably over hyped coming out of college, the lack of an offensive line definitely played a role in why he failed to develop like they had hoped.

A young qb tends to lose his confidence if he gets lit up over and over again. Another example would be David Carr who got the snot knocked out of him at a record breaking pace while he was with the Texans. Since his time with the Texans he's spent time with the Panthers and the Giants. Not quite a journey man quarterback but if he continues to bounce around the league then he'll be classified as one just like Joey Harrington.

This is precisely why investing a high round round draft pick in a qb is not only a bad investment but is downright lunacy if the offensive line hasn't been addressed. Then the young qb will have time to survey the field and not develop bad habits like happy feet and throwing nothing but dump off passes because they have zero confidence in their offensive line.

In summary, drafting potential studs at wide out and or qb makes absolutely no sense if you don't address the o line first. Championship teams are built in the trenches first. With Pioli in charge, I'm fairly confident that the Chiefs will not make the same kind of mistakes that the Detroit Lions made when Matt Milen was in charge.
Much as it pains me to say it the Chiefs don't have a great history as a winning franchise like the Steelers or the Cowboys. Sure, we played in Superbowl 1, but we did not win it. Also, we have not won a play off game since Joe Montana was our quarterback.

God.....****ing reeruned.