Mock (11/14)

[Direckshun]

Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs finish 9-7, make the playoffs, and get drummed out of the first round by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Because we are the Chiefs. We end up picking #23. All staff is retained.

2. The team fails to extend OLB Justin Houston and has to franchise tag him. They do, however, extend S Eric Berry at some point over the next 12 months for about $8-9m a year. Tamba Hali, who for some reason fell off hardcore and only musters 7 sacks by the end of the year, agrees to a three-year extension for $22m ($10m guaranteed), getting a gigantic signing bonus but technically only playing for the vet minimum in 2015.

3. The Chiefs re-sign C Rodney Hudson to a 4 year, $20m deal ($6m guaranteed), DE Kevin Vickerson to a 2 year, $2m deal, and S Ron Parker to a 3 year, $5m deal ($1m guaranteed).

4. The Chiefs cut WR Donnie Avery, WR A.J. Jenkins, TE Anthony Fasano, DE Mike DeVito, ILB Derrick Johnson, CB Jamell Fleming.

5. The Chiefs tender OLB Josh Martin.

6. The Chiefs let walk RB Joe McKnight, WR Junior Hemingway, WR Frankie Hammond, TE Demetrius Harris, OT Ryan Harris, OG Jeff Linkenbach, OG Mike McGlynn, DE Allen Bailey, S Kurt Coleman, and S Kelcie McCray.

7. The Chiefs re-sign ILB Josh Mauga, CB Chris Owens, and LS Thomas Gafford to minimal deals.

8. The Chiefs sign WR Cecil Shorts (Jaguars) to a 4 year, $20m ($6m guaranteed) deal, WR Jermaine Kearse (Seahawks) to a 3 year, $9m ($1m guaranteed) deal, TE Lance Kendricks (Rams) to a 2 year, $4m deal.

9. They receive four compensatory picks: a 3rd (Albert), two 5ths (Asamoah + Jackson), and a 7th (McCluster).

On with the show:



1.23. DE Mario Edwards, Jr., Florida State

The Chiefs are in Super Bowl contention in 2015. They've put together an offense that will give Alex Smith tons of options on every down, and should stay together in its entirety for at least two years: Charles, Davis, DAT, Bowe, Shorts, Kearse, Kelce, and Kendricks. They've also retained Hali for a few more years, to allow Dee Ford more time to develop, and they've got enough options at both corner and safety.

The biggest loss of this hypothetical offseason is Allen Bailey. DJ has at least been adequately replaced by Mauga (and my 2nd round pick), but there is no substitution for the heat that Bailey could bring.

Edwards, however, is a perfect example of a Dorsey selection. At 6'3", 295 lbs, he was illfitted at rushbacker for the Seminoles, but he did show tons of explosion and power rushing the passer. The Chiefs have Kevin Vickerson, Jaye Howard, and Mike Catapano at DE, but the more time the coaches get with Super Mario, he's going to have ridiculous upside.

2.55. ILB Eric Kendricks, UCLA

The Chiefs need a leader who can hit hard, penetrate the pocket, and drop into coverage at the ILB position. Mauga can do all three decently. JMJ can only really cover. And Joe Mays can only really hit hard. Kendricks is the best talent they've drafted at the position since DJ himself.

3.87. OG Josue Matias, Florida State

Matias is a powerful run blocker at the point of attack, and would immediately compete to start against Jeff Allen at LG. Surrounded by Fisher, Hudson, and Fulton, all of whom will have another year under their belts, Matias could honestly plug-and-play just fine.

3.96. CB Jalen Collins, LSU

A guy who times poorly, but plays face, the 6'2" Collins can provide a lot more length and lockdown ability for the Chiefs' secondary.

4.124. CB/S Byron Jones, Connecticut

Jones is a 6'0" corner with safety experience. Due to his season-ending shoulder surgery, it's hard to tell where exactly he'll fall, but if Sutton wants to commit more to this off-man zone he's been running, Jones is a perfect candidate.

5.163. NT Phillip Dukes, South Carolina

Vance Walker costs a lot for a guy that plays 10 snaps a game. We're probably going to have to keep him for another year, but Dukes will give us some options if we want to part ways in 2016.

5.174. TE Tyler Kroft, Rutgers

Dorsey, for ONCE in his life, takes a step outside his prototype for the TE position. Demetrius Harris was barely panning out, and the Chiefs need a 3rd TE for their 3 TE sets. Kroft is an athletic receiving TE who can benefit from some coaching on his blocking abilities -- if they could teach a basketball player to do it, they can teach a lifelong TE to do it.

5.175. WR Malcolm Mitchell, Georgia

An incredible receiving talent that the Chiefs can afford to gamble on since, including DAT, the Chiefs are now four-deep at WR. Mitchell is just a fantastic player, but has struggled with multiple injures in his legs at Georgia.

6.193. RB Josh Robinson, Mississippi State

A thick bowling ball that give the Chiefs a little more muscle.

7.238. K Spencer Roth, Baylor

An excellent kicker under pressure, and it's honestly time we challenge Cairo Santos again. We get it, Dave Toub, you can turn anybody into an effect special teamer. Please replace the midget.

7.254. OT Rob Havenstein, Wisconsin

A large, powerful runblocker, the Chiefs can bench Havenstein to get his pass protection up to snuff for a year or two.

[Direckshun]

QB: Smith, Daniel, Murray vs. Bray
RB: Charles, Davis, Thomas, Gray, Robinson
FB: Sherman

WR: Bowe, Shorts, Kearse, Thomas, Mitchell
TE: Kelce, Kendricks, Kroft

LT: Fisher, Stephenson
LG: Matias, Allen
C: Hudson, Kush
RG: Fulton, Allen
RT: Stephenson, Duvarney-Tardif, Havenstein

DE: Vickerson, Howard
NT: Poe, Walker, Dukes
DE: Edwards, Catapano

OLB: Hali vs. Ford
ILB: Mays, Mauga
ILB: Kendricks, Johnson
OLB: Houston, Martin

CB: Smith, Gaines, Owens, Collins, Jones
S: Berry, Abdullah, Parker, Commings, Jones

K: Roth
P: Colquitt
LS: Gafford

[RunKC]

Damn I was gonna do a mock with Mario as my 1st rd pick. It would be sad losing Bailey though. I think he needs to be kept any way possible.

[jonzie04]

Like the offseason plan kendricks would be a beast behind kelce. Like shorts and kearse pickups.

Like the draft position wise vs the offsesson. Id much rather have a cb or tackle in the first than an end not named oakman. Couldnt inagine how nasty our d could be if we had a secondary even comparable to arizona or seattles. Also I love eric kendricks as a second rounder, but I very highy doubt hes there.

[kcchiefsus]

Still have shit at wide receiver, even with those signings. **** you. Let's draft a ****ing wide receiver.

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by kcchiefsus

Still have shit at wide receiver, even with those signings. **** you. Let's draft a ****ing wide receiver.

Not a fan of Mitchell, I take it.

[OldSchool]

Shorts and Mitchell would count for only 1 WR. Chances are that they'll each only play half of the season. Shorts is always dinged up for one reason or another. Mitchell has his own injury issues.

[O.city]

Like the Kendrick signing.

Instead of targeting free agent wrs I'd target one lower level one and shoot for Iupati should he be let free.

[jonzie04]

Originally Posted by O.city

Like the Kendrick signing.

Instead of targeting free agent wrs I'd target one lower level one and shoot for Iupati should he be let free.

nomnomnom, now youre talking.

[Halfcan]

6. The Chiefs let walk RB Joe McKnight, WR Junior Hemingway, WR Frankie Hammond, TE Demetrius Harris, OT Ryan Harris, OG Jeff Linkenbach, OG Mike McGlynn, DE Allen Bailey, S Kurt Coleman, and S Kelcie McCray.

Whoops-first miss.

[DaneMcCloud]

Strike One

[jonzie04]

Originally Posted by Halfcan

6. The Chiefs let walk RB Joe McKnight, WR Junior Hemingway, WR Frankie Hammond, TE Demetrius Harris, OT Ryan Harris, OG Jeff Linkenbach, OG Mike McGlynn, DE Allen Bailey, S Kurt Coleman, and S Kelcie McCray.

Whoops-first miss.

damn didnt even catch that. what was your reasoning behind letting bailey go shun? its incredibly hard to find 5 techs who can rush the passer.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by jonzie04

damn didnt even catch that. what was your reasoning behind letting bailey go shun? its incredibly hard to find 5 techs who can rush the passer.

Direckshun has no reasoning. He just likes to make mock drafts every day.

[ILChief]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Damn I was gonna do a mock with Mario as my 1st rd pick. It would be sad losing Bailey though. I think he needs to be kept any way possible.

Done

[Direckshun]

Originally Posted by jonzie04

damn didnt even catch that. what was your reasoning behind letting bailey go shun? its incredibly hard to find 5 techs who can rush the passer.

Agreed.

Not that I expect anyone to notice, but I've retained Bailey in every one of my offseason hypotheticals (so of course as soon as I assume we lose him, we extend him...).

These are just hypotheticals I toss out, to see how it would affect the draft. That said, we don't have a ton of cap space this year, and someone's going to be the odd man out. In this hypothetical, we retained Berry, Hali, Hudson, Parker, and Houston, while losing Bailey and DJ.

I couldn't be more pleased that we don't have to be making any more hypotheticals about Bailey for a few years.