Zerovoltz

im here because this place is fun and has knowledgeable fans. Chiefs fans in general are big homers. Every fan base has them but on Chiefsplanet, etc, it’s not easy or fun to try and have an intelligent football discussion. Some of the best conversations about football I’ve had are with people like transplant or hapless bills fan, jay fix it and riverside.

And of course, just to prove it’s me....this is me and Poncho Billa at the 2018 Draft

Can an Admin look into it or someone tell me how? Mechanics is overated....can he get the ball to his target? Yes. .....a metric of his that really stands out to me...is that he has a pretty high completion rate downfield along with a good depth of target metric to go with it. That says to me that he is identifying targets further downfield than alot of guys AND...and this is the important part..he gets the ball to them. Grier isn't a great runner...but I'll take him as a pocket passer with a GOOD NFL arm that reads the field and can get the ball to targets. Winning from the pocket like this is what it takes to be a consistant winner in the NFL. If the Bengals were to land him in this draft....they'd have something I think...he goes to a spot with an established starter we may never know or will wait a long time to find out......I am still very high on Mason Rudolph...but he's sitting behind Big Ben.

I spelled it wrong the day I signed up.

I actually spelled it wrong the day I signed up for this place.

JaCrispy apparently.

I get this alot. I am not Jeffismagic. ....ironically, I post on a Denver Broncos board (and also Jetsnation) as Zerovoltz, and over there, those guys think I am also a Pat Mahomes guy who reinvented a new name etc. I'm really Zerovoltz. From KC. I live in Dallas/Ft Worth. I met and took pictures with Poncho Billa at the 2018 draft. My wife is a hot asian woman.

If a MOD would move this to the appropriate location, that would be fine.

It's fluid enough right now that I wouldn't either bet for or against what you are saying here.

Yes, Grier. I can certainly understand this view.....Having Kyle Williams retire means there is a spot and need for someone like Ed Oliver...and that would certainly make a ton of sense. I went with Hockenson because I think your coaching staff knows their D is solid...they need to get Allen all the support they can...because the coach and GM's jobs depend on Allen failing or succeeding....not if the D is ranked 5th or 15th. Given that everyones future success or failure is riding on Allens arm....I figure the choice is Hockensen.

My thoughts on this draft. 1. This a ONE QB draft. Kyler Murray is it. (it could be 2 IF Grier ends up in a good spot) I love Murray and I like Grier. The rest of the QB's in this class are garbage. Grier would need to land in a place like Cincinnatti where he'd have a chance to supplant the starter in order for this to become a two QB class. Unfortunately for Grier, I get the impression that a team like Indy or Carolina would take him and he'll ride the bench behind a well established starter. 2. This draft has a TON of DL blue chip prospects at the top. 3. Combine the idea here that it's a one QB draft, and that the blue chips will be available into the 20's and that means your going to have a draft with little or no trading at the top. With no QB to go up for, none of the teams like Washington or Miami will be inclined to pay a price to move up for the 2nd QB in this draft who is probably every bit as good (or bad as the case may be) as the 8th QB. Also, if you can get a Blue chip defender at 20, why trade up to 8, 9 etc? The market conditions aren't going to be there for teams to want to pay to move up. 4. This all means the Bills and others up at the top will be staying put and making a selection. And so, with the 9th pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills select TJ Hockensen, TE, Iowa. My thought here is the Bills believe in their defense and their scheme. By getting involved in an attempt to trade for Antonio Brown, the front office has shown they are all in on getting Josh Allen weaponry. The Bills do not have a weapon at TE on their roster. Hockensen would start from day 1 and make an immedeate impact. 5. The Giants won't take a QB in round 1. The Broncos won't take a QB in round 1. The Dolphins won't take a QB in round 1. The Redskins won't take a QB in round 1 (because I think they will be trading their pick to Arizona for Rosen) In fact, after Murray, the other QB's are going to slide down the board....again, based on my assesment that these QB's suck, coupled with the blue chippers into the 20's...no reason to draft a flawed QB high when you can get the same flawed guy in round 4. I wouldn't be entirely surprised at all if only Murray goes in round 1. 6. Round 2 will see several WR that will prove to be good value selections. Yes, I know you all don't care for the Chiefs fans perspective, but this is high quality analysis and I provide it for free.

I read the leaves differently. This draft, being deep on defense, isn’t going to have any teams trying to move up early. Couple that with my opinion that outside of Kyler Murray ( who I love) this QB class is garbage. I predict no trade up for QB in round one. that said, I believe the Bills stay at 9 and take something on offense, and I’ll go further and say that you go Hockenson at TE. Get Allen every possible weapon you can in the arsenal. Tyler Kroft is not a weapon.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article228833114.html

lol....so uh....how do you embed a tweet here?

If I were the Bills...and had the cap space you all do...I'd totally be all over Duke as a trade target....If KC had any room...I'd want him in KC. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Of the 62 RBs w at least 250 early down rushes+targets the last 3 years, Duke Johnson ranks:<br><br>#2 in yards/play (5.8)<br>#3 in explosiveness<br>#7 in success rate (52%)<br><br>Only 2 RBs rank in the top-10 in all 3 metrics: Johnson &amp; Alvin Kamara.<br><br>Duke Johnson is a weapon &amp; a solid asset. <a href="https://t.co/0ij68lSVkw">https://t.co/0ij68lSVkw</a></p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1112866590381494272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Maybe read the whole thread and you’ll see where it was discussed already.

This is a perfectly rational counterpoint.

The answer to Which backup QB would I rather have? Chad Henne or Josh Rosen? The answer is Rosen. If for some reason Mahomes gets hurt, sucks whatever the reason, then I would love to have Rosen as my next man up. As of today, he is still a well thought of prospect with potential. The Chiefs current back up, Chad Henne is NOT. if Allen were to bust, get hurt, etc, the question here is would you want Matt Barkley or Josh Rosen as the next man up? That is is what the thread is about. The Arizona Cardinals, are about to put Rosen on the market (they should take Murray and keep Rosen, but they aren’t). It it presents an interesting set of circumstances where a QB with a potentially high cieling, will be available at a relatively low price and inexpensive rookie contract

.....if Jimmy Johnson knew Aikman would be the man then he of course in hindsight wouldn’t have also aquired Walsh. He didn’t know what he had. He got both with the idea that one of them would hit. With the rookie pay scale, it’s actually never been easier to afford two of these guys at once. Rosen will likely fetch a second round pick. That is cheap for a QB that still has “potential”. .......another person who clearly hasn’t read the thread. I DO want KC to get him.

go back a couple pages....I'm not Jeffismagic or crayon eater or anyone else.

If you had read the whole thread...you'd see that I have advocated for KC to do this. The Patriots are one of the teams rumored to be very interested.

There isn't a single word in my original post or any of my responses saying that Rosen would be better than Allen or as good. Nothing Rosen did in 2018 suggests much of anything about his future. He may well bust out. He may go on to be good. He's still a guy with "potential" at this point. Just as Allen is a guy with a lot of potential. Neither have become good QB's in the NFL yet. The entire point of this whole thing...AGAIN...is not to say Rosen is better or that you should have drafted Rosen....the point is that a QB who was rated as a first round talent, who has played one year in the NFL, and whose future potential is still difficult to gage, and who many still feel has high end potential and talent...is available to everyone in the NFL right now. My suggestion is that this is a rare and unusual set of circumstances...and gving the 1989 Cowboys as an example of a team who also found themselves in the unusual situation that allowed them to aquire TWO first round rated QB's in the span of a year or less, they did so....as Jimmy Johnson explaned...becasue geting the QB right was too important. The Bills could give themselves a better chance at aquiring said franchise QB, if they had TWO first round rated talents on the roster...if one busted or was injured etc....you'd have anohter guy with POTENTIAL on the roster already who isn't costing much. Most of you are taking this as an anti Allen post...it is not....it is a post about QB development strategy at time when there is a guy available who ordinarily wouldn't be. Allen may well become "the man" you'd trade Rosen for what you could get. Jimmy Johnson ended up trading Walsh later on for a 1st and 3rd. Allen may bust. If he did for some reason....you'd be turning your franchise over to Barclay or some other journeyman. Your fan base has seen enough journeyman don''t you think? Im' simply suggesting that there is an oppertunity to execute a contingency plan unlike anything we've seen in decades. There are a TON of threads here debating Rosen Vs Allen..that isn't what this is about. When you can look at it as a possible insurance plan, instead of a debate on wich Josh...you might see the point.

I did address this in the thread...and I can agree there is some validity to this....my coutner point is that Aikman probalby didn't think it was cool for Jimmy to bring in Walsh. Aikman didn't complain or whine about it...he competed and won. I'd like to think that Allen, who is a professional athlete being handsomely paid...would also compete...If Allen folded up into the fetal position because Rosen arrived on the scene then Allen was never your guy to begin with probably.