Thursday, April 28, 2011
And the Pick Is In
And in the first round, picking at number 26 (because of a Baltimore mistake), the Kansas City Chiefs took . . .
Jon Baldwin, wide receiver, from Pitt.
Most people had Baldwin as a second round value at best. With Da'Quan Bowers, Gabe Carimi, and Akeem Ayers still on the board, we made wide receiver our number one priority.
I don't like it.
Baldwin was a good player, but to be picked in the first round? What was all that talk I heard from Scott Pioli about picking the best player available instead of filling a need?
This has need pick written all over it.
I liked how we traded down from 21, and I liked how we were supposedly trying to trade down again for more picks. But to rush up to the podium to beat Baltimore for a pick, and then have Goodell announce Baldwin's name just blew my mind. Why not try to trade the position? They wasted about seven minutes of opportunity to find a trade partner by rushing up to the podium.
Jonathan Baldwin is a 6'4" 228 lb wide receiver. He has the height and prototypical size for a wide receiver. But wasn't wide receiver an area that most people thought we could address in free agency when it came around?
In Pioli we trust?
Well, tonight, I question.
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