Blame it on the Draft: Chiefs' Failures Largely Tied to Poor Drafting from 1999-2005

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Blame it on the Draft: Chiefs' Failures Largely Tied to Poor Drafting from 1999-2005

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Note: This is fairly unscientific and a lot of these grades are based purely on opinion. Still, it paints a painful picture of how bad the Chiefs have been at drafting the last 10 years. I used 1999 as a cutoff date because I feel that that is an age where players could still reasonably play in the NFL today.

This draft analysis has important implications

2005:
3 / 9 roster success rate (DJ, Colquitt, Parquet), 1 / 9 starter success rate (DJ)
Subjective, I know, but for as good as Colquitt has been, there is no way you can credit a front office for landing a top quality punter in the second round

2004:
3 / 7 roster success rate (Kris Wilson, Keyaran Fox, Jared Allen), 1 / 7 starter success rate (Allen)

2003:
4 / 8 roster success rate (LJ, Kawika Mitchell, Jordan Black, Jimmy Wilkerson), 2 / 8 starter success rate (LJ, Kawika Mitchell)

2002:
2 / 5 roster success rate (Sims, Fujita), 1 / 5 "quality" starter success rate (Fujita)

2001:
2 / 9 roster success rate (Sands, Beisel), 1 / 9 starter success rate (Sands)

2000:
2 / 8 roster success rate (Wesley, Dante Hall), 2 / 8 starter success rate

1999:
2 / 6 roster success rate (Stills, Tait), 1 / 6 starter success rate

Tally up that track record and you have an 18 / 52 roster success rate (35%) and a 9 / 52 starter success rate (17%).

That's a great way to transition into the next segment where we're start talking about Lynn Stiles--the failures of today can largely be attributed to Carl Peterson and Lynn Stiles' failures in the draft room during this time period.

Tags: Carl Peterson, Draft, Kansas City Chiefs, Lynn Stiles, NFL

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Posted by Big Lee, January 1, 2009 1:07 AM

Good post, Jon. I think you need to add that Vermeil was disinterested at best in developing young guys. In that respect he was the anti-Herm, or Bizarro Herm, or whatever analogy you want to use.

The guys may have been poor from those drafts, but if Vermeil needed a guy, he always seemd far more likely to bring in a street guy to fill the void, rather than try someone already on the roster.

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