Saturday, January 19, 2008

Talib to Top 10

I had the radio on in the car and Mel Kiper (of NFL Draft analysis fame) said the Kansas junior cornerback Aqib Talib is the highest rated corner on his list and should go in the top 10 overall.

Kansas hasn't had a player this highly touted in a long time (Dana "all-juiced-up" Stubblefield perhaps?) and that's quite an honor. That doesn't mean he'll pan out of course; Mel Kiper is given more latitude for being wrong than any other pundit in America. Every year Kiper's educated guess is wrong most of the time but he's still lauded as the NFL draft expert, primarily because he's the only one willing to memorize all of these guys names.

But this high regard for Talib puts the Chiefs in an interesting place. They will be drafting in a spot where Talib would be a reasonable pick and would address an area of need. Drafting local talent is a typical Chiefs move as they've taken fliers on KU and K-State players regularly with little success. I would rather see them draft a solid offensive lineman but we're still talking about Carl Peterson, so Talib might just be a sure thing.

3 comments:

another71.com said...

They will be drafting in a spot where Talib would be a reasonable pick and would address an area of need.

I wouldn't call taking Talib with the 5th overall pick "reasonable". :/

Thumper said...

By reasonable, I mean people like Mel Kiper and Carl Peterson would go for it. I'm certainly not advocating anything of the kind. Get me some Jake Long or Ryan Clady!

another71.com said...

Gotcha.

Kiper has no accountability for his picks like you eluded to.

There's another mock draft on espn.com -- I think from Todd Shay (?) and he has Talib going 15 to the Lions, which makes sense.

Chiefs need to grab Long, Matt Ryan (if he drops) or look at trading down.

What do I know...I can't even manage a good fantasy football team.