Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "KCTV5 News"
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Dorsey turned the ship around, but yeah. I think Veach piloted it to the quay. I think Dorsey brought more analytics, but I think Veach leans more towards the game film and live-game evaluations than measuring tape and stopwatches. There's still no getting away from the underwear olympics (Combine), they've been very successful getting drafted-for-need players on the field and producing.
I don't like seeing drafting for need, after decades of Carl Peterson taking best player available at position of need, and settling for lesser players because the need was so great and KC had to pick where they sat. Veach and Dorsey both were more aggressive in the draft and more perspicacious. They'll move up to get their guy, if the talent tiers demand it. And they seem to have a much better handle on other teams' needs and intentions. I watched both Peterson and Pioli draft players at the bottom of some huge talent cliffs.
I still see more drafting for need, but when Veach does it, he appears to know what he's doing, and has the draft scoped out to where he knows what he needs to do to get what he needs. No more taking the 5th-best guy, because that's all that's left and they can't or won't trade up.
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