2012 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft - The Kansas City Chiefs Select...

With the 11th pick in the 2012 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, Kenneth Taylor selected for the Kansas City Chiefs, who earned the 11th overall pick with a 7-9 record.

With the No. 11 pick in the 2012 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select....

David DeCastro, G, Stanford

The Chiefs' biggest needs are QB & NT, but the top remaining prospects in those positions are Ryan Tannehill and Dontari Poe. Or, as I like to call them, Akili Smith & Ryan Sims.

Tannehill was a WR until mid 2010, has displayed no ability to throw downfield at all, or any ability to go through a progression and find the open man. He locks onto one receiver and throws to him because he doesn't know how to do anything else. He has only 1.5 seasons of playing QB, much less starting, and yet he's the #3 QB prospect behind once in a lifetime prospects Luck & Griffin? If current Chiefs backup Ricky Stanzi were coming out this year, I'd have him rated at least 1 full round ahead of Tannehill. There's no way I'm taking Tannehill in the first 4 rounds, much less at #11 overall.

Poe had one of the most impressive scouting combines in NFL history. He has prototypical size for an NFL nose tackle, displayed superhuman speed for his size, skyrocketed into the top 15 in the draft projections, and yet at Memphis against bottom-of-the-barrel competition he was purely mediocre. How does that happen? He didn't get a lot of tackles, which you'd expect from a nose tackle but not against the opponents Memphis plays. He didn't get a lot of tackles for loss or sacks, despite having speed/strength ratio somewhere above whatever number comes after a googol. There isn't a nose tackle prospect that comes within 60 or 70 picks of Poe's projected spot, but Poe was extremely mediocre against some of the worst offensive lines in college football. I simply cannot spend a first round pick on a guy that looks that unfit for the NFL on the field, no matter what happens when he goes to the track.

So what does that leave? Best player available. The Chiefs are actually very well off. There really isn't a big need at any position, with the possible exception of NT. We'd have liked to trade down, preferably picking up a 2013 1st rounder in the process, but we couldn't agree on a deal. With all the first round busts the last administration drafted on the d-line (Tyson Jackson, Glenn Dorsey, Ryan Sims) it doesn't sound like a Scott Pioli move to take another one this year. Then again, it didn't sound like a Scott Pioli move to draft a safety in the first round and Eric Berry seems to have worked out. With that in mind, a guard at 11 doesn't seem so unlikely. While it has been 15 years since a guard went in the top 16, DeCastro represents the ideal blend of value and need for the Chiefs.

David DeCastro Highlights:

Joe Goodberry's Instant Analysis:

Chiefs have the luxury of going BPA with so few needs on the team. Taking DeCastro completes their line and gives them the last elite player in this draft. DeCastro is ready to not influence contribute, but impact the game. He's a top guard in the NFL today.
Grade: A
Value: +5

Draft Overview:

#	Team	Picked By	Name/Positon of Pick
1	Indianapolis	Alex Neyer	Andrew Luck QB
2	Washington	David Farrelly	Robert Griffin III QB
3	Minnesota	Palewook	Matt Kalil OT
4	Cleveland	Jason Garrison	Justin Blackmon WR
5	Tampa Bay	Andrew Bernius	Morris Claiborne CB
6	St. Louis	Jim0ijk	Quinton Coples DE
7	Jacksonville	AK513	Melvin Ingram DE
8	Miami	Dan Lockhart	Trent Richardson RB
9	Carolina	Jason Blanton	Luke Kuechly LB
10	Buffalo	Casey Penn	Michael Floyd WR
11	Kansas City	Kenneth Taylor	David DeCastro OG
12	Detroit (projected trade)	Andrew Perrotta
13	Arizona	Dan Wolford
14	Dallas	Joshua Foster
15	Philadelphia	Travis Parker
16	New York Jets	Kenneth Taylor
17	Cincinnati (from Oakland)	Jason Garrison
18	San Diego	Anthony Knox
19	Chicago	Steve Whited
20	Tennessee	Jeff Welch
21	Cincinnati	Jason Garrison
22	Cleveland (from Atlanta)	Jason Garrison
23	Seattle (projected trade)	Jared Egner
24	Pittsburgh	Jason Garrison
25	Denver	Jared Morgan
26	Houston	Brett Kollman
27	New England (from New Orleans)	Anthony Knox
28	Green Bay	Travis Castleman
29	Baltimore	Jason Garrison
30	San Francisco	Chris Brown
31	New England	Anthony Knox
32	New York Giants	Matt Leitner