Where You At?

In the 2011 NFL draft the Chiefs selected Pittsburgh wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin. In the 2012 season Baldwin has accumulated a grand total of 16 catches. Compare that to other first -round, second-year wide receivers. AJ Green has 67 receptions, 1,022 yards and 10 touchdowns while Julio Jones has 53 receptions, 883 yards and 6 touchdowns (while sharing targets from Matt Ryan with pro-bowler Roddy White). While both of the other receivers were top ten draft picks and Baldwin was the 26th pick, they were the only three receivers drafted in the first round. When you're drafted you're always going to be compared to the other players drafted around you and that's inevitable.

Saying Baldwin has not lived up to expectations is an understatement. With those 16 catches that he has, he has only 224 yards and has yet score. Since Baldwin can't/has yet to perform, and Steve Breaston has all but disappeared, the Chiefs have been desperate to find replacements. Dexter McCluster who isn't even a full time receiver is our second leading receiver after Dwayne Bowe and running back Jamaal Charles is third. Last week we started Jamar Newsome who was on the practice squad the day before.

With the 2013 class of quarterbacks being a weak one, I look for the Chiefs to draft a wide out in the first round, even though I don't think they should. I want Manti Te'o at linebacker to complete a linebacking corps of Derrick Johnson, Tamba Hali, and Justin Houston. Who will be throwing to that receiver is still up in the air but I wouldn't be shocked to see Michael Vick in red next year (by far not my first choice).