2. (54) Turk McBride, DT

Blogged under Bloglockers, The Draft Report, Front Page, General Chiefs Discussion by dawgpounded on Friday 18 May 2007 at 10:24 am

This was a huge reach by the Chiefs, but it fills a big need on the team.   It’s possible that the Chiefs are looking at McBride as more of an end than a tackle, because he’s not strong enough to stand up to a power running game in the Pros.  Many had McBride going in the 3rd or 4th round because he was only a 1-year starter at Tennessee.  McBride is a little small for tackle at 6′3″, 285 and he’s a little too slow (5.0 40) to handle DE.  In 43 games at Tennessee (17 starts), McBride made 121 tackles, 20.5 tackles for a loss, had 6.5 sacks, batted down three passes, forced 3 fumbles and recovered 2 fumbles.  McBride was a major reach by the Chiefs as much better players were on the board when the Chiefs picked him.

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