wilkie 1,518 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I know I know...these young punks today blah blah blah The Chiefs used to hold their draft in June with the other teams. It was always in Madison Square Garden. Usually it was on a Monday and Tuesday. They could draft about 4 or 5 players on day 1 of the draft and the rest....usually 13 picks on day 2 of the draft. We the fans would get updates on the Chiefs draft every 2 hours or so. KCMO which was flagship station of Chiefs broadcasts would give a 5 minute summary of who the Chiefs had but very little on the player himself. If you wanted to know the value of a player you had to subscribe to Pro Football Weekly draft supplemental edition. Then when your player was announced you would quickly read the newspaper looking for the name, hoping he was there. I remember reading some of the strange names....Gary Butler..Brian Joczwiak, Ethan Horten, Woody Green, Todd Blackledge, Paul Palmer, Steve Fuller and the strangest 1st round pick the Chiefs ever selected: Terzelle Jenkins. Jenkins was not even in the newspaper anywhere. We would have to wait until Wednesdays Kansas City Star to read what Bill Richardson had written about each of the Chiefs picks. In the 70s the Chiefs picked a player from Kentucky #1, the name escapes me, who never played a down for them. He went to prison after the Chiefs drafted him. Anyway, the draft was just another day. It started to become big business when ESPN carried them. Now its a mega football event. But despite all the hoopla and promotion..... Its still the same crapshoot its been since its inception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoStud 3,253 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Then Thomas Edison flew his kite, women were granted voting rights, Al Gore invented the internet, and here we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,209 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Wilkie is referring to Elmore Stephans. Actually, the Chiefs draft history is pathetic if one looks back. I'd estimate that over 50% of the first round picks were busts and some drafts had no benefit to the team at all. What's scary is that the last time the Chiefs traded out of the first to get two seconds, they picked Junior Siavii and Kris Wilson. What a fiasco that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroncoStud 3,253 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I thought that Todd Blackledge pick was pretty solid though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eraser 722 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 The Chiefs are rated 18th among 32 teams for successful picks in the first round. Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,209 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 The Chiefs are rated 18th among 32 teams for successful picks in the first round. Not good. They were near average? Man, think what the lower teams' fans have gone through all those years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xen 1,010,220 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I thought that Todd Blackledge pick was pretty solid though... Shut up shuttin' up, rabbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilkie 1,518 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Share Posted May 2, 2016 ELMORE STEPHENS. THATS THE GUY. Never even made it to the first camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kychief 239 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 who was the guy from Kentucky that wound up in the pen?...yoo lazy to look and its fun to see peoples opinions that actually remember.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetlord 10,209 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 who was the guy from Kentucky that wound up in the pen?...yoo lazy to look and its fun to see peoples opinions that actually remember.. Elmore Stephens. He was drafted in the second round because Stram had traded off the first round pick. The Chiefs only had 11 pick in the seventeen rounds because of stupid trades and out of the 11, only one made the team, Morris LeGrand, a RB who was released after 11 games. The other ten never played a down of NFL football. Stephens was traded to the Giants during his rookie TC, and they released him after a month or so. Someone robbed his apartment in KY. and he and two friends kidnapped the guy they thought did it, put him in a car trunk, then murdered him and dumped the body in the river. The victims girlfriend IDed Stephens and when the body washed up, he was charged with the murder and got 21 years. This was the guy who was going to replace Arbanas. Side note: Paul Wiggins was named head coach just a few days before the draft and the Chiefs scouting department was a joke. That probably had a lot to do with why the draft that year is now considered the worst in NFL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMO 6,811 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 IIRC, John Amos was drafted by the Chiefs. Running back. After a few days at camp, they told him he should find another line of work. Dy-no-mite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kychief 239 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 hey jet..thanks..I think.. can't go wrong with a Kentucky guy..geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilyous2 884 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I thought that Todd Blackledge pick was pretty solid though... Yeah. Monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilyous2 884 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Elmore Stephens. He was drafted in the second round because Stram had traded off the first round pick. The Chiefs only had 11 pick in the seventeen rounds because of stupid trades and out of the 11, only one made the team, Morris LeGrand, a RB who was released after 11 games. The other ten never played a down of NFL football. Stephens was traded to the Giants during his rookie TC, and they released him after a month or so. Someone robbed his apartment in KY. and he and two friends kidnapped the guy they thought did it, put him in a car trunk, then murdered him and dumped the body in the river. The victims girlfriend IDed Stephens and when the body washed up, he was charged with the murder and got 21 years. This was the guy who was going to replace Arbanas. Side note: Paul Wiggins was named head coach just a few days before the draft and the Chiefs scouting department was a joke. That probably had a lot to do with why the draft that year is now considered the worst in NFL history. The guy was thrilling. That was the time that Jack Steadman became more interested in bedding as many women as he could while building Worlds of Fun into a money machine. The team was an afterthought. I can't believe how long he was GM. He must have shared some of his women with Lamar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard 2,061 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Then Thomas Edison flew his kite, women were granted voting rights, Al Gore invented the internet, and here we are. Thomas Edison flew his kite? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 303Chiefs Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Thomas Edison flew his kite? Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor! Lol! Oh come on, you're telling me Edison never flew a kite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHard 2,061 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Only on Denver I guess. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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