Deadspin: glenn dorsey

An MRI For Deuce And $22 Million For Dorsey

KOGOD — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:20:00 EDT

After yesterday's practice at the Saints training camp Deuce McAllister's surgically repaired left knee was swollen enough to send the running back in for an MRI exam. The move is just precautionary, but the idea of losing Deuce to another injury is to make a Saints fan throw up all over their Reggie Bush jerseys.

• Kansas City draft pick Glenn Dorsey has reportedly agreed to terms on a contract that gives him a guaranteed payday of $23 million according to Adam Schefter. The contract runs for five years and is worth a total of $51 million. Dorsey is expected to use his newfound wealth to purchase the Kansas City Chiefs.

• Asante Samuel, the biggest offseason acquisition of the Philadelphia Eagles, left practice today with a hamstring injury. If it's anything serious it could give his backup Lito Sheppard some more leverage in his contract negotiations. Disappreciate my ass now, bitches!

• Something something Brett Favre.

The Chiefs Drafted...Well?

Christmas Ape — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:30:35 EDT

We've been cautioned and chastened by many a pundit over the years that it takes years to properly assess the success of any given draft. That may be true, but with the Chiefs unloading Jared Allen to the Vikings for picks, it was important for them to make a splash. Everything seemed to go their way, with Glenn Dorsey, considered by many the top defensive prospect, dropping to them at 5. Later in the first, they were able to trade up to nab Branden Albert, who had been projected as a possible top 10 pick, at 15. Coupled with the second round choice of solid, albeit undersized, corner Brandon Flowers and it's hard not to be excited for once in Kansas City. And the Chiefs have nine more picks today.

Sleep well, Aaron Rodgers: As if the Packers new starter didn't have enough pressure placed on him, the Pack went out and grabbed Louisville's Brian Brohm near the end of the second round. With the next selection, the Dolphins got Michigan's Chad Henne, possibly signaling doom for the prosperous John Beck era in Miami.

Zorning in America: It seems the new Redskins coach has some interesting designs on the offense, taking two receivers and a tight end with Washington's three second round picks. Country cousin Jason Campbell must be thrilled to get a receiver taller than 5' 3".

Icy Draft: A lot of analysts had nice things to say about the Falcons' choice of Matt Ryan at no. 3. Less pleased are Falcons fans themselves, who have far fewer plaudits for the pick. Some Titans fans are similarly bemused with their team's stubborn refusal to take anyone to help the passing game.

Homerism alert: It's a day later and I'm still confounded by the Steelers first round choice of Rashard Mendenhall. A lot of Steelers fans never came around on Fast Willie Parker, preferring the power back model of old. Parker's propensity to fumble didn't help matters either, but Mendenhall hasn't fared any better in that regard. Parker's season-ended injury late last year wasn't expected to have any lasting repercussions and they had at least an adequate back-up in Najeh Davenport. With more pressing needs (say, offensive and defensive lines) it's hard to understand a pick that might have been inspired from two torchings by the tandem of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew.

1st Round, Fifth Overall: Chiefs Select Glenn Dorsey

mike tanier — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:34:32 EDT

The big question in March was whether Dorsey had super-secret-surgery on his balky knees. How secret surgery even possible? I can't get a hemorrhoid removed without six referrals and a signed affidavit from the president of my insurance company. But somehow one of the top NFL prospects can sneak in some clandestine arthroscopy between breakfast and The Today Show? Maybe he went to one of those back-alley ACL clinics I've heard so much about.

Even if his knees were held together by bungee cords, Dorsey would still be a first round pick. Football elders subscribe to the Planet Theory: there are only so many huge men with athletic ability on the planet, so you better draft them when they are available. Or to put it another way, elite defensive tackles are as rare as planets. After all, there are only eight planets, nine if you count Pluto, eleven if you count Ceres and Eris, the DE/OLB tweeners of the solar system. No matter how you define it, the theory makes sense. If Jupiter is available in Round 1, it makes sense to ignore the red swirling cloud and draft him, otherwise, you'll be trying to select something out of the Mel Kuiper Belt in the fifth round, and your run defense will suffer.

Dorsey earned a clean bill of health during March workouts, where he ran well, looked "svelte" at 305 pounds (which is like looking demure in a leather miniskirt and stiletto heels), and displayed beautifully unscarred knees. The Chiefs know what they are getting: a run-stuffing interior lineman who can flush the quarterback from the pocket and shut down plays before they start by bursting into the backfield before the center exchange is complete. They need that kind of player: the Chiefs sacked just 37 quarterbacks last year, their best lineman is now in Minnesota, and they've had some bad luck drafting defensive tackles in the last few years (remember Ryan Sims)?