Day 2 Picks - Round 7

The Chiefs finish up the seventh round and the 2008 NFL draft with a couple of interesting picks - DE Brian Johnston and TE Michael Merritt. Johnston has the size to wreak havoc on the defensive line - but his college career at Gardner Webb will not have prepared him for what he will start seeing on Sundays. We like the long term potential. A second tight end? I guess the release of Jason Dunn leaves us with a hole at blocking tight end, but it's hard to justify taking 2 tight ends when you have Tony Gonzalez and a seventh rounder from last year already on your roster. Merritt is 6'4" 263 lbs, so maybe they think they can develop him into a guard like they did with Brian Waters, who was a tight end in college at North Texas.