Kanasas City Chiefs 1st-round pick has a long way to go

Oct 25, 2015; Kansas City, MO, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown (84) catches a pass against Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters (22) in the second half at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City won 23-13. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports

Kansas City Chiefs corner Marcus Peters was supposed to be the best corner in the 2015 NFL Draft. The Chiefs picked him because they were desperate to fix their porous pass defense. But as the draft is an inexact science, we are coming to find out the Peters is not the best corner from the class of 2015.

And the Chiefs allowed Ronald Darby, the best corner of the draft class, to get past them in the process. Peters does have three interceptions including pick-6 but outside of that, he has been charbroiled. Kansas City is known for their barbecue but the Chiefs didn’t have barbecue cornerback in mind when they drafted him.

But for a good portion of his game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, he was tasked with covering Antonio Brown. Brown is one of the best route-runners and receivers in the NFL so that didn’t look to good on paper coming in. It looked even worse on the field as Brown turned in a 124-yard day as the Chiefs had to switch Peters off Brown at times.

Peters was badly overmatched as he was often turned around by the crafty Brown. Peters has plenty of time but has a long way to go for him to be the player the Chiefs drafted him to be. Getting to know the receivers in the NFL with more experience and film study will help him take take guesses.

Peters has shown flashes of greatness when guessing right but guessing wrong makes him look just as bad as guessing right makes him look good. He rookie also needs to do better in run support because Le’Veon Bell threw him down too easily on a 3rd down run. But the passing game is a bigger concern with all the receivers in the AFC West.

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