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Draft Selections
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (KC)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (KC)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (KC)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Joe Royer Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (KC)
Joe Royer
TE Cincinnati
J'Mari Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (KC)
J'Mari Taylor
RB Virginia
Gracen Halton Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (KC)
Gracen Halton
DL Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Chiefs let Sarratt fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

Call it larceny. Elijah Sarratt sat on the board until Round 3, Pick 10, and the Chiefs did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

They punted on offensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Halton reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 David Bailey
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a double-digit-sack hope. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren in pick 40 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick74 Rnd3 Elijah Sarratt
Steal is underselling it; Elijah Sarratt at the Round 3 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick109 Rnd4 Joe Royer
Joe Royer is a better player than pick No. 109 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick146 Rnd5 J'Mari Taylor
J'Mari Taylor at No. 146 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick176 Rnd5 Gracen Halton
A conviction pick on Gracen Halton at the 176th overall pick that the board grades a round light. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.