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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (KC)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Chiefs, and a B to prove it.

The Chiefs did not so much draft Eric Watts as overpay for him, 57 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Thomas Jr. pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In Round 1, Pick 32 they get an island corner, outstanding value to boot. Need was not the driver here.
Pick64 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Brian Thomas Jr. at the 64th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick95 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
The board fumbled Kingsley Suamataia all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick132 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith at pick 132 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick159 Rnd5 Sataoa Laumea
Taking Sataoa Laumea in the 159th pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 Eric Watts
They reached into another round for Eric Watts, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick252 Rnd7 Tyrice Knight
By-the-book stuff, Tyrice Knight at the 252nd pick squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.