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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Tip Reiman Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (KC)
Tip Reiman
TE Illinois
Matt Lee Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Matt Lee
C Miami (FL)
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Chiefs.

The war room fell hard for Matt Lee, and it showed at pick No. 252: 23 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. The Taylor-Demerson pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell in slot 32 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick64 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
They paid sticker price for Patrick Paul in pick 64, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick95 Rnd3 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Nice patience on Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, who had no business lasting to pick No. 95. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick132 Rnd4 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones in the 132nd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick159 Rnd5 Walter Rouse
No edge and no loss on Walter Rouse in the Round 5 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Tip Reiman
A premium they did not need to pay, Tip Reiman a notch or two before his time. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick252 Rnd7 Matt Lee
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Matt Lee well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.