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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (KC)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (KC)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (KC)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (KC)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (KC)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (KC)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Darius Muasau Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (KC)
Darius Muasau
LB UCLA
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (KC)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (KC)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Chiefs for Jackson: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Khyree Jackson slide, and the Chiefs were the ones holding the card at the 203rd overall pick. Highway robbery.

The Muasau reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In pick 25 they get a No. 1 receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick57 Rnd2 Ja'Lynn Polk
A premium they did not need to pay, Ja'Lynn Polk a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick89 Rnd3 Tory Horton
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tory Horton in the 89th overall pick, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick125 Rnd4 Cam Hart
Somehow Cam Hart was still sitting there in No. 125, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick167 Rnd5 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice in slot 167 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick171 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
Keith Randolph Jr. in Round 5, Pick 35 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick175 Rnd5 Darius Muasau
A real head-scratcher, Darius Muasau in the 175th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick203 Rnd6 Khyree Jackson
Circle this one: Khyree Jackson at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick246 Rnd7 LaDarius Henderson
Taking LaDarius Henderson in the 246th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.