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Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (KC)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (KC)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (KC)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (KC)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (KC)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (KC)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Derek Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Derek Wingo
LB Florida
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Chiefs kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Chiefs did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to tight end, which was the need that mattered most.

Getting Wright where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They will need Wingo to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In pick No. 31 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick63 Rnd2 Ruke Orhorhoro
Ruke Orhorhoro in pick 63 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick94 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zak Zinter. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick131 Rnd4 Malik Washington
A slide stopped in the 131st pick, with Malik Washington worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick161 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
A straight-up fair deal on Chau Smith-Wade at Round 5, Pick 25, value and slot in agreement. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
Jaylen Wright at the Round 5 slot is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick175 Rnd5 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson is a better player than No. 175 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick209 Rnd6 Christian Jones
They let Christian Jones come to them and pounced at slot 209. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick252 Rnd7 Derek Wingo
A premium they did not need to pay, Derek Wingo a notch or two before his time. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.