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Draft Selections
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (KC)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (KC)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Chiefs, and a B- to prove it.

Everything else got attention, and tight end got none. That is a strange way for the Chiefs to leave a draft. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The cost of the Hall Jr. reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Keon Coleman
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick64 Rnd2 Michael Hall Jr.
Michael Hall Jr. at pick 64 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.
Pick95 Rnd3 Mekhi Wingo
They paid up for Mekhi Wingo at pick No. 95 when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick133 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
A conviction pick on Tykee Smith at Round 4, Pick 33 that the board grades a round light. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick158 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They paid sticker price for Luke McCaffrey in the 158th overall pick, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick172 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
No edge and no loss on Ty'Ron Hopper in the 172nd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.