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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Kyle Monangai Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (KC)
Kyle Monangai
RB Rutgers
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Chiefs won the night they stopped Monangai from sliding. Grade: B.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Kyle Monangai got past him. The Chiefs do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot.

For all the activity, tight end went untouched, which is hard to explain. On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the 31st overall pick they get a true top target, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick63 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Trey Amos at Round 2, Pick 31. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick66 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at the 66th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick95 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick132 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
A tidy little value on Emery Jones Jr. in No. 132, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick256 Rnd7 Kyle Monangai
They robbed the room for Kyle Monangai here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.