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Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall
B
ValueB
NeedB+
TradesB-
FutureB-
The Chiefs checked most of the boxes and earned a B. For all the boxes ticked, the Chiefs skipped the loudest one: quarterback is exactly as bare as it was.
Stowers at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. If Baynes pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick Analysis
Pick9
Rnd1
Jeremiyah Love
In pick No. 9 they get a featured back at fair value.
Pick40
Rnd2
Caleb Banks
Caleb Banks in No. 40 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick74
Rnd3
Eli Stowers
A quiet steal in pick 74: Eli Stowers for less than the market said. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick109
Rnd4
Caden Curry
They paid sticker price for Caden Curry in the 109th overall pick, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick146
Rnd5
Ted Hurst
Ted Hurst at the Round 5 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick176
Rnd5
Kobe Baynes
The board had cheaper options than Kobe Baynes at Round 5, Pick 38, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.






