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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (KC)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (KC)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (KC)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (KC)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (KC)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Austin Stogner Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (KC)
Austin Stogner
TE Oklahoma
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Chiefs for Hadden: B.

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Chiefs watched Kamal Hadden slide 33 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In slot 31 they get a building block for the line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick63 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at Round 2, Pick 31 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick94 Rnd3 Caelen Carson
You do not let a cornerback like Caelen Carson reach the 94th pick and blink. They did not. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick131 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in pick No. 131 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick161 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 161. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick171 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden at the 171st overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick175 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
Jaylan Ford at pick 175 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick209 Rnd6 Austin Stogner
Austin Stogner at the Round 6 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick252 Rnd7 Carson Steele
A straight-up fair deal on Carson Steele at Round 7, Pick 32, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.