The Chiefs looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Patrick Payton at No. 9 regardless, 231 picks early. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.

A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want. On the needs board they went 1 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.