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Mock 3/14

  • ghostpants DRAFTING FOR THE
    Chiefs
Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (KC)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (KC)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (KC)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (KC)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (KC)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Draft Picks Received
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (WSH)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 100 RND: 3 (WSH)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (SF)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (SF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (TEN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (SF)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (GB)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (GB)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (WSH)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (TEN)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB FutureB-
The Chiefs kept it disciplined and banked a B.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Chiefs would have aced it. Eric Watts at the 176th pick is 54 spots clear of where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

Spending an early pick on DT-EDGE with quarterback, running back and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. On value alone, Melton makes the weekend a net positive.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick41 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell is a better player than slot 41 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick67 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul at pick No. 67 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick88 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
A straight-up fair deal on Dominick Puni at No. 88, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick95 Rnd3 Max Melton
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Max Melton in Round 3, Pick 32. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick100 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went DT-EDGE with Maason Smith while clear needs at quarterback, running back and other spots sat open.
Pick132 Rnd4 Jaylin Simpson
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 4 slot on Jaylin Simpson with quarterback, running back and other spots unsolved.
Pick159 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
A slide stopped in No. 159, with Dallin Holker worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick176 Rnd6 Eric Watts
Eric Watts at Round 6, Pick 1 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.