KingmanIII'S MOCK DRAFT

Pie-In-the-Sky

  • KingmanIII DRAFTING FOR THE
    Chiefs
Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (KC)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Jonas Sanker Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (KC)
Jonas Sanker
S Virginia
Draft Picks Received
Kyle Williams Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (DET)
Kyle Williams
WR Washington State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Justyn Ross
WR
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesC FutureB-
The Chiefs robbed the room for Sanker. Final grade: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jonas Sanker had no business being available in pick No. 256, and the Chiefs did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The cost of the Brown reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
In pick 31 they get a seam-stretching tight end at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick63 Rnd2 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins in slot 63 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick66 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at Round 3, Pick 2 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick95 Rnd3 Hollin Pierce
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Hollin Pierce well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick132 Rnd4 Logan Brown
They reached into another round for Logan Brown, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick227 Rnd7 Kyle Williams
Kyle Williams in No. 227 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick256 Rnd7 Jonas Sanker
A safety of that caliber at the 256th pick is the definition of value, full stop. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.