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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (KC)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (KC)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (KC)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Malik Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (KC)
Malik Muhammad
CB Texas
Caden Curry Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (KC)
Caden Curry
DE Ohio State
Michael Trigg Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (KC)
Michael Trigg
TE Baylor
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (KC)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Keeshawn Silver Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (KC)
Keeshawn Silver
DL USC
Draft Picks Received
Malik Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (CAR)
Malik Muhammad
CB Texas
Michael Trigg Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (BUF)
Michael Trigg
TE Baylor
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (SF)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Keeshawn Silver Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Keeshawn Silver
DL USC
Draft Picks Traded
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (SF)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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Players traded away
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Marquise Brown
WR
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Noah Gray
TE
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Chiefs lost the trade table, and the D+ tells the story.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Chiefs took Keeshawn Silver a full 125 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. The board pushed back all weekend, and the D+ is the result.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

On value alone, Golday makes the weekend a net positive. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
Good price on Jeremiyah Love in pick No. 9, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick40 Rnd2 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
No drama and no debate, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 8. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick74 Rnd3 Jake Golday
Jake Golday slid further than he should have, and No. 74 is lovely value for the edge rusher. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick83 Rnd3 Malik Muhammad
Malik Muhammad at pick 83 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick109 Rnd4 Caden Curry
By-the-book stuff, Caden Curry at the 109th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick126 Rnd4 Michael Trigg
Michael Trigg at the Round 4 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick133 Rnd4 Logan Jones
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Logan Jones. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick146 Rnd5 Ted Hurst
Ted Hurst in No. 146 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick226 Rnd7 Keeshawn Silver
Keeshawn Silver at Round 7, Pick 10 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.