Mr. CheeseBurgers'S MOCK DRAFT

Winners

  • Mr. CheeseBurgers DRAFTING FOR THE
    Chiefs
Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (KC)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (KC)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (KC)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (KC)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (KC)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Theo Wease Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (KC)
Theo Wease Jr.
WR Missouri
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Chiefs: B-.

Everything else got attention, and tight end got none. That is a strange way for the Chiefs to leave a draft. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The cost of the Horsley reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Emeka Egbuka
In the 31st overall pick they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick63 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: TreVeyon Henderson for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick66 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Darien Porter at Round 3, Pick 2 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick95 Rnd3 Charles Grant
Charles Grant in pick 95 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick133 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills in slot 133 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick226 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
A premium they did not need to pay, Cam Horsley a notch or two before his time. The roster fit checks out.
Pick251 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
Teddye Buchanan at pick No. 251 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick257 Rnd7 Theo Wease Jr.
Theo Wease Jr. slid further than he should have, and the 257th pick is lovely value for the wide receiver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.