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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (KC)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Myles Harden Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Myles Harden
CB South Dakota
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Chiefs cashed the board's mistake on Harden: B-.

When a board-topper like Myles Harden slides to No. 252, you do not overthink it, and the Chiefs did not. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Every board in the league had Taylor III lower, and that gap is the story. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick64 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul at Round 2, Pick 32 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick95 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at slot 95 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick132 Rnd4 Mason McCormick
A reach on Mason McCormick in No. 132; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick159 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Luke McCaffrey in pick No. 159. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick173 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
Khristian Boyd in the 173rd overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick252 Rnd7 Myles Harden
The board fumbled Myles Harden all the way to pick 252, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.