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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (KC)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (KC)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (KC)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (KC)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (KC)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (KC)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (GB)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (MIA)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Draft Picks Traded
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (MIA)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Myles Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (MIA)
Myles Murphy
DL North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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T.J. Slaton
DT
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC+
Best value of the weekend goes to the Chiefs for Watson: B+.

The Chiefs did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Nathaniel Watson fell into pick No. 252. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They will need Jefferson to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The T.J. Slaton deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In slot 25 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick64 Rnd2 Roman Wilson
Roman Wilson in No. 64 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick91 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Good price on Dominick Puni in the Round 3 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick95 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk in pick 95 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick132 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
Nothing to complain about; Isaac Guerendo went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick169 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
A premium they did not need to pay, Jordan Jefferson a notch or two before his time. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Dwight McGlothern
They let Dwight McGlothern come to them and pounced at pick No. 173. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick184 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kamal Hadden in Round 6, Pick 9. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick252 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Taking Nathaniel Watson in the 252nd overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.