Chiefs Draft: Area Yates picks CB Ennis Rakestraw in mock draft

On Wednesday, ESPN author Area Yates revealed his second mock draft of the 2024 offseason — and on this one, he lined the primary two rounds of the draft.

Like most 2024 mocks, three quarterbacks disappear instantly. One other is taken when the Los Angeles Chargers commerce the fifth choice to the Minnesota Vikings, permitting them to seize Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy.

By the point the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are on the clock with the thirty second decide, eight offensive tackles have come off the board — together with six broad receivers. So Yates figures Kansas Metropolis will make a transfer to exchange a lately departed star.

32. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs: CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr., Missouri

I’m unsure another group has a greater latest observe report of drafting cornerbacks than the Chiefs, however after the commerce of L’Jarius Sneed, there’s a little bit of a spot within the general depth of the unit on the perimeter. Rakestraw is a tailored match for this roster, as he performs with an edge, much like Sneed. Few corners can impose their will on a recreation like Rakestraw did on the collegiate stage; that can journey to the professionals. Alternatively, Kansas Metropolis might take a look at receivers or offensive tackles, however with six and eight, respectively, already drafted, it is perhaps greatest to attend till Day 2 there.

As famous on Wednesday’s version of Arrowhead Pleasure’s “Editors’ Present” podcast, the Chiefs could have chosen to make Sneed accessible for a commerce as a result of cornerback is without doubt one of the group’s deepest place teams — one thing that Yates appears to be acknowledging. But when that’s true, why use the group’s first-round decide for his substitute? Possibly Yates would have projected a sort out or wideout to Kansas Metropolis if that’s the case many hadn’t already been chosen. However as an alternative, a Mizzou cornerback makes a place of energy even stronger.

Nonetheless… Yates notes that beneath the circumstances, the group would then have the choice to deal with these positions later — and when the sixty fourth decide rolls round, he sends Oregon broad receiver Troy Franklin to the Chiefs. Apparently, up via the NFL Scouting Mix — when Texas wideout Xavier Worthy turned a media darling — Franklin was the participant most regularly despatched to Kansas Metropolis on the finish of the primary spherical. Since then, he’s fallen from No. 1 — however nonetheless stays within the high group.