The Arrowhead Pleasure draft crew has been grinding recreation movie since final Labor Day. We’ve debated the rise and fall of draft prospects and finished our greatest to foretell how they’ll carry out within the NFL.
So now, we’ll meld our minds in an excellent large Metroid-esque Mom Mind, attempting to create the proper draft class for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Will or not it’s a factor of magnificence? Or an abomination like Frankenstein’s monster?
You be the choose.
Day 1
The crew’s three greatest positions of want are large receiver, offensive sort out and cornerback. Different positions in consideration are defensive sort out and tight finish. We are going to closely prioritize taking the perfect participant accessible.
Our draft rankings are based mostly on AP’s 2024 consensus rankings. Commerce values are based mostly on John Dixon’s AV-based draft choose worth chart.
We consider the Chiefs could have their eye on just a few guys — and hopefully, one will slide to inside putting distance. However as back-to-back champions, it’s a bit of tougher to get one other crew to choose up the cellphone; no one desires to be the franchise that helps Kansas Metropolis full a three-peat.
Common supervisor Brett Veach makes an attempt an enormous swing, attempting to commerce as much as the fifteenth choose to pick LSU large receiver Brian Thomas Jr. However Indianapolis Colts GM Chris Ballard is in no temper to offer his previous buddies in Kansas Metropolis a reduction; his asking worth is simply too excessive.
Gamers the Chiefs are contemplating with the thirty second choose embody:
Georgia large receiver Ladd McConkey
Texas large receiver Xavier Worthy
Alabama cornerback Kool-Aide McKinstry
Missouri defensive lineman Darius Robinson
Since there’s a lot depth amongst large receivers, the Chiefs resolve to remain put — that’s, till Oklahoma offensive sort out Tyler Guyton begins sliding down the board. Figuring out they must get forward of the San Francisco 49ers to amass him, Kansas Metropolis begins calling groups. No person desires to cope with them — and time is operating out. The Buffalo Payments are on the clock for under a matter of seconds earlier than operating to the stage with their card for Texas large receiver Adonai Mitchell.
The Chiefs make one final name — and to their shock, the Detroit Lions choose up the cellphone.
Kansas Metropolis sends its 2024 first-round choose (32) and fifth-round choose (173) to Detroit, shifting up three areas to pick Guyton.
Here’s what AP author Caleb James needed to say about Guyton:
“With elite measurement and, extra importantly, arm size, Guyton has the intangibles that can have scouts and coaches drooling, with Andy Reid and offensive line coach Andy Heck being no exception.”
Day 2
With an elite offensive sort out prospect within the fold, the Chiefs flip their eyes to large receivers. Sadly, the second spherical begins with a run on pass-catchers. Xavier Legette, Ladd McConkey and Xavier Worthy are all gone earlier than 38. Brett Veach doesn’t wait to make his transfer.
The Chiefs ship their 2024 second-round choice (64), their fourth-round choose (131) and 2025’s seventh-round choose to the New Orleans Saints to leap 19 spots to forty fifth, the place they choose Washington large receiver Ja’Lynn Polk.
Here’s what AP’s Nate Christensen stated in regards to the former Husky:
“I might love Polk in Kansas Metropolis. The Chiefs simply want a beginning large receiver, and Polk might simply do this. All the things he did at Washington would simply translate to the NFL, and he might immediately be useful to a crew attempting to win a Tremendous Bowl.”
With choose 95, Kansas Metropolis continues to construct within the offensive trenches, planning for the longer term by deciding on Boston School guard Christian Mahogany.
AP’s lead analyst Ron Kopp Jr. wrote about Mahogany after his high 30 go to to Kansas Metropolis:
“For a long-term outlook, Mahogany profiles as a excessive match to succeed proper guard Trey Smith, who’s coming into the ultimate season of his rookie contract. He performs with comparable energy, permitting him to be a weapon within the Chiefs’ run scheme as a tone-setter.”
Day 3
The Chiefs enter the ultimate day with out their fourth-round choice (131), the latter of their two fifth-round picks (173) and their sixth-round choice.
However because of the cornerback depth in the midst of this draft, one of many extra underrated gamers slides to Kansas Metropolis.
With the 159th choose, the Chiefs choose Arkansas cornerback Dwight McGlothern.
I wrote him earlier this month:
“Whereas there is no such thing as a such factor as a 1-1 alternative for L’Jarius Sneed, McGlothern provides you an identical stage of confidence and playmaking capacity that you simply want in a beginning cornerback. He is likely one of the smartest gamers within the draft.”
With the 221st choose within the seventh spherical, the Chiefs take a large receiver turned operating again: Purdue’s Tyron Tracey Jr.
Tracey is a dynamic playmaker with the ball in his arms. Due to his large receiver background, he’s a plus receiver who runs higher routes than most operating backs. However since he’s nonetheless new to the place, his imaginative and prescient is a piece in progress.
Arrowhead Pleasure’s Dream Draft
The Chiefs make 5 whole picks — three within the first two days.
Decide 29: Oklahoma offensive sort out Tyler Guyton
Decide 45: Washington large receiver Ja’Lynn Polk
Decide 95: Boston School guard Christian Mahogany
Decide 159: Arkansas cornerback Dwight McGlothern
Decide 221: Purdue operating again Tyron Tracey Jr.
