Chiefs Draft: Peter Schrager says Kansas Metropolis goes with Ja’Lynn Polk

On Tuesday, NFL Community’s Peter Schrager revealed the primary of two mock NFL drafts he’ll full earlier than the massive present subsequent Thursday night time, April 25. Schrager usually stresses that, not like different mocks that strictly work off an enormous board and group wants, he bases his picks solely on what he believes every group will do based mostly on sourcing.

With out additional ado, let’s check out Schrager’s choose:

No. 32 — Kansas Metropolis Chiefs: Washington WR Ja’Lynn Polk

Polk is a private favourite — and I hold listening to his title from soccer individuals I belief. There’s uncertainty within the Chiefs’ large receiver room, particularly given Rashee Rice’s authorized concern. Texas Tech product Patrick Mahomes will get a former Purple Raider who spent the previous three seasons at Washington, making numerous large performs all through the 2023 Huskies’ run to the nationwide title sport.

On the time of this writing, the group’s two best place wants are offensive deal with and large receiver. In Schrager’s mock, as he considers the off-the-field state of affairs with Rice, he goes with the 6-foot-1, 203-pound Polk, who tasks as an enormous possession goal that will complement newcomer Hollywood Brown effectively.

In-house movie analyst Nate Christensen took a more in-depth take a look at Polk a few weeks again:

Andy Reid likes his large receivers to have positional versatility, and Polk has all of that. I’d love his match on this large receiver room. With Brown thriving as a vertical menace and Rice engaged on beneath routes in house, Polk being a possession-style large receiver who wins over the intermediate a part of the sector would work effectively.

He will be the Chiefs’ “X” receiver, slot, or be remoted on the bottom of formations and win from there. Polk would give the room a ground and consistency that the Chiefs lacked final yr, giving them a dependability they sorely lacked.

There may be the query of whether or not Kansas Metropolis would think about buying and selling again if it thought Polk may very well be accessible sooner or later within the second spherical. However that’s all the time dangerous enterprise, particularly if the Chiefs like him as a lot as Schrager suggests they do.