D-
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs bled value on every deal, hence the D-.
by crest ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 22 picks
· 2 steals
· 13 reaches
There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Chiefs started one anyway for Jalen Berger, 230 picks ahead of schedule.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Harden.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
A wild overpay on Cody Schrader in the 44th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Ricky Pearsall in the 60th pick is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They paid up for Blake Corum at pick 75 when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Blake Fisher at No. 77 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Caelen Carson in pick No. 95 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A premium they did not need to pay, Braelon Allen a notch or two before his time. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They paid sticker price for Isaac Guerendo in Round 4, Pick 11, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Isaiah Davis at the 123rd overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jase McClellan at pick 129 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A real head-scratcher, Jalen Berger in the 133rd pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ty'Ron Hopper in the Round 5 slot, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cornelius Johnson this early at slot 152. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
No drama and no debate, Luke McCaffrey went about where he belonged in pick No. 158. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Isaiah Williams. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jordan Travis at No. 162 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They did well to land Kamal Hadden in Round 5, Pick 36, just ahead of his grade. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
They reached a country mile for Tayvion Robinson at slot 195, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Value said wait; Jordan Whittington in pick No. 198 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Joshua Cephus in pick 202 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Myles Harden at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Nice patience on Garret Greenfield, who had no business lasting to the 234th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A big swing on McCallan Castles at the 246th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.