C+
Kansas City Chiefs
Flashes of a plan, unevenly run, for the Chiefs: C+.
by JeyUso ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
The war room fell hard for Jaylen Harrell, and it showed at pick 173: 35 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. It washes out to a C+, no better and no worse.
They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. That Jones pick is the receipt they will wave around later. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.
A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 32nd pick they get a matchup problem out wide, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Fair-plus on Kingsley Suamataia, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
No edge and no loss on Jaden Hicks in No. 81; it is a wash and a sensible one. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Elijah Jones at the Round 4 slot is the proof. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Luke McCaffrey at slot 159. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A real head-scratcher, Jaylen Harrell in pick No. 173 is miles ahead of his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
They let Tarheeb Still come to them and pounced at No. 252. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.