CHIEFS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Kansas City Chiefs

The Chiefs let Mustapha fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

by Ek3000 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B-
Trades B-
Future B-

You build a draft on nights like this. Malik Mustapha had no business being available in pick No. 210, and the Chiefs did the only sane thing and turned in the card. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Reaching for Driskell left real value on the table behind him. The Smith pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback and interior defensive lineman.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.32 · Pick 32 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 56
Edgerrin Cooper at the 32nd overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
Kool-Aid McKinstry in No. 72 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Maason Smith · DT-EDGE · rank 86
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick 95 on Maason Smith with quarterback and interior defensive lineman unsolved.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 143
Luke McCaffrey in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
The board had cheaper options than Ben Sinnott at slot 133, and it noticed. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.9 · Pick 145 · Ethan Driskell · OT · rank 192
Ethan Driskell at pick No. 145 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Javion Cohen · OG · rank 151
They did well to land Javion Cohen in the 158th pick, just ahead of his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.37 · Pick 173 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 208
A real head-scratcher, Christian Jones in Round 5, Pick 37 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.35 · Pick 210 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 142
Malik Mustapha in the 210th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.7 · Pick 227 · Blake Watson · RB · rank 243
A reach on Blake Watson in the Round 7 slot; the board had better options right there. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.22 · Pick 242 · Jordan Magee · LB · rank 213
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jordan Magee in the 242nd overall pick, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.30 · Pick 250 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 278
They left a pile of value on the table to take Xavier Thomas this early at pick 250. The roster fit checks out.
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