C
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs bled value on every deal, hence the C.
by CheeseBurger Fat Man ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 3 steals
· 7 reaches
When the story of this class is written, it opens with Fernando Carmona at pick 244, a reach of 33 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. It lands right in the middle: a C, no more, no less.
That Reese pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.
The Stukes pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at running back. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.
Hit on Arvell Reese and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 12th pick they get an island corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
They barely believed it either: Arvell Reese still on the board at the 29th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They went early on Gennings Dunker in slot 40, and the value did not follow. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They liked Bryce Lance enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 74. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Treydan Stukes at cornerback with running back open.
The board had cheaper options than Gracen Halton at pick No. 109, and it noticed. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Caden Curry this early at slot 112. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A tidy little value on Malik Benson in the 148th overall pick, a step better than break-even. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A reach for Dae'Quan Wright in the Round 5 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kaleb Elarms-Orr in pick No. 176 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Cole Payton slipping to No. 210 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Zavion Thomas at pick 234. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Trey Zuhn III in Round 7, Pick 19 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on Fernando Carmona in the 244th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.