B+
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs robbed the room for Reese. Final grade: B+.
by Breshiers ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 2 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Arvell Reese got past him. The Chiefs do not have to explain a thing at the 49th overall pick. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.
Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Every board in the league had Dixon lower, and that gap is the story.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 9 they get juice off the edge. A clean fit for the roster.
They let Kayden McDonald come to them and pounced at the 31st pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Somehow Arvell Reese was still sitting there in pick No. 49, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Nice patience on Germie Bernard, who had no business lasting to the Round 3 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They will replay D'Angelo Ponds at Round 3, Pick 18 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor itch, scratched.
They robbed the room for Malachi Fields here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Joe Royer at No. 148 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board had cheaper options than Domani Jackson at the 169th overall pick, and it noticed. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
No drama and no debate, Aamil Wagner went about where he belonged in pick 176. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Thaddeus Dixon at slot 210 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Circle this one: Seth McGowan at the 212th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.