B-
Kansas City Chiefs
More right than wrong for the Chiefs, and a B- to prove it.
by kccooz ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 0 steals
· 3 reaches
Everything else got attention, and tight end got none. That is a strange way for the Chiefs to leave a draft. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.
The cost of the Hall Jr. reach is exactly the players who went right after him. On the needs board they went 3 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Michael Hall Jr. at pick 64 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It fills a real need, too.
They paid up for Mekhi Wingo at pick No. 95 when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A conviction pick on Tykee Smith at Round 4, Pick 33 that the board grades a round light. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They paid sticker price for Luke McCaffrey in the 158th overall pick, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
No edge and no loss on Ty'Ron Hopper in the 172nd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
