B-
Kansas City Chiefs
Good, not great, for the Chiefs: B-.
by Tiabana ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Daevin Hobbs at the 210th pick will need to, sitting 55 spots clear of his grade. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Masses pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.
Good work on the whole, with offensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
In pick No. 29 they get a seam-stretching tight end at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
They read the board right and Denzel Boston was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 8. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They paid sticker price for Domonique Orange in No. 74, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Keyron Crawford well ahead of where he belonged. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Hezekiah Masses is a better player than the 148th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Demond Claiborne at Round 5, Pick 29 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Marlin Klein in the 176th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Daevin Hobbs in No. 210, miles early. The roster fit checks out.