B
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.
by amaske ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
The war room fell hard for Charles Turner III, and it showed at the 228th overall pick: 70 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The McCaffrey steal is the beam this whole class leans on. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 8 of 8 of the wish list covered.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
Xavier Legette in No. 35 is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Tyler Guyton is a better player than the Round 2 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They paid sticker price for Khyree Jackson in Round 3, Pick 27, and that is fine. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Christian Mahogany at the 101st pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reach on Justin Eboigbe in slot 134; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.
By-the-book stuff, Tommy Eichenberg at pick 142 squarely in line with his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
The board had Luke McCaffrey higher than the 159th overall pick, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Walter Rouse. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Nothing to complain about; Tykee Smith went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
The board had cheaper options than Fabien Lovett at the Round 5 slot, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Erick All at Round 6, Pick 15 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Frank Gore Jr. in slot 201, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Sam Hartman at pick 218 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They reached into another round for Charles Turner III, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 7 slot with a little surplus value in Bub Means. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.