Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Chiefs came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.
On value alone, Hart makes the weekend a net positive. The Hart pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback and running back. Wiley has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.8
· Pick 40
· Adonai Mitchell
· WR
· rank 33
Adonai Mitchell at the Round 2 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· T'Vondre Sweat
· DT
· rank 48
T'Vondre Sweat in pick 50 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.22
· Pick 54
· Kingsley Suamataia
· OT
· rank 57
They paid sticker price for Kingsley Suamataia in the 54th pick, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.26
· Pick 89
· DJ James
· CB
· rank 87
No drama and no debate, DJ James went about where he belonged in pick No. 89. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.23
· Pick 123
· Cam Hart
· CB
· rank 94
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Cam Hart adds a cornerback and leaves quarterback and running back untouched.
R4.30
· Pick 130
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 126
Good price on Cedric Gray in Round 4, Pick 30, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.33
· Pick 133
· Johnny Wilson
· WR
· rank 128
Nothing to complain about; Johnny Wilson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.17
· Pick 153
· Brennan Jackson
· DE-EDGE
· rank 152
They took Brennan Jackson at par in Round 5, Pick 17, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.30
· Pick 166
· Caedan Wallace
· OT
· rank 180
The board had cheaper options than Caedan Wallace at pick No. 166, and it noticed. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.1
· Pick 176
· Jared Wiley
· TE
· rank 200
They talked themselves into Jared Wiley at the 176th pick, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.