C
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs won the night they stopped DeJean from sliding. Grade: C.
by therage369 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Cooper DeJean had no business being available in the 64th pick, and the Chiefs did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
They will need Keegan to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.
The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Hit on Joe Alt and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 11 they get a cornerstone up front, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
The board fumbled Cooper DeJean all the way to the Round 2 slot, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They robbed the room for Malachi Corley here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They liked Leonard Taylor III enough to skip the value, taking him in the 96th pick. It fills a real need, too.
No edge and no loss on Edefuan Ulofoshio in pick No. 161; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
They reached into another round for Trevor Keegan, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.