B-
Kansas City Chiefs
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Chiefs: B-.
by CheeseBurger Fat Man ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 1 steals
· 4 reaches
The Chiefs torched the value chart for Aaron Graves, taking him 24 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.
The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Golday.
Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In No. 29 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
A conviction pick on D'Angelo Ponds at Round 2, Pick 8 that the board grades a round light. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Value with a capital V on Jake Golday in pick 74, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Mike Washington Jr. in pick No. 109 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No edge and no loss on Beau Stephens in the 148th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They paid a round early for DJ Campbell in pick 169, more than the board wanted. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They reached a country mile for Aaron Graves at the Round 5 slot, and the board is aghast. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A reach for Zavion Thomas in Round 6, Pick 29; a little patience would have been rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.