B-
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by dub ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 2 steals
· 2 reaches
The Chiefs treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 173 on Javontae Jean-Baptiste a full 44 spots early.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Tampa. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 27 they get a true top target at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Jordan Morgan in pick No. 34 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board fumbled T.J. Tampa all the way to Round 3, Pick 6, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
No edge and no loss on Maason Smith in the 108th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A straight-up fair deal on Isaiah Davis at No. 151, value and slot in agreement. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A wild overpay on Javontae Jean-Baptiste in the Round 5 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Taking Sione Vaki in the 177th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. It adds depth where they could use a little.
KT Leveston in pick No. 234 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.