C
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs won the night they stopped Knight Jr. from sliding. Grade: C.
by THall9 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Demetrius Knight Jr. slide, and the Chiefs were the ones holding the card at the 118th overall pick. Highway robbery. Some smart calls, some head-scratchers, and a C in the wash.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.
It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.
Pick-by-Pick
Tyler Warren at pick 20 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Nick Emmanwori at the 42nd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
The board fumbled T.J. Sanders all the way to No. 64, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
By-the-book stuff, Tate Ratledge at the 70th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A running back of that caliber at slot 88 is the definition of value, full stop. A need, and now a little less of one.
Circle this one: Jayden Higgins at pick No. 101 is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They robbed the room for Demetrius Knight Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.