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Draft Selections
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (KC)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (KC)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (KC)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (KC)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Draft Picks Received
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (IND)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (IND)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Daijahn Anthony Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (LV)
Daijahn Anthony
CB Mississippi
Players traded away
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L'Jarius Sneed
CB
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall C-
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
Grand theft in the Round 5 slot: the Chiefs steal Oladapo and grade out a C-.

Somebody took the Chiefs to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. A mixed bag that lands at C-.

Landing Oladapo that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. The Hart pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with tight end, quarterback and other spots still on the board.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

If Brian Thomas Jr. and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In pick 32 they get a go-to option on the outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick64 Rnd2 DJ James
DJ James is a better player than the 64th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick77 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul in the 77th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick95 Rnd3 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson slipping to No. 95 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick117 Rnd4 Cam Hart
They bypassed pressing needs at tight end, quarterback and other spots to take Cam Hart, a cornerback that was not the priority.
Pick132 Rnd4 McKinnley Jackson
Nice patience on McKinnley Jackson, who had no business lasting to pick No. 132. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick151 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Nothing to complain about; Tommy Eichenberg went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick159 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick at the 159th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick173 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Circle this one: Kitan Oladapo at slot 173 is a fall that decides a draft. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.