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Draft Selections
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (KC)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 96 RND: 3 (KC)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (KC)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Draft Grade — Chiefs
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Chiefs let Taylor fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Mason Taylor got past him. The Chiefs do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 132.

The Mills pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The Mukuba pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at wide receiver, quarterback and other spots.

They punted on wide receiver, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with tight end solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Tate Ratledge
In Round 1, Pick 32 they get a cornerstone up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick64 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
They let Xavier Watts come to them and pounced at pick No. 64. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick66 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Andrew Mukuba adds a safety and leaves wide receiver, quarterback and other spots untouched.
Pick96 Rnd3 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills in the 96th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick132 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
Circle this one: Mason Taylor at slot 132 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.