I ****ing love this draft!!!!

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Inspired by crow, going to start doing one of these every year about a month before the draft.

QB:

Cam Ward, Miami

RB:

Quinshon Judkins, Ohio St.
TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio St.
Dylan Sampson, Tennessee
D.J. Giddens, Kansas St.
Damien Martinez, Miami
Trevor Etienne, Georgia

WR:

Tre Harris, Ole Miss
Jalen Royals, Utah St.
Tory Horton, Colorado St.
Kyle Williams, Washington St.
Dont'e Thornton, Tennessee
Kaden Prather, Maryland
Ricky White, UNLV

OL:

Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio St. (excluding medicals)
Marcus Mbow, OT, Purdue
Charles Grant, OT, William & Mary
Ajani Cornelius, OT, Oregon
Grey Zabel, IOL, North Dakota St.
Tate Ratledge, IOL, Georgia
Jalen Rivers, IOL, Miami

TE:

Colston Loveland, Michigan
Elijah Arroyo, Miami
Gunnar Helm, Texas (post combine value)
Jalin Conyers, Texas Tech

EDGE:

James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
Bradyn Swinson, LSU
Jordan Burch, Oregon
Oluwafemi Oladejo, UCLA
Tyler Barron, Miami

DT:

Walter Nolen, Ole Miss
Omarr Norman-Lott, Tennessee
Alfred Collins, Texas
C.J. West, Indiana
J.J. Pegues, Ole Miss
Howard Cross III, Notre Dame

LB:

Chris Paul Jr., Ole Miss
Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
Barrett Carter, Clemson
Shaun Dolac, Buffalo

CB:

Jahdae Barron, Texas
Trey Amos, Ole Miss
Shavon Revel, East Carolina
Azareye'h Thomas, FSU
Cobee Bryant, Kansas
Denzel Burke, Ohio St.

S:

Malaki Starks, Georgia
Kevin Winston Jr., Penn St.
Andrew Mukuba, Texas
Sebastian Castro, Iowa
Malachi Moore, Alabama

Alexa, play "Can't tell me nothing" by Kanye West

[kccrow]

Veach nailed Day 3.

Very good stuff staylor

Most of us saw Royals at 63.
A few of us liked Bassa and I think I mocked him once or twice in round 4.
I know a slew of you liked Smith a bunch.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by TwistedChief

If BWillie can chime in and offer a similar review, I’ll be fully convinced this class will usher in a 10-year run of 10 SB wins.

Your move, Beau?

Seems like a good draft to me based on positions needed. I am happy with it. I have no clue if anyone will be good or not. Nobody really knows in the NFL Draft outside the top 1st round guys. Mainly just a crapshoot.

It's weird though. I'm so dumb but I never lose CP bets.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

No IOL taken.

Do we take that as extra confidence in Kingsley at LG?

Pretty sure that’s been the plan for months.

[493rd]

Best draft ever! Says every team homer clown every year. And that’s not an exaggeration. Nobody knows anything.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by 493rd

Best draft ever! Says every team homer clown every year. And that’s not an exaggeration. Nobody knows anything.

And you piss and moan about every ****ing thing while we go to the super bowl every year.

[Graystoke]

Originally Posted by 493rd

Best draft ever! Says every team homer clown every year. And that’s not an exaggeration. Nobody knows anything.

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[BWillie]

Originally Posted by 493rd

Best draft ever! Says every team homer clown every year. And that’s not an exaggeration. Nobody knows anything.

And now that is something I agree with. In reality, we really don't know. It isn't like this is the NBA Draft where there is more certainty. We are all just guessing and throwing darts. Hoping. Praying. We got THE GUY.

[Delano]

Originally Posted by BWillie

And now that is something I agree with. In reality, we really don't know. It isn't like this is the NBA Draft where there is more certainty. We are all just guessing and throwing darts. Hoping. Praying. We got THE GUY.

Not every one of these picks is going to stick. Some may not make the team, some may not survive their rookie deal, or get injured. Some may excel, sign a second or third deal and land NFL awards. You're right that nobody knows.

What I do know is that ****ing ree-rees like four-ninety-turd and Vlad-Incel will celebrate the L's and the rest of us will acknowledge that Veach and the Chiefs win more than they lose. The results have been and are the stuff of history.

[Chris Meck]

Of course we don't know who's going to be good and who will bust. Some will make it, some won't.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Of course we don't know who's going to be good and who will bust. Some will make it, some won't.

Yeah, you can do well at something with the known metrics, even if you can't tell the future... Vurch's job isn't telling the future about kids he'll have little control over once drafted, it's using those metrics, assessing risk, filling holes with players who fit the system, etc.

[RunKC]

Some thoughts on the draft:

We all knew this draft was critical for Veach to hit on bc of the issues at LT, Kelce leaving soon, Chris leaving his prime soon and the 2022 draft window being in its last year.

Think we can all agree that the Chiefs had 4 major issues last year: LT, offensive explosive playmakers, corner and pass rush.
The first 3 were obvious but the pass rush felt important not just bc of the strength of the draft. Spags can’t keep relying solely on blitzes. Only so many you can put on tape before teams can learn to defend it.

Josh Simmons-Not gonna go into depth here as we all have been and will be. He’s a very good LT prospect without the injury. If the injury heals and he’s back to normal it’s the best pick of the Veach era mostly due to value and position. This will be an A+ if the injury goes heals the way we think it will. But for now..

Grade B- (mostly due to the knee)

Omar Norman-Lott-this was a bit of a reach but I think the board fell apart which is why the Bills trade up go Sanders. It was ONM, Alexander and Broughton. Think the NYG take ONM if we don’t. He’s clearly a Wharton replacement but with a higher ceiling. Yes he was a specialist mostly, but he had the highest pass rush win rate in the SEC and looked awesome on at the Senior Bowl. Speaking of Wharton…he was a try hard player that didn’t have important traits. He had 31 inch arms and it showed. He was lean for his size and it showed. OL with thicker bodies and longer arms seemed to beat him more often.
ONM has nearly 34 inch arms, enormous hands and a thicker build. This helped him win more. He also had more pass rush moves and hand usage that Wharton was still a little raw in. He may be a passing down player to start but those are money downs. he’ll put stress on OL on 3rd down.

Grade B

Ashton Gilotte-The pass rusher was lackluster most of the year bc our only talented traits guys were Chris and Omenihu and sometimes Karlaftis. Danna is a try hard player who can do well at certain things and Felix has struggled to say the least. Malik Herring is…yeah. We didn’t have a good outside rush. How do I know? Bc we brought in Uche and it didn’t work.
Gilotte may have smaller arms and hands, but goddamn is he strong. He’s better at converting speed-to-power than any DE outside of maybe Omenihu. He’s fast as hell on the outside and has real rush moves. Cross chop, inside counter. Hand technique and overall technique looks more natural than Karlaftis. He’s got more juice on the edge than Karlaftis too. This kid looks like what they were looking for all last year: technique, speed and size to not be a true 3 down DL which they tried to piece together from multiple players last year.

Grade B+

Nohl Williams-dream fit. He will jam the shit out of you at the LOS and he’s got ball skills. Finally a Spags DB with ball skills! Doesn’t have great long speed but has everything else. Ideal fit. Universally liked by draft folks for press man and we do a hell of a lot of it.

Grade B+

Jalen Royals-there wasn’t a single mock or top 100/150 that had this kid past 85. He was universally graded as a possible 2nd but likely early-to-mid 3rd rd value. This was a huge steal. All of us draft guys loved him since February.
The Chiefs lost Rice and replaced him with Juju and Hopkins who were about as explosive as Mike Pennel last year (no I am not kidding). They had to be schemed open to make an impact.
Why do we like this kid? Size. 6 ft 205 lbs. elite explosion that was same as Rice (same 10 split). Elite YAC and 4.42 outside speed with good hands. I’ve said it for months: this kid is Khalil Shakir. He’s so similar to him and it’s great for us. Shakir was 3rd in YAC in the entire NFL last year. Great value for us.

Grade A+

Jeff Basa-Converted safety that had a nice role at Oregon. He’s tough and can play 3 downs. He’s also very good in coverage. Love his flexibility and value. He’ll play ST’s this year but will take Tranquil’s job in 2026.

Grade B

Brashard Smith-THE guy that most posters loved in the draft forum. Him converting from WR was why we liked him. Can line up anywhere. Can literally play WR if needed and was one of the best receiving backs in the draft. 4.39 long speed and the best start/stop explosion I’ve seen since Tyreek. He’s everything we wanted Clyde to be. Love this pick.

Grade A+

Think the final draft grade would be a B+. Simmons greatly determines this. He’s the anchor of the draft. If he works out everything changes. It’s an instant A+ if he’s who we hope he is. Veach do a great job, especially today. I think he’s set us up nicely.

[Stryker]

I loved this draft - Veach did an awesome job as always but, mostly addressed our needs while working the draft to get there. Very happy with this draft!

[In58men]

Good stuff, Run.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Vladimir_Kyrilytch

I honestly thought this was the worst draft I've seen the Chiefs pull off since I became a fan in about 1990. I feel sick. It feels like the defining moment that the dynasty collapsed. Just arrogance is what it was. From the first pick, a guy that already has had a career ending injury, to the last pick, a below average receiver with no skills that tried changing to RB late in his career. Every pick was "we are the smartest guys in the room" Icarus level arrogance. I feel sick to my stomach. Heads in that organization got way too big.

This dude, I think he's blind.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

No IOL taken.

Do we take that as extra confidence in Kingsley at LG?

They also drafted 2 other IOL last year..

Between Kingsley, Nourzad, Hansen and the fact that Morris is probably better suited as a guard no need to draft any.