Call Your Shot: Who will be the Chiefs first pick in the 2025 NFL draft?

[staylor26]

I'm going with Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio St.

I think the Chiefs would prefer a guy like Walter Nolen or Derrick Harmon falls into their lap, but I don't think that happens next Thursday night, or at least I'm not going to get me hopes up.

A lot of people will not like this pick, due to the injury risk, but the Chiefs take a swing at a T that otherwise would never be in that late 1st round range.

Side note: I could also see Josh Conerly being the pick and could've just as easily chose him. Upside isn't as high, but he's probably safer given his health.

[louie aguiar]

Ersery- the tackle from Minnesota. It’s a bit of a reach as he’s projected as a second/third round pick but he will be our starting right tackle in 2026. He’s a local kid, played at Ruskin high school and started for three years at Minnesota so he’s got experience.

[Chiefnj2]

Ersery. He seems to be climbing up draft boards the last few weeks. KC needs OL help.

I think if teams feel Simmons is recovered he will go very early. Maybe Banks falls within KC range.

[Mr_Tomahawk]

Simmons

[Snerd]

Originally Posted by New World Order

Luther Burden kinda sounds like a bbq place

There's a Luther's BBQ at 129th & State Line that opened in about 2018 I think. I keep forgetting it's there, but I need to try it sometime. Edit:I think this place may have closed already. KC is a tough place to make it in the BBQ business.

There was also a Luther's BBQ in KC back in the 90's or so, but I think it closed. I don't know if there's any connection between that one and the current one.

[TRR]

Originally Posted by staylor26

I love Burden, but I just don't think they're taking a WR in the 1st, especially with Nolen on the board.

I'd also just rather have Nolen and one of Jalen Royals, Kyle Williams, or Tre Harris over Burden and one of T.J. Sanders, Omarr Norman-Lott, or Shemar Turner.

This scares me about Burden…

Luther Burden: “You wish you had bigger and faster for outside but he’s a good enough player to do it,” one scout said. “He’s probably most effective in the slot. There’s some really strong comparisons to Deebo Samuel. He’s got great hands. Really natural after the catch. Has vision, elusiveness, strength, toughness. One of the worst practice players you’ve ever seen but his talent on the field makes you take notice. There’s times when his routes are lacking but it’s more like effort and discipline (than) talent.”

“He’s a 5-star, they kiss his ass for three years just to keep him there,” another scout said. “The girlfriend is his manager. The mom is a problem. But he’s a good player on Saturday and he’s very ordinary Monday through Friday. That’s an area he’s really going to have to improve. I thought his tape from 2023 was better than 2024 but I also thought the quarterback play was a little better a year ago. If you take him you’re gritting your teeth that you’re going to have a (Sunday) player who isn’t going to add much to your team the other five, six days of the week. He’s a shaky first-rounder and a little more of a second-rounder because you can’t get anybody to really sign off on a clean bill of health as far as the personality and the intangibles.”

[Kiimo]

Already pulling the George Pickens attitude nonsense the made us end up with Skyy Moore.


By the way, Skyy is a great practice player!!! If that's what you're looking for. I like guys who routinely burn defenses and can catch.

Elite short yardage guy. Operated pretty much only out of the slot and on quick routes. Gets off the line fast and takes people with his footwork. Useful at all levels of the field, great top end speed to run deep routes and has great tracking ability. Meat and potatoes YAC guy that turns up field immediately after the catch and picks up tons of yards. Tries hard in blocking and can actually do some work. Huge down year after teams figured out Brady Cook and Mizzou leaned on a 25 year old average RB. All his routes were designed to take advantage of the YAC after the passing game died. Tough but gets chucked at times in possession catches.

"not a practice guy" when MU was using him like a gadget. It's weird how playing for Super Bowls can change a guy's practice work ethic

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by TRR

This scares me about Burden…

Luther Burden: “You wish you had bigger and faster for outside but he’s a good enough player to do it,” one scout said. “He’s probably most effective in the slot. There’s some really strong comparisons to Deebo Samuel. He’s got great hands. Really natural after the catch. Has vision, elusiveness, strength, toughness. One of the worst practice players you’ve ever seen but his talent on the field makes you take notice. There’s times when his routes are lacking but it’s more like effort and discipline (than) talent.”

“He’s a 5-star, they kiss his ass for three years just to keep him there,” another scout said. “The girlfriend is his manager. The mom is a problem. But he’s a good player on Saturday and he’s very ordinary Monday through Friday. That’s an area he’s really going to have to improve. I thought his tape from 2023 was better than 2024 but I also thought the quarterback play was a little better a year ago. If you take him you’re gritting your teeth that you’re going to have a (Sunday) player who isn’t going to add much to your team the other five, six days of the week. He’s a shaky first-rounder and a little more of a second-rounder because you can’t get anybody to really sign off on a clean bill of health as far as the personality and the intangibles.”

Ehh... not worried if his mom is a problem. We've dealt with Philip Gaines' mom on here before. We'll be ready.

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

Already pulling the George Pickens attitude nonsense the made us end up with Skyy Moore.

By the way, Skyy is a great practice player!!! If that's what you're looking for. I like guys who routinely burn defenses and can catch.

"not a practice guy" when MU was using him like a gadget. It's weird how playing for Super Bowls can change a guy's practice work ethic

The thing is Pickens just isn't what people think he is, man. And his attitude is probably the thing holding him back from being elite.

Pickens attitude isn't what made us end up with Skyy Moore. Getting antsy and feeling the pressure to draft a WR in that spot at all is what made us end up with Skyy Moore.

[Kiimo]

Lamar Jackson's mom is his agent. Who cares? Certainly fans shouldn't.

Totally shitting on a guy because of that is silly. You know who everyone loves that I'd rather shit on? How about Josh Conely who is fat and absolutely can NOT run block.


But people want us to trade UP for that guy lmao

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

The thing I'm absolutely, 100% sure of is that I have no idea what Veach is going to do.

It's a deep DT draft...so does he wait and pick a quality one up later?

It's a deep RB draft...so does he wait?

Only two first round/second round LT's...and one is a question mark to ever be as physically able as he was prior to injury. So do we take the chance?

No idea.

He'll probably take a corner.

You are 1000% correct on this analysis! It's poker time boys! Don't believe what you hear and trust what you don't see especially with Veach!

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

Already pulling the George Pickens attitude nonsense the made us end up with Skyy Moore.


By the way, Skyy is a great practice player!!! If that's what you're looking for. I like guys who routinely burn defenses and can catch.





"not a practice guy" when MU was using him like a gadget. It's weird how playing for Super Bowls can change a guy's practice work ethic

Yea, you've paid zero attention to Pickens career if you think that his attitude/character "nonsense" isn't real.

Good god.

[Kiimo]

Uh I know it's real. Would you rather have Pickens and his attitude or Skyy and his not being able to play football?

I wasn't saying his attitude isn't real, I'm saying who the **** cares

[KentuckyChief]

If we trade up it’s for Banks, Ersery if we stay at 31

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by Kiimo

Lamar Jackson's mom is his agent. Who cares? Certainly fans shouldn't.

Totally shitting on a guy because of that is silly. You know who everyone loves that I'd rather shit on? How about Josh Conely who is fat and absolutely can NOT run block.


But people want us to trade UP for that guy lmao

Your criticism of Conerly is that he's "fat" and can't run block (not true just not a huge strength)?

Yours are just as shallow, except these are scouts that are actually in the know. It's ok to like Burden, even love him as a prospect, and acknowledge there must be a reason he's not a lock top 10 pick.

You come off as taking all of this way too personal lol.

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by staylor26

You come off as taking all of this way too personal lol.

Reading tone in text says more about you than me. Maybe you're just reading it that way since that's how you post here every day?


I'm not the first person to say Conerly is a one trick pony by the way