Chiefs final haul:
The Chiefs began the draft with the following picks:
Round 1, 27 overall
Round 2, 59 overall
Round 3, 91 overall
Round 3, 104 overall (comp)
Round 4, 132 overall
Round 5, 170 overall
Round 5, 180 overall (comp)
Round 6, 216 overall (comp)
Round 6, 218 overall (comp)
Round 7, 245 overall
We did a little moving and shaking and ended up with two players who - in my humble opinion - are very likely to go in the first round in the real mccoy.
We first jumped up to pick 18 to select Christian McCaffrey, RB, Stanford. McCaffrey is going to be stud wherever we line him up and we plan on using him all over the place. Versatility is a big part of the Andy Reid plan on offense, and we feel like we got a swiss army knife in the first round.
We traded up in the second round as well to get our QB of the future in Pat Mahomes II, Texas Tech. If I had to put money on it, I would say this kid will be the Chiefs target in the first round - and they may even move up from 27 to get him. Getting him at pick 55 felt like real value.
After round 2 it was time to address some needs on Defense.
We took Kendell Beckwith, LB, LSU at pick 91 - which was probably a touch early considering his injury but we expect him to take over the middle of our defense from 2018 going forward.
In the 4th, we took Damontae Kazee, CB, San Diego State. Corners went quickly in this draft, but we felt good about his value at pick 132. His measurables aren't as sexy as some of the day 1 corners but I would put his ball skills, instincts, and toughness up with there with any corner in the draft.
From the 5th round on, we decided to gamble a bit more. We felt we had taken some pretty safe players through 4 rounds (not that taking a QB is ever really safe) but still ...
At pick 170, we called out Grover Stewart, DT, Albany State. This kid has length and power to spare - and he certainly seems to be a willing fighter out there - but like most small school players, we need to see how he does against tougher competition.
We manuvered our way back into the late 5th round to take another flier - this time going back to offense with Antony Auclair, TE, Laval (Canada). This hoser passes the eyeball test with flying colors. He passed another test not looking at all lost in the E-W Shrine game. Like Stewart, we aren't expecting much in year 1 - but we are hoping for the kid to develop and he seems to have the aptitude and willingness to put the work in.
We finished up our draft with Jalen Reeves-Maybin, LB, Tennessee who is only available here because of injury. Coming into the draft, we felt like LB was our most glaring need, and we feel like we came away with two guys who can contribute long term.
So we turned 10 picks into only 7 players and a few of those players are admittedly lottory tickets, but we landed our QB of the future plus a dynamic playmaker and we didn't sacrifice any future picks or current roster players to get it done.