Sam McDowell: Three clues that Chiefs GM Brett Veach dropped about his NFL draft plans
Published in Football
The Chiefs’ plan for the first and second rounds
There’s a consensus among the draft experts about the strength of this year’s class:
Wide receiver and left tackle.
There are two pretty glaring needs for the Chiefs ahead of this year’s draft:
Wide receiver and left tackle.
Perfect, right?
Not that simple. Listening to Veach reveal a little about their draft board, the Chiefs actually might find themselves in a tricky spot in the first and second round.
Veach said there are a “large group of receivers in the first 50 picks that we have great grades on.”
As for offensive tackle, “I think once you get past like pick 35 or 40, most of those guys are gone. So if you’re picking in the top 10, it’s a great offensive line class; if you’re picking in the top 15, it’s a great offensive class; if you’re picking 32 and 64, you got a shot maybe here or there.”
Of note: The Chiefs own just one of the top-50 picks.
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