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TL;DR my rationale in spoiler tags.

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Lacking three picks in the top 100 slots in this draft hurts the Chiefs big time as there was a lot of talent that bypassed Kansas City in the second round as San Francisco used the conditional pick surrendered for Alex Smith on Davante Adams.

With H. Roe Bartles' Boys selecting Kony Ealy in the first to shore up their pass rush, conventional wisdom that KC will address needs in either interior offensive line help or at safety.

However, the first two days of the draft have messed with that conventional wisdom for John Dorsey and Andy Reid. Most of the top rated guard candidates are already off the board and the coaching staff isn't sold on yet another experiment of shifting a player's position in his rookie year as they did with Eric Fisher.

A lot of the guys that can make an impact at safety are gone as well -chances are Sutton will roll the dice by putting Eric Berry at free, Husain Abdullah at strong with Sanders Commings (if healthy) at nickel-safety or some other permutation involving those three.

That being said, KC's other pressing need is another receiver in the passing game -be it at wide out or end. The blue chip players at both positions have largely been picked over, yet there remains talent in the former versus the thin remaining offerings in the latter.

With their pick in the third round, the Kansas City Chiefs select Jarvis Landry, wide receiver, Louisiana State University.

Chiefs fans might be uneasy with yet another receiver out of LSU, with Dwayne Bowe's antics off the field concerning interview talks about "importing" women and late night Sonic runs accompanied by illicit substances and sometimes maddeningly inconsistent plays on the field with untimely drops in big situations with circus catches in others decidedly less game changing.

Landry brings a lot to the table for Andy Reid's west coast offense. He's made highlight reel catches in his time in the bayou. A knock on him is his small size, but the Reid and Pederson offense managed to get production out of the much shorter Dexter McCluster in 2013. Landry's propensity to get jammed by the press is outweighed by sure-handedness, route running ability and willingness to block downfield.

If he can step into McCluster's role by week one and develop a relationship with Alex Smith as a short-to-intermediate go-to option, Landry can pose matchup problems for secondaries by drawing coverage off of Dwayne Bowe and Donnie Avery as well as alleviate defensive keying-in on Jamaal Charles.

In addition, he has the makings of a team-first type of guy that is willing to contribute on special teams which gives Dave Toub options in kick coverage should Junior Hemingway step into more of an offensive role than the swing gunner / 4th-5th receiver option he currently occupies.