[Chiefspants]

I'm talking out of my *** a bit, but it feels like the reason we've hit on late round picks is the same reason we've missed on picks from the 1st-3rd rounds -- and that's the hyper focus on projects.

I totally am all for drafting high upside projects from Rounds 4-7. In fact, this is the time to take big swings and get 1st round upside -- Trey Smith and Sneed are great examples of this (I think Sneed is fine, btw, he's just playing on a dumpster fire of a defense right now). For years, the Chiefs played it safe in these rounds and it's how we ended up with JAG after JAG with these picks.

The problem is that Veach has also seemed to apply this high upside philosophy to earlier rounds. Drafting Gay and Hardman, two guys with great measurables, high upside, but questions around their production is a great argument for a late round... but not when there are players who have had much better production available at those slots.

Mahomes is the obvious standout with this philosophy. But Veach hasn't been able to replicate that success in the earlier rounds since (convincing Dorsey) to pick Patrick.

But then again, I'm a schoolteacher on my day off for a reason, and not an NFL exec, so what do I know?