Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
One more time... it's time to mock draft, oh yeah, start the drafting.
One more time... breaking out what I think will happen.
1.21 George Karlaftis, DE, Purdue (trade run using Rich Hill chart). Chiefs get the high floor, young DE they can start re-loading the D around.
2.35 Arnold Ebeketie, DE, Penn State. Ebeketie is a good complement to Karlaftis, with bend and explosion. Hopefully he learns to defend the run better next year, when he ascends to the RE spot.
2.50 Jalen Pitre, S, Baylor. Missed on Gordon and Elam and Booth (all gone at 35) so I pivot to take a S who can play the slot and beef up my nickel base set.
2.58 John Metchie III, WR, Alabama. I use the capital acquired in the trade back from 30 to move up into the 2nd and nab a discounted receiver with star potential.
2.62 Jalen Tolbert, WR, South Alabama. I really like Tolbert, and double-dip to improve the room.
3.83 Brian Asamoah, LB, Oklahoma. Let's move up improve that LB group with a speedy, versatile, raw LB. Special teams monster from the start, hopefully ascends to be a good subpackage "big dime" or nickel LB. It was tough to pass on Troy Andersen, but the packages are so similar and Asomoah is less risky, so...
6.184 Sam Webb, CB, Missouri Western State. I ship a couple 7ths and 2023 6th to the Vikings to come up and grab a developmental shot local product. Webb has the athletic profile the Chiefs like.
7.251 Noah Elliss, DT, Idaho Here's another developmental stab. Athletic DT with some upside.
And that's it for Duncan.
If Karlaftis falls this far, I think the Chiefs will be aggressive seeking after him. If KC can walk away from the draft with 2 DE and 2 WR who can contribute right away (and preferably a DE who can start Day 1), and also add an immediate contributor in the secondary, I think it's a success no matter which direction they go with the depth pieces.
I think Pitre gives them a lot of flexibility moving forward (not as much as Dax Hill, but he also wasn't an option at 29 or 30). I really like the complementary nature of the DE and WR I got here. Karlaftis and Ebeketie have the potential to be an awesome and inexpensive pair of starting ends for year 2-4 of their rookie deals. Tolbert and Metchie are both versatile receivers who can do some of everything and do it well. Asamoah offers long-term help in pass D/sub sets (and also is good enough to potentially start in a 43 base). And you get a couple of nice developmental options at the end.
I hope it ends up being something like this when all is said and done.
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