*****2023 NFL DRAFT THREAD - NO SPOILERS*****

[Dante84]

Version 2023 - PATRICK MAHOMES & THE HUNT FOR THE MIDDLE FINGER RING

Let's ****ing do this.

Rules for once the draft begins:

1. No spoiled picks in this thread, all weekend. This means that as tweets are leaking picks a few minutes before the selection is announced live, you don't post it in this thread (ex: embedded tweets), reference it in this thread (ex: Joe Slapdick says it's So and So to Green Bay) or hint at it (ex: "it's a RB!").
   
2. Don't be a dick.

Otherwise, have fun, talk shit, freak out and lose your goddamned minds. It's Draft Weekend. The hot takes in these threads are so funny. I'll also be starting player threads for each of our picks as they are made, with videos and notable stats/takes in the OP. These separate threads will be made as soon as the news breaks, outside of this thread. I will link the threads below. Pure knee-jerk gold to reference in the future.

Here are our picks:

Round 1, #31: Felix Anudike-Uzomah
Round 2, #55: Rashee Rice
Round 3, #92: Wanya Morris
Round 4, #119: Chamarri Conner
Round 5, #166: BJ Thompson
Round 6, #194: Keondre Coburn
Round 7, #250: Nic Jones

Here is a list of the prospects the Chiefs have shown interest in this year.

View the 2022 Draft thread here
View the 2021 Draft thread here
View the 2020 Draft thread here
View the 2019 Draft thread here
View the 2018 Draft thread here
View the 2017 Draft thread here

[Iconic]

Originally Posted by Mecca

It'd hard for me to think we won't be active for RBs in UDFA.

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[Dante84]

Alright - whoever starts the UDFA thread - please, please update the OP!!!

I'm going for a walk and snack.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Perfect draft

2 CB
2DE
1 DL
1 OL
1WR

[Mecca]

Lets hope we get a nice UDFA class to add to this draft.

[ChiefsFanatic]

I get that we have a great team, and Veach is a really good GM, and I am just a dude typing on his keyboard, JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU, but some of the picks in this draft feel like Veach is just looking for that gotcha moment, in the off chance the player hits and the scouting department can look like they knew something no one else did.

The truth is that it almost doesn't matter what Veach does, because Mahomes will keep dragging this team to the playoffs no matter who we put on the field.

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic

I get that we have a great team, and Veach is a really good GM, and I am just a dude typing on his keyboard, JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU, but some of the picks in this draft feel like Veach is just looking for that gotcha moment, in the off chance the player hits and the scouting department can look like they knew something no one else did.

The truth is that it almost doesn't matter what Veach does, because Mahomes will keep dragging this team to the playoffs no matter who we put on the field.

Like Isiah Pacheco and Jaylen Watson and Trey Smith and L'Jarius Sneed and even Nick Allegretti.

Taking a chance on lottery tickets in the later rounds is great. Sure sometimes they are Kahlil McKenzie or Bopete Keyes but when they hit and you can get Super Bowl starters and contributors then that's a great thing.

There is no such thing as a sure thing in the 4th-7th round. They are all there because is perceived issues whether that be size, skill, character, etc. It's really not worth getting upset about.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Who startin that UDFA thread?

[mlyonsd]

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla

Who startin that UDFA thread?

YOU ARE!

[ChiefsFanatic]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Like Isiah Pacheco and Jaylen Watson and Trey Smith and L'Jarius Sneed and even Nick Allegretti.

Taking a chance on lottery tickets in the later rounds is great. Sure sometimes they are Kahlil McKenzie or Bopete Keyes but when they hit and you can get Super Bowl starters and contributors then that's a great thing.

There is no such thing as a sure thing in the 4th-7th round. They are all there because is perceived issues whether that be size, skill, character, etc. It's really not worth getting upset about.

I am not upset at all. My team just won the SB.

I am confused at some of the picks, but not upset.

Now, if Ojomo had been there, and we took Nic Jones, then I would have been upset.

[oldman]

It would be interesting to see how "the experts" graded the 2022 draft after the last pick. I'd almost bet it was a C+/B-. But we did win the SB, so **** off Prisco and 4/5ths of the clowns on NFLN.

That said, Veach and Co. know a lot more about football than we do. If we get all 7 picks on the roster, I'd say it was a success.

[Hayneplane]

Bit surprised we went without a pick at either Tight End or Running Back and doubled up at Cornerback for the 2nd draft in a row but in Veach We Trust.

The front office gave more than earned the right to be given the benefit of any doubt. Picking late in every round can make it frustrating as a good player at a position of need frequently seems to come within 3-4 picks then gets swept away by a major rival. Eagles really lucked out with how the board fell to them several times.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Hayneplane

Bit surprised we went without a pick at either Tight End or Running Back and doubled up at Cornerback for the 2nd draft in a row but in Veach We Trust.

The front office gave more than earned the right to be given the benefit of any doubt. Picking late in every round can make it frustrating as a good player at a position of need frequently seems to come within 3-4 picks then gets swept away by a major rival. Eagles really lucked out with how the board fell to them several times.

With the surplus of quality TEs i really thought we were going to nab at least one, especially with our preponderance of 13P last season.

Guess that's not the ultimate path for KC going forward.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by oldman

It would be interesting to see how "the experts" graded the 2022 draft after the last pick. I'd almost bet it was a C+/B-. But we did win the SB, so **** off Prisco and 4/5ths of the clowns on NFLN.

That said, Veach and Co. know a lot more about football than we do. If we get all 7 picks on the roster, I'd say it was a success.

Any more, I just look at the positions we pick and evaluate the direction of the team more than the individual players.

I have a hard time arguing with the positions we drafted. Maybe would’ve liked another offensive weapon over one of the DBs, but nothing I’m too concerned with.

I agree with the direction of this draft, and I’ll defer to Veach’s evaluation of the players over my own.

[RunKC]

Veach would have raped the Raiders in this trade down but they said no.

So the #Chiefs and #Raiders reportedly discussed a trade for the 31st pick. https://t.co/xULmGANqhv pic.twitter.com/pJbPP7tBPO

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) May 1, 2023

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Veach would have raped the Raiders in this trade down but they said no.

So the #Chiefs and #Raiders reportedly discussed a trade for the 31st pick. https://t.co/xULmGANqhv pic.twitter.com/pJbPP7tBPO

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) May 1, 2023

They were prepared to take Anton Harrison at 12 if Tyree wasn’t there. I like Harrison but that would have been a huge reach.