Rule: You can change your answer up until next Thursday!
This might be the toughest year yet for this. I can see so many different possibilities, especially considering that I think there's a solid chance the Chiefs trade up.
Edit: It's draft day and I'm changing my pick!
Amarius Mims, OT, Georgia
There's way too much smoke about the Chiefs trading up and/or them targeting a LT. I'm going with a guy that I think could make it into our range, who also has the kind of upside that would have Veach itching to make a move to go get him. [Reply]
I really think the Bills are going to have PTSD about us trading in front of them. That's going to cause them to overpay to trade up for a guy like BTJ. [Reply]
If he's still there, trade up with the Cardinals @27 in front of the Dildos, and pick Brian Thomas jr. but I doubt he's still there. Otherwise, take whoever OT is left at 32, and then trade up in the 2nd for our rookie WR. Rice probably won't be here when we need him to start the season, but who knows? Roger Goodell, that's who. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
Shit, I would gladly trade down if someone wanted the 5th year on a QB. Pick up an extra 3rd? It's a good draft. Count me in!
The chances of getting a 3rd after a trade out of the 1st are very slim. Much more likely to be a 4th, and hardly worth it IMO. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
The chances of getting a 3rd after a trade out of the 1st are very slim. Much more likely to be a 4th, and hardly worth it IMO.
Veach talking about older NIL players filling the back half of the draft seems like he doesn’t intend to use many picks on day 3. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RunKC:
Veach talking about older NIL players filling the back half of the draft seems like he doesn’t intend to use many picks on day 3.
If he's right that the back end of the draft has been thinned by NIL, that would imply that the draft will thicken up with prospects in the near future. He might make deals that give us back end picks in 2025 or 2026. [Reply]
Troy Franklin. In some ways I don't see him as an obvious pick, or Chiefs WR. My total guess is they look to move up for a LT and have no trade partners, consider going up for someone like Brian Thomas Jr and, again, get rebuffed. What they're then left with is a load of RTs with potential but too many questions for their liking, and 2-3 WRs they like. They've met Franklin I believe and I could see them liking his versatility as a guy who has the required athleticism, good route running but also can beat man and zone in a way the other options can't.
...almost certainly they'll now go for a CB. [Reply]