2021 Recap
A rough 2nd half of our 4th straight AFC Championship game prevented us from going to our 3rd straight Super Bowl.
It was an up-and-down season with some incredible highs and confusing lows. Our Offense was at sometimes mediocre, and other times incredible, with the final game being a microcosm of this. Our Defense went from worst in the league, to the best in the league, back to somewhere in between when it was all said and done.
Last year Veach attacked the OL in the offseason with incredible results. He made a key mid-season trade for Ingram, which helped our terrible pass rush become decent again. He nailed the '21 draft with Humphrey, Bolton, and Smith.
This offseason should present a defensive mini-overhaul, focusing on the Edge position, improvements in the secondary, and just a few skill-player upgrades on Offense. The list of holes is not long, but they should be improved if we want to continue our status as the top team in the AFC.
Overview
This is the 11th year in a row that we will be tracking the college players the Chiefs have publicly or privately expressed interest in leading up to the NFL Draft.
Last year was rough in that COVID prevented people from attending most of the major events (No combine, virtual visits, etc...). While we did get Nick Bolton on our list, I'm hoping for better results this year.
For those who are new: the way this operates is that we collectively monitor various social media sources, blogs, articles and reports for news of the Chiefs' interest in a certain player. When posted in this thread, I will update the OP to include the player. *Please provide the link to the article, the players name, position and team.
I am going to try to link to player profiles when they exist, courtesy of The Draft Network, other sites' write ups, or their team's website.
White would be an incredible pick. Born and raised in KC, is apparently a chiefs fan and models his game on Charles. Not sure he lasts beyond the third round tbh. Breece Hall is another one born In KC and may be a Chiefs fan too. [Reply]
It's interesting that they used a combine meeting on a RB given how few they get. Not only that, a probable 3rd round RB. It would appear that the Chiefs aren't overly enamored with CEH and Gore as a 1-2 punch going into the season with whatever scraps they can add to the heap. Not that I wouldn't get over it, but I just don't much like the idea of using day 2 pick on the position two years after wasting a 1. Maybe they see him as a 4th round value but I'd very much doubt he fell that far. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Willis seems to be the guy that somebody might get aggressive for so I’ve seen a lot of teams with a QB interviewing him.
Originally Posted by kccrow:
Pickens, like all Georgia WRs, scares me. They are wildly inconsistent and underdeveloped in college and it almost always carries over.
