Yeah - I'd consider it for Nolen.

Maaaaaaaaybe Harmon because I think he fits better alongside Jones than Nolen, but Nolen's long-term upside is just so high.

That's it, though. And I'd need to get Harmon on a visit to see his medicals and address whatever that may be before I put him on that list.
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Peter Schrager’s first and final mock.

#31. James Pearce Jr., Edge, Tennessee

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2025/s...ders-ward-dart
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I don't see Spags signing off on an undersized one-trick pony who can't set the edge against the run. That's a big deal for his DEs, and if they can't, they don't play. It's really that simple.
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Yeah, have a hard time seeing that.
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There is zero chance we take James Pearce.

A theory I heard was an interesting one -- that Veach got Uche as a pressure test of sorts for the coaching staff. To see what they'd do with a player like that if they had one.

We got our answer pretty clearly.

They don't want James Pearce. They had a version of him that they wouldn't even put on the field in obvious pass rush downs; a veteran who's produced in the league and he was buried behind Mike Danna on 3rd downs and in the 4th quarter.

No way. I like that sort of player. I'd take that sort of player.

The Chiefs don't and won't, IMO.
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Do you think the Dee Ford experience turned them off? Spags wasn't here, but I wonder if because it's not his type of edge, plus Andy's experience with a rush only edge is part of this disdain.
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Spags is a run first set the edge guy all the way back to his Giants days. It was probably never going to happen, veach just got bricked up for a guys he graded well. They may have never really seen him as an edge. They talked about him playing line backer in practice.
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