Kansas City Chiefs: Hopefully Chiefs have been paying attention

ACCUMULATE DRAFT PICKS

Brett Veach displayed a willingness to move up in recent drafts, as the Chiefs the past two drafts have moved up early and often, twice in early rounds in 2017, targeting Patrick Mahomes and Kareem Hunt.

In 2018, with the Chiefs fully under the control of Veach, they moved in round two (Breeland Speaks), round three (Derrick Nnadi) and round six (Reggie McKenzie). Outside of Mahomes, those moves have not paid off.

Nnadi took over the starting job from Xavier Williams on a bad defense that can’t stop the run, Speaks was a non-factor this season and McKenzie never dressed after being drafted and changing positions.

In 2019, this is not the time, this is not the draft for the Chiefs to get aggressive to move up. No, this year, the Chiefs need to move back.

Here is a list of the unrestricted free agents the Chiefs could lose this offseason:

• Allen Bailey
• Dee Ford (Spotrac calculated market value)
• Anthony Sherman
• Demetrius Harris
• Orlando Scandrick
• Spencer Ware
• Mitch Morse
• Frank Zombo
• De’Anthony Thomas
• Jordan Devey
• Kelvin Benjamin
• Charcandrick West
• Jeff Allen
• Chris Conley
• Steven Nelson (Calculated market value)

This list does not include restricted and exclusive rights free agents. While not every player on this list was a high impact player, the Chiefs will have to replace every roster spot show above and they have the salary cap issues mentioned previously.

Missing a fourth, but possessing the Rams second round pick, the Chiefs will need to find starters and impact players in draft picks. If the Chiefs want to compete and contend in 2019, rookies will need to make an impact.

The best way to ensure is to accumulate draft picks and play the odds of more choices, the more likely  you can find contributing football players.