Kansas City Chiefs: Prospects to keep an eye on in 2020 NFL Draft

Looking forward to another draft with Veach

The 2018 draft was a disaster, as we have seen almost no production from any of selections. The trades where KC moved up were dumb at the time, the selections made no sense, and as mentioned before, have done nothing. When you are in a window of trying to wind, a general manager putting up a goose egg across the board like the Chiefs 2018 draft is inexcusable.

The 2019 draft, at least at the top, was much better.

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Second round picks Mecole Hardman and Juan Thornhill have both found the field for significant snaps and have found opportunities and ways to help the Chiefs win, highlighted by Hardman’s long touchdown against the Raiders. Khalen Saunders was a curious selection, as he’s clearly not ready to contribute and the Chiefs still needed depth at corner. Late round picks, we’ll see what happens.

Veach is in an interesting spot. General managers early in their careers often need volume of picks, as they likely will wiff on more selections than they’d like.

However, Veach is going the other direction, trading selections off as if they were not worth anything. If the Chiefs are going to win and compete long-term, that’s a mentality that must change.

Positions unable to be addressed in this draft were along the offensive line, where help is needed, as we’ve seen most recently in the Colts game. Running back depth after this season is an issue, however, if Andy Reid has no interest in running the ball, there’s little reason to spend a draft pick on the position.

The other spot I expect the Chiefs to address this offseason, but not necessarily in the draft, is at punter, where the Chiefs likely move on from an aging and expensive Dustin Colquitt.

Regardless, the Chiefs need to continue to replenish and refill their depth in an effort to remain competitive and win games for years and years to come.