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The Chiefs make a jump up in the first round to add a wide receiver a few picks earlier.
The majority of 2024 NFL mock drafts seem to have the Kansas City Chiefs selecting a wide receiver with the No. 32 overall pick at the end of the first round. In a supremely talented draft class, it’s reasonable to think that the Chiefs would be able to land an impact pass-catching prospect, even if they stay patient and wait for the board to fall to them at 32.
However, in a new CBS Sports mock by Jordan Dajani, the result is the same, but the process changes for KC. In a chain reaction of wide receiver trade-ups, the Chiefs trade up to No. 28 overall with the Minnesota Vikings, who had a mock trade with the Buffalo Bills earlier in the round.
The Chiefs potentially needing to jump higher than No. 28 makes sense; if Buffalo stays at 28 and waits for a wide receiver to lessen the loss of Stefon Diggs, the Bills should be locked in to selecting a WR at that spot. But in Dajani’s mock, the Bills jump up to No. 23 overall to select LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr., making him the fourth WR off the board. The Chiefs make Mitchell the fifth with their move up:
“Another trade! Another trade where the Vikings move back! The Chiefs don’t want to chance Adonai Mitchell falling to No. 32 overall, so they jump up to grab the 2023 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year, who led the conference in receiving touchdowns last season with 11,” Dajani wrote.
Mitchell landed in the second tier of Jordan Foote’s Chiefs wide receiver rankings, only behind the all-but-consensus “big three” of Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze, and Malik Nabers:
“Mitchell had a breakout final season at Texas, which fueled projections for his ceiling as a lengthy boundary wideout with a suddenness to his route-running process,” Foote wrote. “He also tested extremely well and boosted his draft stock.”
To accommodate Messimania coming to Kansas City, the match was moved from the club’s usual home of Children’s Mercy Park (capacity 18,467) to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium (76,416), which will also host this summer’s Copa America group-stage match between the U.S. men’s national team and Uruguay on July 1. Sporting Kansas City played its home matches at Arrowhead from 1996-2008. The official attendance on Saturday night was 72,610, setting a new club record for Sporting KC and marking the highest ever attendance for a soccer match in Missouri.
With all the recent news surrounding Rashee Rice, you can make a case that wide receiver is the Kansas City Chiefs’ No. 1 need.
However, the left tackle position is still a major concern, with Donovan Smith still a free agent. The Chiefs could also use another cornerback after trading away L’Jarius Sneed earlier this offseason.
“I know it looks like a graduation from the video, but this was actually at the end of a New Heights Live podcast that we put on to raise money for the University’s NIL. The university did this to poke fun at my brother and I for never really picking up our diplomas,” Jason Kelce told the New Heights Live podcast.
This clarification helped alleviate concerns among those offended by the social media post.
Jason Kelce has always defended his younger brother
This isn’t the first time Jason Kelce has supported his younger brother, Travis Kelce. Previously, Travis faced challenges during his college years at the University of Cincinnati.
In 2012, he was suspended for a year after testing positive for marijuana during the Sugar Bowl. Travis expressed gratitude for his brother’s support during this difficult period:
“When I got removed from the team, I got my scholarship taken so I was staying with my brother, I was in his room and his house, kind of like two brothers growing up living in the same room,” he continued.
