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Honorable mention: Tyreek Hill
While his career has been incredible up to this point, Hill hasn’t played long enough to rival the career numbers that would merit a spot in the top 10. Hill can possibly surpass some of the wideouts who currently occupy the top 10 with a big 2025 season after injuries hindered him last season.
A Look Back at Every Seventh-Round Draft Pick in Chiefs History | The Mothership
And here’s a look at who the Chiefs have drafted in the seventh round since 1967:
2024 | Pick No. 248 | C.J. Hanson | OL | Holy Cross
2023 | Pick No. 250 | Nic Jones | CB | Ball State
2022 | Pick No. 259 | Nazeeh Johnson | DB | Marshall
2022 | Pick No. 251 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | Rutgers
2022 | Pick No. 243 | Jaylen Watson | CB | Washington State
Why Chiefs Shouldn’t Reunite with Tyreek Hill | SI
As Hill is going into his age 31 season, the Chiefs would be smart to stick with the current wide receiving crew they have on the roster already. With Rashee Rice set to return after missing time due to injury last season, as well as a reunion with Hollywood Brown, Kansas City does not need to add Hill back to the roster.
While the franchise would likely love to add a player with a successful track record such as Hill, the youth in the wide receiving room gives the current Chief players time to build themselves up to the same status that Hill has. Not to mention that the Dolphins and Hill agreed to an extension that goes to the 2026 season, with voids, per Spotrac.com.
Creating a picture-perfect 7-round mock draft for the Kansas City Chiefs | Arrpwhead Addict
Round 2, Pick 63 – Tre Harris, WR, Ole Miss
Tre Harris has been one of the most efficient receivers in college football over the last two years. He’s a prototypical X receiver who can function as a power slot as well. He’s explosive after the catch, has sufficient speed, is competitive at the catch point, and is a decent blocker as well.
One downside with Harris is that the Ole Miss offense is pretty simple for receivers. That means there’s not a large sample of complex route-running from him.
The Chiefs are relying on Hollywood Brown, Xavier Worthy, Rashee Rice and Travis Kelce as their primary pass catchers in 2025. There’s quite a bit of risk in that group when you factor in injury history, age, size, and potential suspensions. It’s easy to see a scenario where the Chiefs are without a combination of Brown, Rice, and/or Worthy for several games.
Round 1 – Pick 31
Kentucky • Jr • 5’11” / 183 lbs
Kansas City does not usually invest premium draft assets into the cornerback position, but that is also why that unit was a problem, at times, last season. Corrective measures lead to the selection of Maxwell Hairston in the first round.
Around the NFL
NFL nudged Lions to propose change to playoff seeding | NBC Sports
As the winner-take-all, regular-season finale between the 14-2 Vikings and 14-2 Lions approached, Detroit receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown spoke out about the unfairness of the loser having to go on the road to face a division winner with a lesser record.
“It’s crazy,” St. Brown said at the time. “I think the rule should be changed. Obviously if you win the division, you should obviously make a playoff spot, but having a 14-win team having to go on the road is kind of crazy. But I guess I don’t make the rules.”
No, St. Brown doesn’t make the rules. But his comments could have a hand in changing them.
As St. Brown’s remarks went viral, NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent took notice. And, instead of adding the possibility to the agenda of the Competition Committee for the usual bill-becomes-law protocol, Vincent made a phone call to Lions president Rod Wood.
“Troy Vincent from the league reached out to me and said, ‘I tend to agree with [St. Brown],’” Wood said this week at the league meetings. “‘Would you mind partnering with us on making a proposal on that?’ So we made a proposal.”
Miami Dolphins lineman Terron Armstead, 33, elects to retire | ESPN
Dolphins offensive lineman Terron Armstead announced his retirement Saturday night, ending his decorated 12-year NFL career.
Armstead, 33, announced the news at a party he hosted in Miami to celebrate his next chapter, with several former teammates in attendance.
The five-time Pro Bowl standout signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the Dolphins in 2022 and spent three seasons as the team’s starting left tackle. During that span, he was named to two Pro Bowls and was a three-time team captain.
A third-round pick out of Arkansas-Pine Bluff by the New Orleans Saints in 2013, the Cahokia, Illinois, native set an NFL scouting combine record for an offensive lineman with a 4.71-second 40-yard dash.
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Chiefs Draft: 3 left tackles Kansas City could target on each day
Day 1: Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Height: 6’5
Weight: 315 lbs.
Arm length: 33 1/2 inches
Projected: pick 15-25
This selection might require the Chiefs to make a mid-size trade-up to get him. But if you’re serious about protecting quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ blind side for the next 10 years and preventing the horror show that was Super Bowl LIX from happening again, then this is the move you have to make.
The only knock on Banks is the same knock on literally every other left tackle at the top of the board, and it’s that he has sub-34-inch arms. But, if we’re being honest. So does Jaylon Moore, and so did Joe Thuney. Desperate times call for rethinking your thresholds to see if they still hold, and I think Banks Jr. is the exception to the rule.
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