Chiefs DEFENSE Overhaul Begins—Mansoor Delane and Peter Woods PICKED!

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs shake up their draft strategy, snagging cornerback Mansoor Delane with a surprise trade-up to pick 6 and bolstering the defensive line with Peter Woods at 29. Did Brett Veach outmaneuver the league, or did Kansas City give up too much draft capital chasing their top defensive targets? Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy break down the Chiefs’ bold first-round moves and explore how these picks transform the defense after key departures. Key discussion points include Delane’s fit as a boundary corner, his similarities to Trent McDuffie, and Woods’ potential impact alongside Chris Jones. The hosts examine missed opportunities at edge rusher, day two draft priorities like TJ Parker and Zion Young, and the implications for Kansas City’s remaining roster holes at offensive tackle and wide receiver. Can the Chiefs’ revamped defense maintain championship-caliber performance amid shifting draft dynamics? The Kansas City Chiefs

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0:00.0	Draft Night is now done in round one.
0:03.5	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked On Chiefs podcast.
0:09.6	You are Locked on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:21.2	And welcome back to their episode, Locked On Chiefs, part of Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. And welcome back to their episode Locked on Chiefs, part Lockdown Podcast Network,
0:24.7	your team every day.
0:25.9	And thank you all for listening.
0:27.4	We do appreciate it.
0:29.0	Long night for both of us, I'm sure.
0:31.7	I'm sure you're a little worn out at this point.
0:33.8	But Chiefs make a couple of big choices in this draft. Go get a corner and go get
0:39.9	a defense tackle, which we'll be talking about a little bit later. But they do start making
0:43.4	over this defense, which is very important. I'm Chris Clark from Chief's Corner. He's Ryan Tracy
0:47.5	from Archierre Football, Rogue APC, and NFL 33. Let's just dive in. Mansour Delane, pick number six. That was a shocker to me. I'm still not quite sure on that one.
1:01.0	Yeah, I mean, I have no problem with the player. He was the top corner on my board. I had him just outside the top 10.
1:09.8	I had him at 11 overall.
1:11.8	And for those of you who saw the locked on network mock draft,
1:15.0	I took Delane for the Chiefs in our mock with all the other hosts.
1:18.9	I didn't expect it to be in a trade-up scenario.
1:22.4	So that's what the surprise comes at.
1:25.1	I'm not happy with losing the 74 pick.
1:27.4	I'm sure Brad Beach isn't happy either.
1:29.4	But from what I understand, it was the noise that Delane would not get past seven or eight at the
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