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Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

Chiefs DEFY Draft Logic with Spagnuolo Strategy Shift—Is This a GAMECHANGER?

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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4.6993 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs earn high marks in the NFL Draft, but key questions remain about their future roster depth. Did Brett Veach’s strategic trades and surprising picks reshape the Chiefs’ path to another Super Bowl push, or leave gaps at vital positions like offensive tackle and tight end? Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy break down their favorite picks, including the electric addition of RB from Nebraska and the unconventional selection of pass rusher Our Mason Thomas. The conversation highlights draft priorities, why the Chiefs targeted premium positions for speed, and which undrafted free agents like wide receiver Jeff Caldwell and corner Bryce Phillips could make an impact. With Christian Fulton’s place on the roster in jeopardy and questions around offensive tackle depth, the stakes for Kansas City’s offseason moves have never been higher. Will this new class fill the Chiefs’ lingering needs before the season kicks off?

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0:00.0

It's time to break down the best picks in the draft for the Chiefs.

0:03.6

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

0:15.7

podcast network, your team every day.

0:24.5

And welcome back to another episode Locked-on on chiefs it is time to break down this draft take a look at what they got done what we love about it what they didn't get

0:30.4

done and a little bit later we're going to talk about some of the udfas that we already know about

0:34.1

i'm chris clark from chief's corner he is He is Ryan Tracy from RGR Football and Rogue APC.

0:39.0

Lots of different things went on in this draft.

0:41.5

And I will say this as we jump into it,

0:44.4

it sure seems, at least from a lot of the analysts,

0:47.4

all the people out there,

0:49.0

the Chief's got a consensus high grade in this draft,

0:52.2

if not an A minus, at least a b plus so they did

0:57.7

well generally speaking consensus wise in this draft which i think is interesting because that's not

1:02.9

always the case yeah you're absolutely right and and for me it's a b plus as an overall grade

1:08.8

partly because of what they didn't do.

1:10.9

We're going to talk about that coming up as well as the UDFAs that are starting to show up.

1:14.4

We don't have the class signed yet, but we got a couple of things we can discuss.

1:18.7

So for B plus class, which is exactly how I take it, I still would have liked to have 74,

1:25.0

but it all came down.

1:26.7

And for any of you have seen my,

1:28.1

my, my recaps of my initial reaction live on RGR when it happened, I was disappointed with

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