Chiefs FIRST Rd Picks at #9 & #29 in the Locked On NFL Mock Draft

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs face draft-night dilemmas as top edge rushers and wide receiver prospects fly off the board early. Can Brett Veach’s strategy and keen evaluations keep Kansas City in Super Bowl contention with challenging picks at No. 9 and No. 29? Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy break down the Locked On NFL Mock Draft results, with insight into selections like Malik Delaine at cornerback and Malachi Lawrence at edge, while weighing trade-up scenarios and the potential risks of waiting to address vital needs. Key topics include the run on Ohio State standouts like Arvell Reese and Carnell Tate, reaction to the Dallas Cowboys’ aggressive draft tactics, and what the Chiefs’ offensive line priorities—possibly Monroe Freeling or Fano—mean for protecting Patrick Mahomes. Could Kansas City land true first-round value or be forced into fallback options? Find out why this draft might force the Chiefs to get creative in pursuit of another AFC crown.

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0:00.0	The Chiefs were on the clock and we made a couple of picks.
0:03.5	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.
0:09.5	You are Locked-on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:20.6	And welcome back everybody to the Locked-on Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcasts Network,
0:25.5	your team every day.
0:27.3	And part of the number one podcast network, sports podcast network in the United States,
0:32.0	thank you all for listening.
0:33.1	And we do truly appreciate that.
0:34.4	I'm Chris Clark from Chief's Corner.
0:36.1	He is Ryan Tracy from RGR Football, Rogue A PC and NFL 33. Lots of different things to talk about, but we're
0:43.4	going to get into the NFL mock draft that our network did and where we ended up going with
0:50.3	those picks. So I'm just going to jump right in and show everybody the picks because it's going to
0:56.7	explain basically where we ended up at number nine.
1:00.1	So here we go.
1:01.5	This is what happened in the mock draft.
1:04.8	Ferneda Mendoza, win number one, no surprise, David Bailey, two, Francis Maui Noah,
1:09.0	three, Arvel Reese four sunny
1:12.7	styles five Caleb Downs six carnal tate seven Ruben Bain eight so Ruben
1:19.8	Bain lasted until the pick right before the chiefs and that set us up for what
1:24.7	happened next and because I was not the one that made the pick, we did talk about it. I'll let Ryan go ahead and discuss who he did decide to go with at nine. Yeah, this sucked. I got to tell you. This is bad. And quite frankly, this is how it could shake out draft night. It could. And we're going to talk a little bit later, and I should have mentioned this and we're going to talk a little bit later and
1:45.2	I should have mentioned this we're going to talk a little bit later about what brett beach had to say
1:47.9	and his pressure which actually plays into this conversation right here and we will go be going
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