The 2026 draft is critical to this dynasty, and Brett Veach has to do two things in the first round.

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I'm Ryan Tracy from over at rogueapc.com and NFL33.com and Rgerop Football.com.

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We're going to have a great show today.

It is mock draft Monday, and we're getting right into it.

Coming up later, we're going to hit the day three guys that can really help lift this particular roster in this particular season

as they try to come back from the debacle that was 2025.

Before that, we will get to how do you find day two starters?

That is the key here.

Top 100s are the key to every

draft and they play off every single year. But we start where we have to start every time

is that impact is the name of the game. You have to have guys that come in and contribute and

change how you do things with your top two picks. And yes, there are two picks in the first round for the Kansas City Chiefs. And that's kind of a nice luxury to say, isn't it? And I think as we go through, we have to remind ourselves that you can do many, many things with those two picks. Some are very, very apparent. We've talked about them last week. If you missed last week, show us, make sure you go back and check it out because we are your team every single day. And so

that means five plus shows a week, plus some bonus stuff and all kinds of other things.

But it all comes back to this. You have to have a pass pressure and you have to make sure

that you get value and you get stuck taking a

position of lesser value than what your team demands. Every team's different. And this chief's team

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