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Kansas City Chiefs EDGE Market COLLAPSES, Will Spagnuolo Really Bend His Rules?

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs target Carnell Tate in the top 10—could this bold move reshape their NFL Draft strategy? With edge rushers flying off the board early and a run on Buckeyes, the Chiefs face tough decisions on whether to trade up and which position demands the most urgent attention. Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy dissect the scenarios, questioning if selecting a cornerback like Mansour Delane or an offensive tackle would satisfy fans and fit Steve Spagnuolo’s scheme. The debate intensifies around the necessity of securing an edge rusher in Round 1, highlighting TJ Parker as a prime target. Does Kansas City risk missing out and scramble for Malachi Lawrence or Reuben Bain later? Insights on Travis Kelce’s likely swan song and the evolving offensive game plan shape their analysis. Will Kansas City’s aggressive draft day moves keep the dynasty window open amid looming roster changes?

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0:00.0

Chiefs struck early in this draft.

0:03.2

Let's talk about it.

0:04.1

From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.

0:10.1

You are Locked on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast.

0:15.0

Part of the Locked on podcast network, your team every day.

0:21.5

And welcome back to another episode episode of Lockdown Chiefs.

0:23.7

I am Chris Clark from Chiefs Corner.

0:25.2

He is Ryan Tracy from RGR Football, Rogue Analytics, and NFL 33.

0:30.7

And we're going to get into what we did on this draft.

0:33.6

So we already kind of went through a mock draft on our daily show.

0:37.2

And I will show that really quick.

0:41.1

We got Cardinal Tate at pick number nine and T.J. Parker at pick number 23.

0:45.9

This is where we're going to kind of start to talk about how this draft shaped out.

0:51.7

But we're going to get into what the chiefs could be looking at at pick number nine

0:56.2

and what they should be looking at doing with pick number 29 after the break. This is really where

1:02.6

it kind of shakes out to me, though. If we started one, to be quite fair, we started one,

1:08.3

it didn't work out very well for kansas city it was really bad actually

1:11.7

and uh so we redid it and this is what we got and obviously the chief's getting carnell tate at nine

1:19.2

uh funny enough i just noticed that you have three buckeyes going seven eight nine uh in this draft

1:25.7

and four of buckeyes in the top nine.

1:28.9

So congratulations to Ohio State, and it looks like there's a fifth in the first round.

1:33.8

So, yeah, this is going to be interesting to see how this shakes out.

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