PRIORITY: Chiefs Debate Free Agency vs. Draft Picks and TARGET Key Free Agents

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs face critical offseason decisions: should they target impact players in free agency or bolster their roster through draft picks? Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy break down the Chiefs’ strategic priorities, debating the best ways to fill gaps at edge rusher, defensive tackle, running back, and wide receiver. The hosts weigh the cost and value of acquiring talent like Bryan Robinson, Juju Smith-Schuster, and highlight why Kenneth Walker III and Breece Hall may be out of reach. Key topics include the Chiefs’ plans for their number 9 draft pick, potential trades for Trent McDuffie or Chris Jones, and which free agents are likely to return. With Patrick Mahomes leading the charge, can Kansas City maximize their salary cap and stay championship-ready? Find out how the team’s roster moves and draft strategy could shape their quest for another Super Bowl—will gathering draft picks be the answer, or is free agency the path forward?

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0:00.0	We're going to play a little game today.
0:03.2	Free agency or draft pick today on Locked on Chiefs.
0:07.3	From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:16.1	And welcome back to another episode, Locked on Chiefs, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every single day. We are here five days a week. Thank you all for listening. We do appreciate that. We're the number one sports podcast network in the United States. Thank you for making us that as well. And thank you for making us your first list and go check out another show. locked on an NFL draft maybe locked on an
0:37.5	NFL if you really want to go hear about the Seahawks who just won the Super Bowl go ahead and
0:42.3	you can go try that out lots of different angles you can go and a whole network of shows covering the
0:49.2	other sports as well thank you for making us your first listen as I already said, go check out locked-on chiefs.supercast.com and join our everydayer club.
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1:05.1	Go check that out.
1:06.0	You can talk to Ryan and I in Discord on a regular basis.
1:08.8	We are there talking to the Chiefs fans that have joined
1:12.1	and enjoying that because there's a lot to talk about in this off season, but before we get
1:17.0	there, the winter games are on and there's no better way to follow them than with than to
1:20.9	bet on Fandual. Fan duel, play your game. Look at how this season in this off season is going to
1:27.4	go.
1:28.1	We have to start with the question.
1:31.3	Does Kansas City need to look at this in the long term and maybe consider gathering
1:35.6	picks as a priority?
1:37.0	Maybe trade away some players, maybe trade some draft picks, get more capital, trade
1:41.4	back.
1:42.0	We will see what they do.
1:43.1	But we're going to talk about that a little bit later in the show.
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