Will Chiefs REAP the reward of the latest NFL Draft Debacle?

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs weigh risk and reward as Reuben Bane’s draft stock hangs in the balance. Will off-field concerns keep the star edge rusher from landing in Arrowhead, or can Brett Veach orchestrate a steal despite recent controversy? Hosts Ryan Tracy and Chris Clark dissect the Chiefs’ draft strategy amid swirling reports about Bane’s character and reckless driving incidents. Discussion centers on Kansas City’s urgent need for an edge rusher, the potential for a trade-up to secure their target, and alternative options like TJ Parker and Leonard Messador. Key points include the impact of NFL personal conduct policies, comparisons to past Chiefs situations, and whether the front office should gamble on upside versus floor. With offensive tackles climbing draft boards and wide receiver prospects in play, fans are urged to weigh in: Should the Chiefs draft Reuben Bane at No. 9, or pivot to a safer pick?

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0:00.0	The real question is can the Chiefs hit the curveball?
0:04.8	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked-on Chiefs podcast.
0:10.8	You are Locked-on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked-on
0:16.9	podcast network, your team every day.
0:22.4	Welcome in, folks.
0:23.9	This is locked on chiefs.
0:25.6	We appreciate you joining us.
0:26.9	I'm Ryan Tracy.
0:27.9	I found a rogue analytics and performance consulting where you can get my draft guide
0:31.0	right now at Rogue APC.
0:32.0	Use that code LOC 26.
0:33.5	This is Chris Clark, the guy who runs Casey Chiefs Corner.
0:36.2	And we are here to talk about all kinds of things as we get ready for the draft in now 10 days, looking forward to it.
0:43.5	We are going to hit you with some alternate possibilities, different ways to get the same thing done at the edge position in this draft.
0:51.4	That's coming up later. Then, before that, we're going to take
0:55.1	advantage of whatever situation shows up. How can the chiefs maximize their return? That's coming
1:00.1	up next. But we start right where we have started a number of times lately. It's been a lot of
1:06.2	discussion about Ruben Day for us because the chiefs have shown interest.
1:16.6	Multiple reports confirm that they're in position to get an edge rusher that looks like Ruben Bain.
1:17.6	And now we've known, what, 10 days or so that he's been supposedly falling a little bit
1:23.5	out of the top five, maybe within striking distance, Kansas City Chiefs.
1:27.7	There was a report that came out yesterday over the weekend, which drudged up, in all honesty,
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