{"id":822129,"date":"2026-03-20T00:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/822129\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:22:26","slug":"chiefs-double-up-on-defense-in-nfl-coms-latest-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/822129\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs double-up on defense in NFL.com\u2019s latest mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Pick 9<br \/>Kansas City Chiefs<br \/>Mansoor Delane \u2014 LSU, CB, Senior<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">With two of their starting corners heading to the Rams this offseason (Trent McDuffie via trade and Jaylen Watson via free agency), the Chiefs have a tough time passing on the top option here. Delane is a press-man corner who gets physical in the run game, too. That\u2019s what coordinator Steve Spagnuolo seeks at the position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Pick 29<br \/>Kansas City Chiefs<br \/>Malachi Lawrence \u2014 UCF, Edge, Senior<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">I\u2019ve been accused of trying to hit too many fairways in past mocks, so here\u2019s me whipping out the driver and going for the green. Lawrence has been a hot name in the pre-draft process. With his length, size and explosiveness (40-inch vertical, 10-10 broad jump, 1.59-second 10-yard split), the UCF product fits K.C.\u2018s benchmarks for an edge rusher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pick 9Kansas City ChiefsMansoor Delane \u2014 LSU, CB, Senior With two of their starting corners heading to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,97807,923,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-822129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-chiefs","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-kansas-city","11":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-mock-drafts","13":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs-draft","14":"tag-kansascity","15":"tag-kansascitychiefs","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116258652668282690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}