{"id":865132,"date":"2026-04-12T22:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/865132\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:49:37","slug":"chiefs-snag-defensive-monster-in-latest-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/865132\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs snag defensive monster in latest mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>&#8216; defense, for most, requires two positions to be fortified in the NFL Draft, and that is edge and corner.<\/p>\n<p>With Jaylen Watson and Trent McDuffie both now with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>, the Chiefs&#8217; pass rush is in desperate need of getting help for Chris Jones and George Karlaftis.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with two first-round picks, the Chiefs can, in theory, get both positions sorted in the first-round, but which should take precedence?<\/p>\n<p>For CBS Sports&#8217; Zachary Pereles, in his latest mock draft, it&#8217;s edge, and at No. 9, the Chiefs take Texas Tech stud David Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Chiefs have several options here &#8212; wide receiver, right tackle, cornerback, safety, linebacker and pass rusher &#8212; but ultimately go with David Bailey, whose burst off the line of scrimmage is second to none in this class,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/draft\/news\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-jeremiyah-love-top-five-cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pereles wrote<\/a>. &#8220;His speed gives opponents nightmares. The Chiefs got pretty good results the last time they took a Texas Tech star in the top 10 &#8212; Patrick Mahomes &#8212; and they take another Red Raider here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\/news\/colts-named-landing-spot-all-pro-wr\/0cf8f013879d49fe8e542c3a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colts named landing spot for All-Pro WR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chiefs&#8217; soft rebuild key to 2026 resurgence<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs missed the playoffs for the first time in the Patrick Mahomes era in 2025, and that has given the franchise\u00a0ample time to figure out what went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it also gives the Chiefs time to look at the roster and figure out where to improve it via free agency and the draft.<\/p>\n<p>Having already made some key signings, most notably Kenneth Walker, the Chiefs will now turn to the draft with two first-round picks\u00a0to bolster the roster even further.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 season was one to forget for a host of reasons, and the long road to ensure it doesn&#8217;t happen again has already begun for Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs&#8216; defense, for most, requires two positions to be fortified in the NFL Draft, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-865132","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-kansascity","13":"tag-kansascitychiefs","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116394182034414422","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865132","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=865132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}