{"id":870284,"date":"2026-04-19T23:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T23:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:27:46","slug":"chiefs-have-several-questions-to-answer-in-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/870284\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs have several questions to answer in NFL 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> are going to be an interesting watch in the NFL Draft, as Brett Veach has two first-round picks to work with.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 9 and No. 29, the Chiefs have a lot of options on the board, and exactly where the franchise will go is a great conversation starter. Some think corner, given Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson moving on in free agency, while others think the\u00a0offensive line and receiver should be targets as well.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of the two first-round picks is that the Chiefs, in all likelihood, will fill two of those holes early on in the draft, leaving other picks to fill out the roster.<\/p>\n<p>For NFL.com&#8217;s Kevin Patra, there are some questions over the offense entering the draft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Xavier Worthy hasn\u2019t become an every-down playmaker, and Rashee Rice has been on the field for just 12 games the past two years,&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/every-nfl-team-s-offseason-to-do-list-what-can-clubs-check-off-in-the-2026-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patra wrote<\/a>. &#8220;With two first-round picks, will one target a big-play WR? Do the Chiefs finally bring in Travis Kelce\u2019s eventual heir at tight end?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/uk\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/news\/could-ravens-make-history-nfl-draft\/6e4471553e92815d1dbe8674\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Could Ravens make history in NFL Draft?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should Chiefs go offense?<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the draft board will dictate that for the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>With corner a need, Mansoor Delane could be available at No. 9, but so could receiver Jordyn Tyson or Carnell Tate, so how the Chiefs approach it will be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>If both Delane and Tyson are still on the board at No 9, Andy Reid and Veach will have a big decision to make. Get a starting corner for Steve Spagnuolo? Or get Patrick Mahomes another weapon?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Chiefs could also go pass rusher with someone like Rueben Bain Jr. at No. 9 as well, so there are plenty of options, and in truth, Kansas City could go in any direction.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s what makes the first-round of the draft so intriguing.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs are going to be an interesting watch in the NFL Draft, as Brett Veach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819973,"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-870284","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\/116433967058950783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870284","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=870284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}