{"id":889056,"date":"2026-05-12T08:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/889056\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:15:17","slug":"nfl-film-expert-explains-why-chiefs-first-rounder-will-thrive-in-kc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/889056\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL film expert explains why Chiefs&#8217; first-rounder will thrive in KC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kansas City Chiefs&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> will rely on rookie defensive lineman Peter Woods to provide some extra push for their pass-rush next season after the team&#8217;s defense fell flat in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Woods, a former Clemson Tigers sack-master at the collegiate level, joined the Chiefs as a first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and will almost certainly be a starter on Kansas City&#8217;s front four later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Though it is still unclear exactly how Chiefs defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo will use Woods next season, the NFL experts at Film Watchers are bullish on the Clemson standout&#8217;s trajectory in the veteran playcaller&#8217;s system.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at this full breakdown of Woods&#8217; fit with the Chiefs, which was posted to Twitter by the official account of NFL+:<\/p>\n<p>Woods, along with fellow first-rounder Mansoor Delane, is already facing sky-high expectations, even before they&#8217;ve set foot on the field for their first professional contest.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2026\/05\/11\/kansas-city-chiefs-expert-says-rookie-peter-woods-will-thrive-nfl-offseason-rumor\/90038498007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chiefs rumors: Film expert says first-round pick will thrive in KC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chiefs rumors&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Chiefs rumors: Film expert says first-round pick will thrive in KC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs will rely on rookie defensive lineman Peter Woods to provide some extra push for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":889057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[30353,843,3126,7,110,6,7722,2890],"class_list":{"0":"post-889056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-chiefs-defensive-coordinator","9":"tag-clemson-tigers","10":"tag-defensive-lineman","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-peter-woods","15":"tag-steve-spagnuolo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116560614145675212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889056","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=889056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}