{"id":53875,"date":"2025-04-18T03:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=53875"},"modified":"2025-04-18T03:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:26:59","slug":"breaking-five-things-that-stood-out-from-gm-brett-veachs-pre-draft-presser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=53875","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Five Things That Stood Out from GM Brett Veach’s Pre-Draft Presser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2025 NFL Draft is exactly a week away, and with another major checkpoint on the offseason calendar nearly here, General Manager Brett Veach spoke with the media on Thursday to discuss how the Kansas City Chiefs are approaching draft weekend.<\/p>\n

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Here are five things that stood out from Veach’s media session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1. Veach explained how the Chiefs’ approach in free agency provided Kansas City with the flexibility to stay true to their draft board.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The draft is designed to replenish every roster with young talent, but teams can often get themselves into trouble when they focus too much on filling needs rather than simply taking the best players available in every round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Avoiding that trap is easier said than done, but Veach explained how the Chiefs’ strategy in free agency was designed with that mandate in mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Every free agency process, the goal and the objective is always the same, and that’s to position your team [in such a way] that when you get to the draft, you can unlock the full potential of your board and take the best player available,” Veach said. “We want to put ourselves in a position [through free agency] where we pretend there is no draft, and we have to go out there and play Week 1\u2026[What we did] was beneficial, but we’re certainly not where we need to be, and thankfully, we have the draft.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Veach went on to use the Chiefs’ signing of offensive tackle Jaylon Moore, rather than only relying on the draft to address the left tackle position, as an example of that strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don’t think it’s a secret that we want to get some stability there at the left tackle position,” Veach said. “He’s athletic, he’s a smart kid, and we did a lot of work on him during the pre-draft process years ago\u2026Credit to him that when he had a chance to go out there and play last year, he did a really good job. The next step for him is maintaining that level of play, but we’re excited to add him and to hopefully provide some stability to the left side of the line.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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