{"id":53891,"date":"2025-04-18T06:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=53891"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:22:01","slug":"chiefs-veach-identifies-teams-top-needs-ahead-of-next-weeks-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=53891","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs\u2019 Veach identifies team\u2019s top needs ahead of next week\u2019s NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<section><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTg4OTUzMDAyMjEwNTAyMDAz\/usatsi_17809830.jpg\" alt=\"KC Chiefs GM Brett Veach Is the King of Rebuilding Position Groups - Sports Illustrated Kansas City Chiefs News, Analysis and More\" \/>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) &#8211; The Kansas City Chiefs are almost on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 NFL Draft kicks off next Thursday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think we put ourselves in the position so that if we\u2019re sitting there at 31, we certainly have a need for o-line, d-line, corner, receiver,\u201d Chiefs general manager Brett Veach told reporters via Zoom Thursday. \u201cAll options are open. Guess we\u2019ll see how it kinda shakes out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs enter this year\u2019s draft with eight picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Round 1: No. 31 overall<\/li>\n<li>Round 2: No. 63 overall<\/li>\n<li>Round 3: No. 66 overall (via Tennessee)<\/li>\n<li>Round 3: No. 95 overall<\/li>\n<li>Round 4: No. 133 overall<\/li>\n<li>Round 7: No. 226 overall<\/li>\n<li>Round 7: No. 251 overall (compensatory pick)<\/li>\n<li>Round 7: No. 257 overall (compensatory pick)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Historically, Veach hasn\u2019t been shy about trading up for a difference maker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one end, the more numbers you have and the number of tickets you have in this lottery, the better,\u201d Veach said. \u201cBut on the other end, there\u2019s that element of trusting what you see. If you\u2019re going to do all this work, you might as well go get a guy you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says his staff currently has 202 players on their board. Typically, that includes 15-20 players with first-round grades. This year, that number is in the 12-13 range.<\/p>\n<p>Veach has traded up a dozen times in his career, compared to trading down just twice \u2014 though don\u2019t rule out the latter in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that I\u2019ve shown to be more aggressive, but I\u2019m certainly open to it,\u201d Veach said of the possibility to trade down. \u201cIf it makes sense for us and we can acquire additional picks, yeah, I\u2019d be all for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs have a number of roster needs entering next week. Veach expects the team to bolster its ground attack for the upcoming season with young talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a ton of running backs,\u201d he said of this year\u2019s draft class. \u201cI think there\u2019ll be a good chance that one of these picks ends up being one of those players just because there\u2019s so many of them and they\u2019re all really good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discrepancies between the running back you have in the fourth or fifth (round) is really close, or fourth and third is really close. I think there\u2019s a good likelihood that one of those players ends up on our roster and hopefully they\u2019re a dynamic returner as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In two of the last three seasons, the Chiefs have drafted a wide receiver who went on to score a touchdown in the Super Bowl during his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are almost on the clock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1717,2069,15,1715],"class_list":["post-53891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-brett-veach","tag-green-bay","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl-draft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs\u2019 Veach identifies team\u2019s top needs ahead of next week\u2019s NFL Draft - 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