The Chiefs have six more scheduled picks on the way on Saturday in the final four rounds. Trapasso asked the same of Chenal wondering about the team’s investments at linebacker already on the roster in Bolton and Willie Gay Jr. After the Bears traded this year’s first and fourth-round picks to move up for Justin Fields last year, they were left with limited draft capital. The ad comes exactly a week after Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders became the.
Chris Trapasso even gave him an “A+” grade and said, “Will be an instant star with Patrick Mahomes.”Įric Edholm of Yahoo! Sports did have some questions for the Chiefs with their last two picks, wondering about the limitations of Cook as a box safety and the overlap with Nick Bolton for Chenal. Ryan Poles went into his first draft as the Chicago Bears general manager knowing they had plenty of holes to fill. The league posted a video to its official Twitter account that used white text on a black screen to unfurl a series of statements the first of which was, Football is gay. The NFL on Monday released a new Pride Month ad saying Football is gay in support of the LGBTQ community.
Without exception, analysts liked or even loved the pick of Moore and feel like he will be of great use to Andy Reid’s offense going forward and will help fill the void after trading Tyreek Hill. The NFL has released a video on TV and online that unequivocally embraces the LGBTQ community, stating that football is gay, lesbian, queer, transgender, beautiful and other descriptors. Some draft analysts do have questions for the Chiefs with some picks, however, once the draft got past Moore. They also gave “B” grades for the picks of Moore and Cook as well and liked the fits of both. Over at The Athletic, the Chiefs earned their highest grade on the night of day two for their final pick with Chenal given the value he provided at No. Reuter praised the value of picks one after the other, which bodes well for the Chiefs’ ability to earn long-term impact from this class. On the day, the trio of Moore, Cook, and Chenal earned the Chiefs a robust “A+” grade from Chad Reuter of the NFL’s official site, who already gave the Chiefs an “A” grade for the first round. Let’s take a closer look at what NFL analysts are saying about the Kansas City Chiefs’ haul of players from Day 2 of the 2022 NFL Draft.įor those who were clamoring for some help at wide receiver, those fans got their answer in the second round with the selection of Western Michigan’s Skyy Moore after sliding back four picks to land an extra fifth round pick from the New England Patriots. On Friday, the defensive theme remained largely in place with the team’s decision to add Cincinnati Bearcats safety Bryan Cook in the second round and Wisconsin Badgers linebacker Leo Chenal in the third round. On the first day of the draft, the Chiefs earned high marks for their ability to add playmakers to the front and back of the defense in Washington Huskies cornerback Trent McDuffie and Purdue Boilermakers pass rusher George Karlaftis.