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Originally Posted by RealSNR
2018 isn't the greatest draft in Chiefs history, but even then time has shown that it wasn't the worst, either.
Derrick Nnadi is a pretty damn good player. He's started every single game as a pro, and he earned all of those starts by winning the job under two entirely different coaching staffs. Daly and Spags didn't owe Nnadi jack shit in 2019-- he had to earn that starting spot at NT, which he did.
We got a starter out of the draft, and we're going to get 4 complete seasons of cheap yet solid play out of him. No redshirt years.
You usually hope to get more out of that in any particular draft, and while it's true that Speaks, Watts, and O'Daniel could all get cut this offseason, it's more likely we'll get 2 of them to stick around and at least provide some depth (not sure about O'Daniel at this point).
In any case, it sure beats Pioli's first draft as GM.
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Nnadi was a brilliant pick. I remember some folks wanting Kirk in round 2, while others of us opined for a TE (I liked Goedert as I saw him play in college, and others liked Andrews out of OU).
I like Speaks, but Veach chose him over some guys that even fans could see as more viable options.