With Nate Taylor's nuggets yesterday dashing my Hopkins hopes, here's a new mock.
Assumptions:
1. The Chiefs extend DT Chris Jones for 4 years, $120m. It opens up $20m in cap space for 2023.
2. The Chiefs sign WR Odell Beckham, Jr. for 3 years, $54m. The Chiefs can get out of it easily after 2 years.
3. The Chiefs trade RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire for a 2024 conditional pick.
4. The CB Rashad Fenton 7th round pick does not qualify.
5. NFL Draft selections:
1.31. DT Mazi Smith, Michigan
2.63. The Chiefs trade their 2024 3rd to move up to 2.46. DE Isaiah Foskey, Notre Dame
3.96. OT Blake Freeland, BYU
4.122. WR Michael Wilson, Stanford
4.134. RB Sean Tucker, Syracuse
5.166. RB Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State
6.178. QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA
6.217. S Rashad Torrence II, Florida
7.249. LB Mikel Jones, Syracuse
7.250. OG/C Juice Scruggs, Penn State
6. After the draft, the Chiefs sign RB Jerrick McKinnon, WR Justin Watson, extend CB L'Jarius Sneed for 3 years, $42m.
The roster:
QB: Mahomes,
Thompson-Robinson, Buechele
RB: Pacheco, McKinnon,
Vaughn,
Tucker
FB: some guy
WR: Beckham, Toney, Valdez-Scantling, Moore, Watson,
Wilson
TE: Kelce, Gray, Bell, Fortson
LT: Taylor, Thuney
LG: Thuney, Allegretti
C: Humphrey,
Scruggs
RG: Smith, Kinnard
RT: Niang,
Freeland vs. Wanogho
DE: Omenihu,
Foskey, Kaindoh
DT: Jones, Wharton
DT:
Smith, Nnadi, Cowart
DE: Karlaftis, Danna
WLB: Tranquill,
Jones
MLB: Bolton, Chenal
SLB: Chenal, Cochrane
CB: Sneed, McDuffie, Watson, Williams, Johnson
S: Reid, Edwards, Cook,
Torrence
K: Butker
P: Townsend
LS: Winchester