It was one of the best season-long performances by a corner in the NFL last season, which is why Sneed’s X post truly is a bold prediction, as it will be quite hard to perform better than he did last season.With some extra ammunition in 2025 at the front office’s disposal, the Chiefs might want to use that added draft capital to help trade up in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, which begins on Thursday, April 25.Speaking to the media during his pre-draft press conference, Chiefs general manager Brett Veach addressed the possibility of Kansas City trading up on day one of the Draft.
“Just weighing the options. On one end, I think there’s 16-18 guys this year that we have as first-round grades, you factor in some quarterbacks there and some teams that go in different directions that are contradictory to what our board has,” Veach explained. “You figure probably 16-18 names, four quarterbacks, maybe five quarterbacks, there could be a window there where we have an opportunity to get a guy then it’s just weighing the cost. If it is a corner, an o-lineman, or a receiver, we’re probably going to give up the opportunity to take that other position later in the draft. Is one guy that you have a first-round grade on better than two guys that you have maybe a second and third-round grade on? It’s just weighing that formula for us.
“That’s where it comes down to the value of that guy that falls, if he’s one of those guys that you really have as a top 10, top 12 pick I think you do it, like Trent McDuffie’s situation,” Veach continued. “I think if it’s one of those guys we’ll certainly be aggressive and hopefully we can find a trading partner but I also think there’s some depth in round two there. There are opportunities to add players who come in and push for starting positions in rounds two and three as well.”
