Find all the latest Kansas City Chiefs news, analysis and top headlines from the week of March 20 to March 26 on Chiefs Wire down below:
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Top story: Chiefs trade WR Tyreek Hill to Dolphins
“The Chiefs will receive five draft picks in return for Hill, including three in the 2022 NFL draft (the Nos. 29 and 50 picks and a fourth-round selection). They’ll also receive fourth- and sixth-round picks in the 2023 draft, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.”
There’s plenty of discourse surrounding this blockbuster trade that the Chiefs made this week. Regardless of your stance, the fact is that Kansas City could not pay Hill what he wanted and sought draft picks instead. We won’t know for a while whether that was truly a good decision, but the future is hopeful as the Chiefs now have 12 draft picks in 2022 and at least nine (likely more) in 2023.
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Top story: Chiefs to sign former Packers WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling
“It’ll be a three-year deal for Scantling, with a max value of $36 million … The 27-year-old wideout boasts a 6-4 and 205-pound frame with 4.3 speed. He has appeared in 59 career games with the Packers with 39 career starts, boasting 123 catches for over 2,000 yards and 13 scores in four seasons.”
The Chiefs made a flurry of mid-level signings this week, and the biggest was the signing of Valdes-Scantling. MVS projects to be the Chiefs’ WR2 behind JuJu Smith-Schuster, and his blazing speed should help K.C. keep some sort of a vertical attack with Hill now in Miami.
More Chiefs free agency stories from this past week:
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Top story: Chiefs Wire community mock draft roundup
“…given that the [Tyreek Hill] trade is now officially official, we turned to the fans for some mock draft inspiration to see who they wanted to select with the team’s newfound surplus of premium picks.”
Before the Hill trade, the Chiefs were almost a lock to grab an edge rusher or defensive back in round one. Now, with two picks in each of the first four rounds and an immediate need at receiver, it feels like there’s a bunch of different directions the team could go with those two first-rounders. Based on these mocks by Chiefs Kingdom, there’s no clear-cut position the team should target early on. Some say receiver and others like cornerback, while one even suggested edge rusher for both of K.C.’s first-round picks.
More Chiefs draft stories from this past week:
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