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2025 NFL Draft Day 3 Picks Most Likely to Make Immediate Impact | Bleacher Report
Jalen Royals, Kansas City Chiefs WR
The Kansas City Chiefs continue to improve the wide receiver talent around quarterback Patrick Mahomes. This year, they took Utah State wideout Jalen Royals in the fourth round, a season after selecting Xavier Worthy in the first round and two years after drafting Rashee Rice.
Chiefs director of player personnel Ryne Nutt told reporters he believes Royals offers a similar skill set to Rice’s, saying, “His game is very similar to Rashee’s.”
Rice is an alignment-versatile receiver whom Andy Reid utilizes to create mismatches against the defense. The 6’0”, 195-pound Royals’ height and weight are close to the 6’1” Rice’s, but he is a better raw athlete, per their respective athletic testing numbers.
Rice missed the majority of the 2024 season due to an LCL injury. He may be limited to start this year as well. This opens the door for Royals.
His run-after-catch abilities can be amplified inside this Chiefs offense. If the opportunities arise, Royals’ talent is there to make a lasting impact.
2025 NFL season: Lions, Eagles among most vulnerable reigning division champions | NFL.com
AFC West · 2024 record: 15-2
The Chiefs have won their division a staggering nine seasons in a row, and last year they won it by four games. So why are they not the least vulnerable? Well, bluntly, the other teams in the AFC West appear to be more of a challenge than the other teams in the AFC East. The Chargers and Broncos both made the playoffs last season as wild cards, Los Angeles after a significant first-year turnaround under coach Jim Harbaugh and Denver with a successful rookie season from quarterback Bo Nix. The Raiders, now with Pete Carroll and quarterback Geno Smith, should also be vastly improved. I can’t pick against a team that features Andy Reid, Steve Spagnuolo and Patrick Mahomes, though. Maybe the Chiefs will wind up with a few more losses than they had last season (two) because the division games should be much tougher. But four games is still a wide margin, and as long as Mahomes is upright, the Chiefs will cast a long shadow.
NFL 2025 standings predictions: Division-by-division picks | Touchdown Wire
Kansas City Chiefs: 14-3 (1)
Los Angeles Chargers: 9-8
Denver Broncos: 8-9
Las Vegas Raiders: 8-9
The Chiefs aren’t going anywhere, despite what fans of every other team in the division seem to think/try to manifest. As long as Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes are there, the Chiefs will be on top.
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