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In separate mock drafts, two CBS writers pick a wide receiver and an offensive tackle for Kansas City at 32.
On Wednesday, CBS Sports writers Will Brinson and Chris Trapasso each published a first-round mock draft. In his third mock of the offseason, Brinson projected a wide receiver to the Kansas City Chiefs with the final pick of the first round.
32. Kansas City Chiefs : WR Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky
The Chiefs wrap up the first round by grabbing a wide receiver, which Chiefs fans might call lazy, but let’s be honest, it makes way way too much sense here.
Trapasso, however, thinks the Chiefs will take an offensive tackle.
32. Kansas City Chiefs: OT Jordan Morgan, Arizona
The Chiefs get their much-needed offensive tackle who can play guard if need be. Morgan is balanced and powerful at the point of attack.
Brinson says his selection of Corley “makes too much sense,” — but it’s kind of hard to see how he comes to that conclusion. The article indicates that by CBS Sports’ prospect rankings, Corley is ranked 15th among wide receivers — and 67th overall.
Up to that point, Brinson’s mock had included six wideouts. Based on the CBS rankings, Georgia’s Ladd McConkey (6th), UCF’s Javon Baker (8th), Oregon’s Troy Franklin (9th) or Florida State’s Keon Coleman (10th) would have made more sense — and all of them were available at 32. In his first mock on March 7, Bronson even sent Franklin to the Chiefs — and on March 20, he picked Florida’s Ricky Pearsall (ranked 12th) for Kansas City.
In fairness to Brinson, perhaps he knows something about Corley that we don’t. In his film review on Monday, our own Nate Christensen said that aside from LSU’s Malik Nabers, Corley is “the best yards after catch wide receiver in this class” — and that he would love to see the Western Kentucky wideout play in the Kansas City offense. It might be that Brinson feels the same way. But even if that’s true, does that make Corley a smart pick at 32? It seems like the Chiefs could easily get him at 64 — while a tackle like BYU’s Kingsley Suamataia was still available at 32.
In fact, Morgan was also still available to Brinson — so Trapasso’s pick of of the Arizona tackle makes more sense. Wednesday’s effort was the ninth one of his mocks we have covered at Arrowhead Pride this offseason. In his first four, Trapasso sent wide receivers to the Chiefs — but like many others, adjusted his thinking after the team acquired wide receiver Hollywood Brown. Since then, Trapasso has sent tackles to Kansas City in four of his five mocks — and chose Morgan for the Chiefs in his April 11 projection, too.
