Where Brett Veach Has Spent His Draft Capital

Analyzing where the Chiefs GM has placed value with his draft picks

In the modern NFL time is rarely on the side of the key decision-makers and head coaches tasked with running an organization. The demand for instant gratification, or at least signs of life, is higher than it’s ever been in the league.

There are times when men are given impossible tasks and appear to be unfairly — and unceremoniously — moved on from before they get a chance to see their plan play out. Sometimes they stick around long enough for us to identify trends.

Chiefs GM Brett Veach has now seen a draft class through to free agency. What remains of his first-class in 2018 (DT Derrick Nnadi, LB Dorian O’Daniel, and S Armani Watts) are free agents for the first time in their NFL career.

It’s been four seasons of draft capital investment. That’s more than enough time to say this team has been built in the image of their future Hall of Fame Coach Andy Reid, and Veach.

Roster construction is one of the more fascinating things to us here at KC Sports Network. We love the draft, free agency, and all the intrigue that comes with it. We enjoy parsing through information and reading between the tea leaves on what personnel changes could mean for how the team will alter their direction.

We speculated last year on this site on the potential for more man/gap blocking in the run game due to the personnel changes on the offensive line. That ringed true — with more concepts added to the run game.

As we start turning our attention towards offseason activities, I thought it’d be interesting to analyze where the Chiefs have placed value in the draft with their capital. What positions have they prioritized an injection of young talent towards?

I took a look at every pick Veach has made, and using the Rich Hill Trade Value Model that assigns value to every pick in the draft, assigned a total value to each position. Here they are ranked largest to smallest, as well as insight at each position.