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<\/picture> <\/span> Photo by Brooke Sutton\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figure>\n\u201c[It\u2019s] probably the deepest class in the draft,\u201d he said. \u201cI think you can get a really good player from Round 1 through Round 5. Look, with all these players, you\u2019re a few bad weeks away from having no depth at all… Last year, [Isiah] Pacheco got hurt early on, and we always want to surround [Patrick Mahomes] with playmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Citing yet another change to the league\u2019s kickoff rules, Veach hopes that any running back or wide receiver the team could get will help in the return game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIdeally,\u201d he continued, \u201cit would be advantageous for us to identify a receiver and\/or a running back that has explosive playmaking ability at both ends… We\u2019re always pushing the envelope to get 1% better, and if we can add another dynamic element to both return phases, that would be something that makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Veach believes Kansas City can find players like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re all really good,\u201d he said, \u201cand the discrepancies between the running back you have in the fourth or fifth is really close \u2014 or fourth or third is really close. I think it\u2019s a good likelihood that one of those players ends up on our roster.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2025 draft has also been lauded for its depth at defensive line \u2014 and Veach shares that view, too.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s probably driven more by the depth at D-end,\u201d he clarified. \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of D-ends. Running back is certainly, I think, the deepest class in the draft. A close second would be D-end. I think the interior defensive line numbers are better than most years, but I don\u2019t think they come anywhere close to the D-end depth and the cornerback depth.<\/p>\n \u201cI think those two [positions] \u2014 you look at the board, and those names go from top to bottom… Corner, I think, is actually decent in the middle rounds. I think D-line is ok, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s any more than anyone in particular. I think where you\u2019re getting your big numbers from top to bottom are D-end and running back. Cornerback, I think, is a little bit meatier in the middle.<\/p>\n \u201c[For] receivers? Every year you\u2019re going to have numbers, but it\u2019s just the vision and the plan and how you\u2019re going to utilize those guys within your offense… Last year was an extraordinary class, and there were so many receivers taken high. I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to see that this year, but you\u2019ll see receivers taken every round just because they\u2019re always plentiful in regards to numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n The draft opens this coming Thursday at 7 p.m. Arrowhead Time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Thursday, Kansas City\u2019s general manager did a position breakdown of the 2025 class\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Chiefs\u2019](\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/ykLkjnyv7NN7ZHqLBbCFYe1zgjk=\/0x0:3419x2280\/320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:3419x2280):format(webp):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25958245\/2185676629.jpg)
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