Establishing the Chiefs with Patrick Mahomes clearly wasn’t enough for the self-deprecating Bills.
The NFL draft often produces strange bedfellows when it comes to trades, but few are as difficult to explain as the first-round Chiefs-Bills trade late Thursday night. It was a gift to Mahomes and his head coach, Andy, who is obsessed with speed, as the fastest player in his class. Lead.
Xavier Worthy, who ran an NFL record 4.21 seconds in the 40-yard dash, was selected 28th overall by the Chiefs, who traded him 32nd and a third-rounder (95th) for 28th and selected him in the fourth round. (No. 133). Both teams also swapped players in the seventh round.
The Chiefs were in the market for a receiver even before last year’s top rookie, Laci Rice, was arrested, which could lead to a suspension.
When the Bills acquired Mahomes to Kansas City in a 2017 draft trade, they unwittingly handed their arch-rival to the Chiefs.
Since then, Mahomes has knocked the Super Bowl-bound Bills out of the playoffs three times and has been a stumbling block to opponent Josh Allen from reaching his full potential.
Now, the Bills need to figure out a way to cover Mahomes’ deep balls to Worthy and get Worthy on the ground during punt returns in order to beat the Chiefs in the playoffs.
The Bills then traded him out completely in the first round.
The draft is friendly to Eagles receiver AJ Brown.
He was a second-round pick of the Titans in 2019, traded to the Eagles, signed a $100 million extension in the first round of the 2022 draft, and signed another three-year, $96 million extension just before the first round. tied. It kicked off on Thursday.
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ESPN reports that the Patriots and Vikings contacted the Chargers about the availability of star QB Justin Herbert before drafting the rookie.
The idea was that Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh might be interested in reuniting with quarterback JJ McCarthy after they won a national championship together at Michigan.
The Chargers weren’t interested, and the Vikings drafted McCarthy.
More than 275,000 fans attended Thursday’s draft in Detroit, according to the NFL, breaking the first-day record set in 2018 when more than 200,000 fans packed the streets in Nashville, Tennessee. did.
Receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and left tackle Joe Alt (whose father, John, was a two-time Pro Bowl lineman in the 1990s) are the first draft picks in a class expected to be heavily second-generation. They became two of the NFL’s legacies. Expert.
Harrison (Cardinals) and Alto (Chargers) were the first two non-quarterbacks to be taken consecutively at No. 4 and No. 5.
Harrison’s father is a Hall of Famer. So does Brenden Rice’s father, Jerry. And Frank Gore Jr.’s father should be arriving soon.
In addition to the young Rice and Gore, potential Friday or Saturday picks with Pro Bowl DNA include receiver Luke McCaffrey (father Ed and brother Christian), linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and defensive back Micah Abraham. (father Donny), defensive tackle Kris Jenkins. (father Chris), edge rusher Ron Stone Jr., edge rusher Jonah Ellis (father Luther).
The Raiders fired Josh McDaniels as head coach last season, but will need his former Patriots offensive coordinator’s playbook from when tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez were teammates. Maybe.
After acquiring Michael Mayer with a second-round pick last season, the Raiders surprisingly selected Brock Bowers with the 13th overall pick. To get the most out of both tight ends, the offense will need a less-used formation.
There were five trades on Thursday, which fell short of the first-round record of nine, despite rumors that they might materialize.
why? Teams mostly stuck with their first 16 picks, as quarterback picks (six of the first 12) pushed top talent down the board.
