Brett Veach does not expect that a high -level target falls on his knees in the NFL draft this year.
While the Director General of Chiefs of Kansas City is preparing for the 2025 edition of the annual seven -day project project, Veach and its staff have again created a complicated system of around 200 college prospects with attached notes concerning their professional potential and their team adjustment / value. And for those who have the highest notes – well, Veach does not expect to add only one.
Each year, Veach is quite direct with the number of elite or first order perspectives that the team noted on its dashboard. With the chiefs that choose each year (or next to the last order of this season), it is almost impossible for such a player to fall into an acceptable range that would allow Veach to go up. This year, it will be even more difficult.
During a media session with journalists from chefs, Veach recently talked about the limited number of high -level players in this year’s draft class, which will make it more difficult than ever to acquire such talented addition to KC
Brett Veach’s experience in the project taught him some lessons about what to expect.
“I think it’s probably a tick,” said Veach, comparing the number of elite recruits with previous seasons. “I think that generally, over the past years, this number was 15 to 18 years old, even 19. I think the last one I checked, it was just around 12 or 13 (on the chiefing dashboard), so it’s lower.”
Veach added that the next wave of players is actually a harvest larger than normal, which could play in favor of chiefs because they have three of the 66 best choices of the draft.
“I will say this in this secondary wave of guys who are in the end of the end (first), this number is probably a little higher,” said Veach. “I hope it offers a little more flexibility at both ends.
“So, I think that the high -end number is just a tick of past years. And I think we have a fairly coherent match plan from year to year. And if one of these guys, as unlikely to be in this range of numbers of 12 or 13 or 14, if they had to fall into a reasonable landing place, I am sure that we will make certain calls.”
While the front office of chiefs does not retain their collective breathing that someone with the talents of the top 10 will fall, the truth is that it has Arrived before. This is why Veach remains ready – just in case.
“As a rule, it is unlikely that it will happen, but we all know it a few years ago, it happened with Trent McDuffie and we were able to do it. So it will be our state of mind again, and we will see if it works.”
In addition to the improbable scenario of such a high -level player falling in a range that would work so that the chefs go up and provide it, Veach also said that this year’s transport needs also needed to cover their bases. With 8 choices overall, including three in the seventh round, Veach spoke to the needs to meet the depth of the list.
“We have to add depth on several fronts and secondary and receivers, so exchanging several choices to get a single piece does not really make sense. But I think that if a guy we really like falls in the 1920s and it is reasonable, I think we will be aggressive. Otherwise, I think we will be satisfied to add players to each turn and several players in three,” he said.
The NFL 2025 draft begins on Thursday, April 24.
