Kansas City Chiefs Mock Draft Roundup 3.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, we will update our Kansas City Chiefs Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Kansas City Chiefs from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Kansas City Chiefs:

ESPN - Mel Kiper (2/28)

32. Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas

I don't see a reason to change the position here. The Chiefs had major issues at receiver last season -- their pass-catchers led the league in drops (38). The word I've used to describe Worthy is electrifying, because he has amazing movement skills in space. He can score from any spot on the field. He had 26 receiving touchdowns over three seasons at Texas.

The one problem with this fit is that Worthy had his share of drops in 2022. He cut those in half last season (from 10 to 5). Most of those were concentration drops. I can see why Chiefs fans might worry about a speedy playmaker who has problems holding on to the ball, but Worthy showed last season that he's past the issue.

The Athletic - CFB Writers (2/27)

32. Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas

The Chiefs have speed, but they need receivers who can also play receiver. Outside of Rashee Rice, who is promising but no sure thing, the Chiefs don't have big-time wideout talent. Worthy is scary with the ball in his hands, plays bigger than his size and was on the short list of the fastest players in college football this year. Get him touches. — Ubben

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2023 NFL Power Rankings: Kansas City Chiefs

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 18 roundup for the Kansas City Chiefs in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 9

Biggest offseason contract to watch: DT Chris Jones

Jones would be a free agent this offseason if the Chiefs don't re-sign him or protect him with the franchise tag first. The sides couldn't agree on terms of a multiyear extension this season when Jones held out from training camp and missed the regular-season opener. That makes it unlikely they would come to an agreement this time unless one side or the other has a dramatic change of heart. Jones returned to the Chiefs this season during Week 2 only after the team agreed to sweeten the final season of his contract. -- Adam Teicher

NFL.com -- Rank: 8

It's easy, and quite fair, to say that the Chiefs are not the team we expected them to be this season. But that doesn't mean they can't make some noise still. Sunday's win over the Bengals provided a snapshot of how they could reinvent themselves on the fly and potentially reemerge in the playoffs as a threat. Defense and Isiah Pacheco are the two elements that give Kansas City the best chance. Now, don't twist my words; I am not saying Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce are incapable of leading a hot January run. Of course they are. But right now, the aerial game is operating at a passable level; meanwhile, the Chiefs' defense and Pacheco (when healthy) have been the two biggest X-factors. The defense shut out Cincinnati for the final 36-plus minutes on Sunday, including a massive fourth-down stop midway through the third quarter, and Pacheco was the offense early on. We give Tom Brady ultimate credit for the Super Bowl rings he won in 2018 with the Patriots and 2020 with the Bucs, but those teams had a similar makeup to these Chiefs in a few ways.

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2023 NFL Predictions: AFC West

KEVIN HANSON (@EDSFootball)
Updated: Thursday, September 7th

Before the start of the season, I will post my NFL division-by-division predictions for the 2023 NFL regular season and postseason.

Instead of projecting an outright winner and loser in all 272 regular-season games, I've assigned a win probability to each team in every game and totalled them up.

With that said, here are our early AFC West projections for each team including their win total.

1. Kansas City Chiefs - Projected Wins: 10.7

The Chiefs are the defending champs! They have the league's best quarterback and reigning NFL MVP, and one of the best coaches of all time.

Two big challenges could be the absence of Travis Kelce and/or Chris Jones. Kelce has seven consecutive 1,000-yard seasons heading into his age-34 season. While he's been incredibly durable, the offense centers around Kelce and he's currently dealing with a hyper-extended knee. It's possible that only causes him to miss one game, if any, but his status is a reminder of how much his absence could impact the offense.

JuJu Smith-Schuster departed in free agency, and the team is likely to rely on Skyy Moore to lead the receiving corps in receiving and he posted a 22/250/0 line as a second-round rookie last year. The Chiefs also have one of the league's best offensive lines — an elite interior line returns and will be joined by newcomers Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor to play tackle.

Meanwhile, Jones was a 2022 AP First-Team All-Pro selection and had a dominant season with 15.5 sacks, the second time of his career with exactly 15.5 sacks). Per PFF, he led all interior defenders with 77 total pressures last season, and the next closest was Dexter Lawrence (63). The Chiefs will have a mediocre defense for as long as Jones continues his holdout.

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2023 Fantasy Football Projections: Kansas City Chiefs

Our Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Kansas City Chiefs.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Patrick Mahomes	614	410.8	4727.8	35.92	11.97	57.7	288.5	2.31	351.56
Blaine Gabbert	40.9	25.6	282.2	1.55	1.19	6.4	17.6	0.13	17.65

Patrick Mahomes: Despite losing Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins, Mahomes didn't miss a beat and won his second NFL MVP award in 2022. He threw for 5,250 yards and 41 touchdowns, both of which led the NFL last season. While he doesn't have as much rushing upside as Josh Allen or Jalen Hurts, he has more than 300 rushing yards in three consecutive seasons and multiple rushing scores in five consecutive seasons.

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Kansas City Chiefs: 2023 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2023.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Results
Week 1	Thu., Sep. 7	vs. Detroit Lions	L 21-20
Week 2	Sun., Sep. 17	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 17-9
Week 3	Sun., Sep. 24	vs. Chicago Bears	W 41-10
Week 4	Sun., Oct. 1	at New York Jets	W 23-20
Week 5	Sun., Oct. 8	at Minnesota Vikings	W 27-20
Week 6	Thu., Oct. 12	vs. Denver Broncos	W 19-8
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 22	vs. Los Angeles Chargers	W 31-17
Week 8	Sun., Oct. 29	at Denver Broncos	L 24-9
Week 9	Sun., Nov. 5	vs. Miami Dolphins	W 21-14
Week 10		BYE
Week 11	Mon., Nov. 20	vs. Philadelphia Eagles	L 21-17
Week 12	Sun., Nov. 26	at Las Vegas Raiders	W 31-17
Week 13	Sun., Dec. 3	at Green Bay Packers	L 27-19
Week 14	Sun., Dec. 10	vs. Buffalo Bills	L 20-17
Week 15	Mon., Dec. 18	at New England Patriots	W 27-17
Week 16	Mon., Dec. 25	vs. Las Vegas Raiders	L 20-14
Week 17	Sun., Dec. 31	vs. Cincinnati Bengals	W 25-17
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 7	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 13-12

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Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule (SOS)

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Kansas City Chiefs - 2023 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2023 NFL Draft picks selected by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
1	31	Felix Anudike-Uzomah	EDGE	Kansas State
2	55	Rashee Rice	WR	SMU
3	92	Wanya Morris	OT	Oklahoma
4	119	Chamarri Conner	CB	Virginia Tech
5	166	B.J. Thompson	EDGE	Stephen F. Austin
6	194	Keondre Coburn	DT	Texas
7	250	Nic Jones	CB	Ball State

More: 2023 NFL Draft Results - Kansas City Chiefs Draft History