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With the NFL Draft just five days away, Monti Ossenfort and the Arizona Cardinals appear poised to make a deal.
Sources tell PHNX Cardinals that Ossenfort has already engaged in early trade discussions with GM Brett Veach and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs, who own the ninth overall pick, would likely target the top available pass rusher in either Texas Tech’s David Bailey or Ohio State’s Arvell Reese. While initial trade details remain vague, the NFL Trade Value Chart projects that pick #3 is worth roughly 2200, while pick #9 is worth #1350.
“I think the fans will be in for a treat next Thursday,” Veach told the media on the team’s YouTube page last week. “I think it should be an entertaining night…there will probably be a lot of trades.”
To complete any trade would almost certainly need to include pick #29, which was acquired earlier this offseason in a deal that sent All-Pro CB Trent McDuffie to the Los Angeles Rams. This draft remains a buyer’s market, so while Ossenfort would likely demand more compensation, it’s questionable to assume he’ll get it. Especially when you consider the fact that the Cardinals have largely made it known that they’d prefer to trade down.
“I think some of that will become more clear next week,” Ossenfort told the media when asked about trade interest from other teams. “I can’t speak with what’s going on in other rooms.”
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Todd McShay of The Ringer reported on Sunday, April 19 that Reid is all-in on shoring up the offensive line with the team’s first pick, which is currently slated at No. 9 overall.
“I am told, again on really good authority, Andy Reid is hell-bent … on figuring out this offensive line and protecting a quarterback who is the epicenter of everything that is success,” McShay said.
According to McShay and co-host Steve Muench, the player Reid will target is either Spencer Fano of Utah or Francis Mauigoa of Miami.
“If the Chiefs don’t move up to three, what if they go to five to get ahead of the Browns?” McShay asked.
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The Chiefs inked Alohi Gilman to a three-year contract this offseason, an addition that Veach believes provides Kanas City’s secondary with a talent similar to those of past Super Bowl-winning units.
“Over the years, having a Tyrann Mathieu and then having a Justin Reid — just having a cerebral player there that sees the field, can be a leader back there, get everyone lined up (is important),” Veach said Thursday, via the Kansas City Star. “It doesn’t mean we won’t add, if we can get a similar player that has those leadership capabilities back there, but (we) certainly didn’t want to go through an offseason and kind of come away after the draft and not have a player like that.
“I think (Gilman) fits that mold, and when you had success — you had a guy like the Badger and you had a guy like Justin Reid back there — Alohi fits that bill.”
Success was certainly had employing Mathieu, a one-time Super Bowl champion who played for the Chiefs from 2019-2021, and Reid, who helped the Chiefs to two Lombardi Trophies from 2022-2024. With Bryan Cook, also a two-time Super Bowl champ, departing via free agency, it’s now on Gilman to carry that leadership torch at safety.
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The Chiefs converted just 37.4% of third downs, ranking 22nd.
That ties directly into the lack of explosiveness. Too often, they were stuck in long-yardage situations without a reliable way to extend drives.
The addition of backup quarterback Justin Fields could add a wrinkle here, especially in short-yardage packages, but consistency remains the bigger issue.