Chiefs Updated Pre-Draft Visits

Here is the updated list of players the Chiefs have brought in for extra workouts or interviews along with a projected round in which the player is expected to be drafted:

Name	Pos	School	Projected
Ryan Tannehill	QB	Texas A&M	1st
Brock Osweiler	QB	Arizona St.	2 or 3
Kirk Cousins	QB	Michigan St.	2nd
Juron Criner	WR	Arizona	3 or 4
AJ Jenkins	WR	Illinois	3 to 5
Donald Stephenson	OT	Oklahoma	3 or 4
Mitchell Schwartz	OT	California	3 or 4
Brandon Brooks	OG	Miami (Ohio)	2 or 3
Ben Jones	C	Georgia	3 or 4
James Hanna	TE	Oklahoma	5 or 6
Cyrus Gray	RB	Texas A&M	5 or 6
Doug Martin	RB	Boise St.	2nd
Robert Turbin	RB	Utah St.	5 or 6
Drew Novak	DT	Western Michigan	5 to 7
Chandler Jones	DE/OLB	Syracuse	1 or 2
Michael Brockers	DL	LSU	1st
Dontari Poe	NT	Memphis	1st
Bruce Irvin	OLB	West Virginia	3 to 5
Trumaine Johnson	CB	Montana	2nd
Brandon Taylor	S	LSU	4 or 5

This list is interesting because it does not contain any of the ILB's expected to be selected in the 1st round, such as Luke Kuechly from Boston College or Dont'a Hightower from Alabama.  It also looks as though a 2nd round talent such as Mychal Kendricks out of Cal is also off the team's radar.  I find this rather surprising considering it is a position of need and the players available at the position match up well with the Chief's position in the draft.

I think it is safe to assume the Chiefs plan to go in one of two directions with their 1st round selection.  If they follow the list above, they probably intend to spend that selection on Ryan Tannehill if he is still available.  If Tannehill is absent, they are probably going to go the D-Line route because Poe and Brockers are the only other players projected to go in the 1st round that have made post-combine visits to the team.  Wow, the idea of drafting a third LSU defensive lineman (Brockers) or an underachieving nose tackle (Poe) with the 11th pick in the draft sure doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  The presence of projected 1st rounders like Poe and Brockers and the absence of 2nd round defensive linemen such as Brandon Thompson and Alameda Ta'amu seems to indicate the team intends to use its top selection to bolster the defensive line and potentially ignore 2nd round value along the defensive line.

Perhaps the draft visits are all a smokescreen and this list is not indicative of how the Chief's draft board is shaping up.  I guess we will find out in 13 days.  If the Chief's 8 picks are littered with names from the above list we will have a better idea of the teams drafting SOP.  I hope the team is not drafting based on need in the 1st round, but the above list seems to indicate they are hellbent on drafting a defensive linemen.