Chief Draft: In a new mock, team gets Oregon tackle Josh Conerly Jr.

The Athletic’s Dane Brugler has revealed his post-combine mock draft. In his mid-January providing, Brugler had the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs taking Michigan defensive sort out Kenneth Grant — however in Tuesday’s mock, he despatched a sort out to Kansas Metropolis.

31. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs: Josh Conerly Jr., OT, Oregon

The Chiefs don’t have any alternative however to make some modifications this offseason at offensive sort out. Conerly, who had the perfect 10-yard break up of any lineman on the mix, has high-level quickness and restoration stability.

In the event you didn’t like Kyle Stackpole’s Friday mock that despatched Ohio State guard Donovan Jackson to the Chiefs, you would possibly like Brugler’s alternative so much higher. With this mock, Conerly ties Jackson for probably the most picks within the mocks we’ve coated — all of them since February 18.

Kansas Metropolis had a proper assembly with Conerly on the Mix — and our Rocky Magaña likes what he sees in a participant who transformed from working again in highschool.

Left sort out might be Kansas Metropolis’s greatest want — and Conerly’s talent set makes him a pleasant match for the Chiefs. He would give quarterback Patrick Mahomes a blocker who can scramble with him, getting out in entrance to dam for him downfield.

Conerly has one downside, although: his 33 1/2-inch arms are just below the 34-inch threshold for the workforce’s offensive tackles. However most of the greatest tackles on this draft class — together with Josh Simmons, Will Campbell and Kelvin Banks Jr. — have the identical downside.

In 4 of the final 5 mock drafts we’ve coated, Conerly has been accessible at 31. In Mel Kiper’s 2.0 mock on February 25, he was taken with the twenty sixth choice.