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With the 58th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select...

Doesn’t have the same ring to it as, say, a single-digit number. But it’s a good thing for the Chiefs. They traded out of the first round to the Baltimore Ravens to land their left tackle in Orlando Brown Jr.

So unless the Chiefs trade back into the first round, Thursday they’ll sit on the sidelines and watch the others to go work.

Still, there is plenty to discuss about the Chiefs and the draft and we’re doing it on today’s SportsBeat KC with Star columnist Sam Mellinger and beat writer Sam McDowell.

We talk about who might be available when the Chiefs draft in the second round - they have two picks in that round - will there be a surprise player available to them? What’s been the team’s recent success in the early around, and we’ll get some final thoughts on the Brown trade.

Story links:

A Kansas City draft primer: Setting the table for the Chiefs, minus a first-round pick

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article250889779.html

The Chiefs fixed the offensive line. Next? Address these needs in the draft

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article250969604.html

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