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Let’s drill down on the Kansas City Chiefs’ picks, trades in 2023 NFL Draft | Podcast

Kansas City Chiefs fans cheer during the fourth round of the NFL Draft outside of Union Station on Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Kansas City.
Kansas City Chiefs fans cheer during the fourth round of the NFL Draft outside of Union Station on Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Kansas City. nwagner@kcstar.com

This week on SportsBeat KC, The Star’s sports podcast, we’ve heard from Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt, general manager Brett Veach and Kansas City Sports Commission president Kathy Nelson on the NFL Draft in Kansas City.

Now let’s hear from The Star’s Chiefs coverage crew.

Columnists Sam McDowell and Vahe Gregorian and beat writer Jesse Newell share their thoughts on the Chiefs’ strategy and speculate about how the team’s rookie class might fare this season. It has a big task ahead if it’s to top last year’s rookie class success.

After a break, we discuss Kansas City’s performance in playing host to its first NFL Draft. More than 300,000 fans were estimated to have attended the event at Union Station and the National WW1 Museum and Memorial. We got lucky with the weather. Preparation and hard work did the rest.

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NFL Draft in Kansas City ‘exceeded our expectations,’ says KC Sports Commission president

Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star
Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
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