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ESPN gives Chiefs easy fit in NFL Draft

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The Chiefs have a need, and this certainly fills it.

ESPN gives Chiefs easy fit in NFL Draft originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Kansas City Chiefs ' offseason has been one where the franchise has hit the soft reset button.

With the franchise parting ways with both corners, Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson, to the Los Angeles Rams , it creates an urgent need. Given the Chiefs have two first-round picks, it is feasible that the franchise will use one on a corner, given that both McDuffie and Watson are out. But who?

ESPN's Matt Bowen likes the idea of LSU's Mansoor Delane coming to Chiefs Kingdom. "The Chiefs have some spots to fill at cornerback after trading Trent McDuffie and losing Jaylen Watson to the Rams," Bowen wrote . "So, let's give them Delane, who has the traits to fit in coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's system.

"This is an easy fit for who I think is the top cornerback in the class. " More: Commanders named landing spot for star RB in NFL Draft Chiefs to go defense at No. 9?