Brett Veach: We knew Mansoor Delane was our guy weeks ago
The Chiefs surprised some when they traded up to draft cornerback Mansoor Delane at No. 6 overall on Thursday night. That was by design, General Manager Brett Veach said in his press conference, as the club wanted to keep its interest in Delane pretty quiet.
In reality, the Chiefs knew Delane was the player they wanted weeks ago. “[I]t’s funny because, three, four weeks ago, when we were going through the ’30’ visits, I bumped Steve [Spagnuolo] and said, ‘We’re going to bring our corner in,’” Veach said. “And he said, ‘Don’t bring him in.
Just don’t bring him in. Let’s just Zoom him. Let’s keep it quiet.
’ “I thought we did a good job. I think a lot of people thought we might go offensive line there. But this was our guy the whole time.
Again, assuming [David] Bailey and [Arvell] Reese were off the board — again, great players. But we had Delane right up there. And it’s hard to find good corners.