Know your Chiefs draft crush: George Pickens and our current WR tiers
Looking at a receiver the Chiefs will likely have a chance to grab in the upcoming draft, and taking stock of the players we've reviewed so far.
Welcome back to “know your draft crush.” As I do every year, we’re examining a whole position group that the Chiefs appear likely to attack in the draft. This year, I’ve picked wide receivers (with perhaps a side of edge rushers). I’m looking at 13 receivers, gauging various traits and giving an overall impression of what type of resources I’d expend to grab them. In the finale, I’ll put them into tiers and talk about what direction I’d go if I were Brett Veach.
With each prospect I’ll look at speed/acceleration/agility, release ability (ability to get free at the line and how they do it), route running, hands/strength at catch point, and yards after catch ability. Here are the receivers I’m looking at in alphabetical order:
Calvin Austin III, David Bell, Treylon Burks, Jahan Dotson, Drake London, Skyy Moore, Chris Olave, George Pickens, Alec Pierce, Jalen Tolbert, Christian Watson, Jameson Williams, Garrett Wilson.
These were the names brought to me most often from what I can tell, so they’re the ones I chose. If you’re looking for other draft resources, you should check out my friend Ryan Tracy’s Athletic Matrix, the good folk over at KCSN and their draft guide, Dane Brugler’s legendary “Beast,” or the people over at The Draft Network.
We examined Treylon Burks in an article unlocked for everyone. We’ve also looked at Drake London, who I really liked. Last this week we got to know Chris Olave and Christian Watson, and then talked about Jameson Williams along with Jahan Dotson.
Today, we’re looking at fan favorite George Pickens, a receiver the Chiefs will likely have a shot at in the first round and perhaps (depending on how things shake out) in the second round. At the end, I’ll give a quick update as to the tiers the players I’ve looked at so far are in (a preview of the final article, if you will).
Let’s talk Pickens.