It’s far too early to be considering which players the Kansas City Chiefs might come away with during the 2020 NFL draft. That also means it’s the perfect time to release our way-too-early mock draft.

Right now, the Chiefs are slim on draft picks, with only five selections during the entirety of the 2020 NFL draft. We used the latest updated 2020 NFL draft order from Draft Wire for this mock.

Let’s take a look at our earliest iteration of a full mock draft for Kansas City:

Round 1, Pick No. 23: Penn State EDGE Yetur Gross-Matos

During this simulation, things didn’t fall the way Chiefs fans probably had hoped for. Despite the depth of the cornerback position in this draft class, the top five were already off the board by the time Kansas City came on the clock in Round 1.

Instead of reaching for a cornerback I opted to add some pass-rushing depth. Adding defensive pressure is really the one thing that can help hide a deficiency in the secondary. It’s a lot more difficult to cover for five seconds than it is for two seconds. So even if the Chiefs don’t come away with a cornerback in the first round they can still help the group out.

Gross-Matos is a solid option for Kansas City. At 6-5 and 265 pounds, he has the size and length to play rush defensive end in Steve Spagnuolo’s system. He’s consistently shown the ability to get after the quarterback and into the backfield with 17.5 career sacks and 35.5 tackles for loss on his career. He still has a few games to close it out with a bang too.