The Kansas City Chiefs made pair of trades on Tuesday, but only one involved a trade of draft capital.
The team sent a conditional 2022 sixth-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers in return for veteran pass-rusher Melvin Ingram. That means the two teams set certain parameters that make the draft pick non-transferrable in lieu of either another draft pick or no compensation. These are typically attached to playtime, meaning if Ingram plays X number of snaps before the season concludes, the pick will transfer to Pittsburgh. This also is a way that the Chiefs can protect themselves in the event that Ingram suffers an injury.
Let’s assume the 2022 sixth-round draft pick transfers to the Steelers, they won’t be getting Kansas City’s sixth-round pick. The Chiefs had traded their sixth-round draft pick to the Minnesota Vikings in the Mike Hughes trade, acquiring a seventh-round draft pick in the process. The sixth-round pick that Kansas City would send to Pittsburgh was acquired from the Baltimore Ravens in the Orlando Brown Jr. trade.
With that in mind here is a look at the draft picks that the Chiefs currently hold in the 2022 NFL draft, assuming the conditional pick transfers to the Steelers:
- Round 1, Pick ?? (No. 18 if the season ended today)
- Round 2, Pick ??
- Round 3, Pick ??
- Round 4, Pick ??
- Round 7, Pick ?? (via Minnesota)
- Round 7, Pick ??
As of today, Kansas City has 25 players set to hit free agency following the 2021 NFL season and now they have one fewer draft pick with which to replace those players. This seems to be the sweet spot for Chiefs GM Brett Veach, as he’s selected just six players each year dating back to his first NFL draft running the front office in 2018.
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