re: t-Official 2024 NFL DRAFT Thread

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NFL Draft story that shaped up the NFL today:

- The #Chiefs were picking at No. 28 in 2016 and had interest in Memphis QB Paxton Lynch; however, the #Broncos traded up to 26 and got him.

- Denver gave up picks 31 and 94 to do the trade.

- The #Chiefs would've had an extra 3rd-round pick (No. 91) to offer in a trade-up for Lynch, but the NFL took it away for tampering in free agency with Jeremy Maclin.

- Lynch’s agent confirmed the next day that the Chiefs and Cowboys were the other two teams trying to move up.

- As a result, KC then traded out of No. 28 and down to No. 37. With that pick, the #Chiefs selected DT Chris Jones.

- The next year, still looking for a QB, the #Chiefs traded up from No. 27 to No. 10.

- With that pick, they selected Patrick Mahomes.

Kansas City went from having interest in Paxton Lynch to ending up with Chris Jones – and a year later Patrick Mahomes.

And the rest has been history ever since.

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