Latest A to Z Sports first-round mock draft has the Kansas City Chiefs getting better at an already strong position group

We are just over one month away from the 2025 NFL Draft, and speculation is heating up. The Kansas City Chiefs could go a number of different ways with their first-round selection. A to Z Sports draft gurus Ryan Roberts and Joe Deleone released their latest 2025 first-round mock on Monday, which you can view […]

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We are just over one month away from the 2025 NFL Draft, and speculation is heating up.

The Kansas City Chiefs could go a number of different ways with their first-round selection. A to Z Sports draft gurus Ryan Roberts and Joe Deleone released their latest 2025 first-round mock on Monday, which you can view on YouTube. Their pick for the Chiefs at No. 31? Offensive guard Tyler Booker from Alabama. 

"Tyler Booker," Deleone said. "The fact that the Chiefs just got rid of Joe Thuney."

"Yeah," Roberts agreed. "Because right now they're projected to start Kingsley Suamataia inside at left guard. Do we want a Tyler Booker, Creed Humphrey, Trey Smith wall on the inside? That sounds kind of fun to me."

"That would be a rich getting richer type of situation," Deleone added.

Tyler Booker draft profile

A to Z Sports college football writer AJ Schulte has Booker as the best guard in the entire draft class. Booker's techniques and mechanics are already on par with NFL veterans, and he possesses tremendous size and power at 6-foot-5 and 352 pounds. While he is an adequate enough athlete, he isn't the quickest lineman around. However, his intelligence and fundamentals make up for it.

Why drafting Booker makes sense

The Chiefs are used to having the strength of their offensive line in the interior after having Thuney, Humphrey, and Smith as starters each of the last four years. While everybody is fixated on spending a high draft pick on a left tackle, there's also big shoes to fill at left guard following the trade of Thuney to the Chicago Bears. 

If Suamataia is the plan to replace Thuney, that is going to be a huge gamble. Thuney is the best in the business, and Suamataia was a disaster at LT last year. Perhaps changing positions will help, an he looked solid during a Week 18 start at LG, but that's a very small sample size. 

Kansas City's other options are Mike Caliendo, who struggled last year, and C.J. Hanson, who has 31 career offensive snaps. There's little doubt that Booker would be better than any guard that the Chiefs currently have on their roster, and he could develop into a perineal Pro Bowler.

An argument against drafting Booker

Deleone was correct about this selection being a "rich get richer" type of a move, and I'm not sure K.C. is in a position to do that with all the other holes it has throughout roster. The Chiefs have big needs at LT and defensive tackle, and arguments could also be made for wide receiver, defensive end, and cornerback. 

Despite signing free agent Jaylon Moore to a two-year, $30 million contract, he is still relatively unproven. Not having a legitimate option at LT played a big role in the Chiefs getting routed in Super Bowl LIX. They also have no starting caliber DT options on their roster to pair opposite of Chris Jones. 

K.C. has a solid DE room, but none are among the top of the league. Finally, four of the Chiefs' top five CBs — Trent McDuffie, Jaylen Watson, Joshua Williams, and Nazeeh Johnson, are not under contract beyond 2025.

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