With the final pick in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs selected running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire out of LSU — a pick that caused the data analytics community to more than just raise an eyebrow.
Almost immediately, inquiring minds rightfully questioned the value (or lack thereof) of using a first-round pick on a player who entered draft weekend as the fourth-highest-rated running back and the 81st overall player on PFF’s NFL Draft Big Board.
If the Chiefs were truly set on Edwards-Helaire, conventional wisdom suggests that they could have traded down and acquired more draft currency before taking him in the second round.