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Protected by free-agency moves, Chiefs search for balanced approach in 2019 draft strategy

Heading into next week's NFL Draft, Kansas City Chiefs GM Brett Veach talked Thursday, April 18, 2019 about his strategy when it comes to draft picks, and how free agency plays an important role in the process By

As a young general manager with a burgeoning reputation for being a maverick dealmaker, Brett Veach is in his element this time of year.

Two years ago, as the Chiefs’ co-director of player personnel, he helped pull off the kind of trade that shifts the direction of an organization when the Chiefs moved up to No. 10 to grab Patrick Mahomes, giving up three significant picks to the Bills in the process.