2017 NFL mock draft: John Ross falls to Kansas City Chiefs

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 31: Washington Huskies wide receiver John Ross (1) during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between the Washington Huskies and the Alabama Crimson Tide on December 31, 2017. Alabama defeated Washington by the score of 24-7 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 31: Washington Huskies wide receiver John Ross (1) during the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl between the Washington Huskies and the Alabama Crimson Tide on December 31, 2017. Alabama defeated Washington by the score of 24-7 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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The Kansas City Chiefs find the draft’s fastest player, wide receiver John Ross, fall to them in the first round in Bleacher Report’s latest mock draft.

John Ross wowed the football world with his record-setting 40-yard dash at the 2017 NFL Combine. Such incredible speed that can stretch the field is always a red hot stock in the draft, which is why wide receiver Will Fuller went so high to the Houston Texans last year at No. 21 despite concerns about drops. It’s intriguing then to see a player even faster than Fuller drop all the way to No. 27 to the Kansas City Chiefs in Kristopher Knox’s latest mock draft.

Knox, an NFL reporter for Bleacher Report, has the Chiefs taking Ross in the first round, a move that would give them two of the NFL’s fastest players on either side of the football in Ross and Tyreek Hill. Together with Jeremy Maclin and Travis Kelce, the Chiefs offense would be an incredible force—if that was how Andy Reid schemed his offense.

Ross is a nice pick, but he’d be a luxury for the Chiefs in the first round. Perhaps it would be insurance for Maclin if he’s ever deemed too expensive for his on-field production. It would also force defenses to respect one too many players, creating dangerous match-ups all over the field. But there are only so many footballs to go around and other pressing needs make this an odd choice overall, especially with question marks among cornerbacks and pass rushers.

The Chiefs are a team with very few holes, but taking Ross in the first round would be ignoring the ones they have. This move makes little sense for the Chiefs’ current construction.