KC Chiefs: Five moves Brett Veach deserves more credit for

Drafting Rashad Fenton and Nick Allegretti late in the 2019 NFL Draft

For most of his general manager tenure, Brett Veach has been criticized by a good amount of fans as being a poor drafter. If you base it off 2018 alone, those fans would be correct, but if you factor in 2019 through 2021, it would not be a fair opinion.

Looking at the 2019 draft, in particular, Brett Veach found not one but two steals in cornerback Rashad Fenton and interior offensive lineman Nick Allegretti. Fenton was selected 201st overall while Allegretti was picked at 216th overall.

While neither player is elite at their position, both are extremely good values for where they were taken. Fenton is a good rotational corner who earned a very good 79.1 overall PFF grade and 77.3 coverage grade in 2021 ($), the latter of which was good enough for 9th among all cornerbacks last season.

Nick Allegretti was a 7th-round pick in his draft class and it’s safe to say that he’s been worth the selection. Although he isn’t a starter currently, he’s a great secondary option for the interior part of the line. In 2020 and 2021, he earned respectable PFF overall grades of 66.0 and 81.8 in 899 and 80 offensive snaps, respectively. Even as a player who doesn’t start, it’s amazing to draft a player in the 7th round who goes on to become a player the Chiefs trust when one of their starters is out.

Brett Veach isn’t the perfect drafter but he does not get enough credit for getting two good players in the 200s. Many teams don’t get two productive players in a single class but the Chiefs got two after pick 200 in the same draft.