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Study the strengths of the NFL’s best year-after-year teams, and more often than not, there’s one characteristic they almost all share: the ability to unearth gems on Days 2 and 3 of the NFL Draft. Productive enough in Year One to be among Kansas City’s long line of recent examples, Jaden Hicks demonstrated his nose for the football, turning Cleveland’s overthrown pass into a pick — the Chiefs’ sixth of the afternoon — alongside a tackle-breaking 47-yard return. Pairing his aforementioned near-pick-six with three tackles (including one for a loss), Hicks shined in the win over the Browns, helping propel Chiefs Kingdom to 13-1 on Dec. 15, 2024.