Defensive End · Kansas City Chiefs

R Mason Thomas

Rookie

Kansas City wanted R Mason Thomas badly enough to pretend they didn't

The Chiefs play a long game. When they had their eyes on a player, they made sure no one else knew it.

R Mason Thomas came out of Oklahoma as a defensive end — the kind of player who lines up across from the offense and makes life miserable. The Chiefs had him circled, and they kept that to themselves all the way through draft weekend.

With their second-round pick, they took him. The concealment worked. Thomas is a Chief.

For a rookie, knowing you were a real priority — not a fallback, not a name that floated up at the last minute — means something. The organization wanted him enough to run a quiet operation around it. That is its own kind of welcome.

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