The 2026 draft is in the books, and the Kansas City Chiefs ended it with a surprise selection. With the 249th pick of the 2026 NFL Draft they selected quarterback Garrett Nussmeier out of LSU. Nussmeirer is a value play here for the Chiefs when you consider that ESPN had the former Tiger ranked third amongst all quarterbacks coming into the draft and 87th overall. The seventh-round pick joins a quarterback room that contains a recovering Mahomes, Justin Fields, Jake Haener and Chris Oladokun. The Chiefs traded a 2027 sixth-round pick for Fields earlier this offseason to back up Mahomes and lead the offense through the offseason in his absence. Nussmeier will now join Fields and the others as Mahomes works his way back. The front office likely felt they needed to add one more body to the position group this offseason anyway, and with Mahomes leading the franchise for as long as he chooses to, Nussmeier was not a likely UDFA candidate.…