2010 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft: Pick 50

The second round of the 2010 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft rolls along. We're having each SB Nation blogger make selections for their respective teams. Chris Thorman, lead blogger at SB Nation's Kansas City blog, Arrowhead Pride, checks in to make the No. 50 overall selection in this year's mock. Take it away, sir!

With the No. 50 overall pick in the 2010 SB Nation NFL Mock Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs have selected Jared Veldheer, OT, Hillsdale

Chris Thorman says: The Kansas City Chiefs went defense with their first two picks - ILB Rolando McClain and S Nate Allen - and they really need to address the right tackle position as soon as possible. Jared Veldheer is a 6'8" D-II tackle that has a Scott Pioli draft buzz word written all over him - upside.

The Chiefs' need at right tackle isn't completely desperate. But they do only have two average players at the position now, 2006 fifth round pick Ryan O'Callaghan and 2008 sixth round pick Barry Richardson. Left tackle is taken care of with Branden Albert and the off-season signing of G Ryan Lilja fills that hole.

Neither one of the Chiefs' current right tackles is very good so the Chiefs will upgrade an average to below average offensive line with Hillsdale. Those two players mentioned before can fill in as stop gaps until Veldheer comes around, which he almost inevitably will.

Scott Pioli and Todd Haley don't care about name recognition or where a player went to school. They only care about the "right 53" and Veldheer fits that mold.

Mocking Dan reacts: Teams picking late in the second round face a real quandary. A lot of them need an offensive tackle, but the dropoff at this point is huge. If the Chiefs did go tackle with this pick, Rodger Saffold might be a little better choice as he can start sooner. But Veldheer is a huge upside selection, so it's hard to dislike it too much. Veldheer has the potential to be to Kansas City what Sebastian Vollmer was to New England last year.