Omarr Norman-Lott is unsigned and the new contract trend could be to blame

Here's the thing: second-round picks have never had guaranteed deals before. The Houston Texans broke the mold for incoming receiver Jayden Higgins, at No. 34 overall, and the Cleveland Browns followed suit by rewarding linebacker Carson Schwesinger, who was taken one pick above him.

It stands to reason that other second-round picks in orbit around Higgins will want the same. After all, what's good for the goose, as they say. But things get a little dicey when considering what this means for the Chiefs draft class.

Norman Lott was the team's second-round pick but he fell all the way to No. 63—which is actually the wrong way to say it, considering the Chiefs were judged, fairly or not, for "reaching" in the round to get him. That puts him a full 30 picks after Schwesinger and Higgins, which could make the Chiefs' front office feel weird about rewarding him the same way players who fell just outside of the first round have been compensated.

The Chiefs are clearly excited to add Norman-Lott to the mix given their high-level investment in him. He's a disruptive tackle at a position that's lacked any real upside play outside of Chris Jones. But the precedent set for giving guaranteed money to second-round picks looks like it might be cascading further down the draft order.

Will the Chiefs get Norman-Lott under contract without such a guarantee? Is this guaranteed money behind any delay in getting Norman-Lott to sign his rookie deal? The Chiefs have come to terms with everyone else, so it feels like there's something to blame for the Tennessee product being the last man unsigned.