Chiefs meeting virtually with potential first-round offensive tackle
Kansas City is one of many teams reportedly interested in Oklahoma State’s Teven Jenkins.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have an interest in a player at a position of need that everybody seems to have been talking about since their loss in Super Bowl LV: offensive tackle. The Chiefs are meeting virtually with Oklahoma State tackle Teven Jenkins, according to Justin Melo of
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Oklahoma State OT Teven Jenkins is a bonafide first round pick. An incredible player that s easy to love on tape.
Kelechi Osemele,
Mike Remmers, Lucas Niang, Martinas Rankin, Stefen Wisniewski,
• a capable cornerback
Some of the positions can be taken care of with re-signings, but all could use a new face or two before next season.
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Author’s note:
I personally don’t think linebacker is as immediate or as prominent a need as many believe it is.)
I went through those positions of need and determined if free agency or the draft would be the best way for the Chiefs to address it this offseason.
Second wide receiver
The Chiefs need a more reliable option for their second wide receiver and they need it immediately. As of right now, the only two returning wide receiver contributors from 2020 are Tyreek Hill and Mecole Hardman; re-signing restricted free agent Byron Pringle isn’t enough for 2021.
Moves the Chiefs could make to close 2021’s salary-cap gap
The Chiefs find themselves in a salary-cap pickle. But with GM Brett Veach in charge, there are moves that can be made.
Since the
, we’ve already published a number of articles about personnel moves the team might make in the offseason. More will be be coming.
In some of these, we’ve touched on ways could solve their salary-cap problems. Let’s take a closer look at some we’ve already mentioned and others the Chiefs might try before the new league year begins at 3 p.m. (Arrowhead Time) on March 17.
need to use the time to evaluate which players to possibly sign but also which of their 16 unrestricted free agents to bring back to re-sign. The cap space impacted by COVID-19 will be an obstacle to overcome, but there are realistic ways to free up a respectable amount of room for 2021.
I looked at every Chiefs player that had their contract expire after the 2020 season and decided whether the team should attempt to re-sign them or not.
In this post, we begin with the Chiefs’
offensive free agents:
Sammy Watkins
It’s easy to continue giving chances to Watkins a very talented wide receiver that has played a significant role in two of the three Chiefs’ playoff runs he’s been a part of. It’s the latest one that proves why his unreliability has become too much to accommodate.