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Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, February 12
Early NFL Power Rankings 2025: How do Eagles, Chiefs stack up? | ESPN
2024 record: 15-2
Describe this offseason in three words: Draft must count
Yes, the Chiefs lost in Super Bowl LIX, but they still have a loaded roster. General manager Brett Veach said “our free agency will be our draft” in the offseason with regard to key player acquisition because of a tight salary cap situation and a long list of the Chiefs’ own potential free agents that they would like to re-sign. Kansas City will have four picks in the first three rounds, having acquired an additional pick early in Round 3 by trading cornerback L’Jarius Sneed to the Titans last offseason. — Adam Teicher
2025 NFL Power Rankings: Eagles, Lions lead way-too-early edition | FOX Sports
Super Bowl LIX showed us the Chiefs have some work to do if they’re going to sustain their dominance moving forward. Their offensive line was an issue for most of the season, and it got exposed against elite competition. They don’t have enough juice at the skill positions. Key pieces like Trey Smith, Nick Bolton and Justin Reid might be walking out the door. The foundation for a Super Bowl championship is still in place, but there needs to be some aggressive tinkering in 2025.
Super Bowl 59: 5 things we learned from the Eagles’ dominant win over the Chiefs | PFF
The Chiefs once again need to make offensive line changes, starting with retaining Trey Smith
The Chiefs’ defeat in Super Bowl 59 was eerily similar to their loss in Super Bowl 55, with both the Eagles and Buccaneers managing to harass Patrick Mahomes despite hardly blitzing. Following Super Bowl 55, the Chiefs overhauled their offensive line, including bringing in Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith through the 2021 NFL Draft. Humphrey has arguably been the best center in football since then, having never finished worse than fourth in PFF grade among centers, while Smith has been very consistent as the team’s starting right guard, having finished in the top 15 at the position in each of the past three seasons.
However, outside of those two, the Chiefs’ offensive line was a problem area. One of the players brought in during their overhaul, Joe Thuney, had to kick outside to left tackle — where he hadn’t consistently played since college — because their other options had underperformed so badly. This resulted in Mike Caliendo becoming the starting left guard, and he was completely exposed in the Super Bowl. Among all Chiefs players to take a snap in the game, regardless of position, Caliendo’s 32.0 PFF overall grade was the worst. While he surrendered only two pressures, including a strip sack, he was beaten another five times when the ball was released before any pressure could be recorded.
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