Chiefs rumors: Jarvis Jenkins re-signing bolsters defensive line

The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing back defensive tackle Jarvis Jenkins for another season.

Jarvis Jenkins has reportedly re-signed with the Kansas City Chiefs, per his agent.

Jenkins first signed with the Chiefs in the middle of the 2016 regular season after being released by the New York Jets. He’d signed a two-year deal with the Jets last offseason. The Jets have a stellar defensive front and Jenkins was brought in to help provide rotational support, but things clearly didn’t work. The Chiefs signed him five days later and have now re-signed him for the 2017 season.

Jenkins is a 6-4, 309 lb. monster in the middle, another veteran defensive lineman with ideal size. What Jenkins also brings is a good amount of experience with 49 career starts and 75 total games played, with 6 career sacks to his name. If Jenkins can supply a handful of meaningful snaps in a game, that’s a nice grab for a line that features Chris Jones and Allen Bailey along with Bennie Logan and Jaye Howard, the latter two of which are in contract seasons.

If the Chiefs add another competitive body along the line, Jenkins might have to fight for his roster spot along with Rakeem Nunez-Roches. That’s not a bad position for the Chiefs to be in, having promising young players and experienced veterans competing for fringe roster spots.