Which Chiefs are playing their last game(s) in a Kansas City uniform?
By Matt Conner
Zach Fulton, offensive line
Here’s a player that we certainly hope to see back in 2018. However we also understand that every player dreams of getting his big pay day, and several teams would love to have the sort of versatility and availability that Zach Fulton brings to the offensive line.
As valuable as he has been for the Chiefs over the last four years, he’s bound to get paid, whether that’s by K.C. or another team thin along the offensive interior.
Fulton was an instant hit as a sixth-round pick, an unexpected starter at guard after John Dorsey selected him out of Tennessee as an unheralded draft pick in 2013.
Over the last four years, Fulton hasn’t exhibited enough talent to call one position his own and yet he’s started multiple games at left guard, right guard and center. He’s been able to step right in when Mitch Morse went down for the season this year and help the Chiefs offense maintain its momentum.
Entering free agency for the first time, his agent is going to point to the fact that he’s missed a single game in the last four full seasons and his versatility along the offensive front as a way to boost his value. Fulton definitely deserves a nice check for all the ways in which he’s helped patch leaks over the years.
If this is his last go-around, he’ll be remembered as an underappreciated lineman who was one of Dorsey’s greatest finds.