Round: 6
What We’ve Seen: Nothing.
What We Could See: The next Zach Fulton. No one is going to expect much from McKenzie this year at all as he’s likely still in a developmental phase. This is, after all, his very first full year with the team and he’s switching sides entirely from defense to offense. That said, if he’s going to make a leap of some kind, McKenzie could step in to the role Jeff Allen attempted to fill last year which is a versatile interior backup who can step in and give an ailing line a boost.
ust like McKenzie, Fulton was a former sixth round pick who played his way to a $7M annual salary in a hearty second payday. McKenzie could look forward to the same in future years, but in terms of next season, he could give the Chiefs a deeper line than expected with potential backups like Andrew Wylie, Cam Erving, Nick Allegretti and more. If McKenzie is a real player, Brett Veach has some trade depth to work with in a league hungry for quality offensive linemen.