Analyzing the future of the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line

What are the lessons learned from taking a closer look at the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line and the corresponding finances?

Throughout the last several days, we’ve taken a look at the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line piece by piece, at least the biggest pieces as we can see them at this point. It’s possible a prospect will surprise us and usurp a current starter. Perhaps an acquisition will bring in some new blood, or an injury will upset the apple cart. But as much as we can, we’ve marched across the offensive front in an effort to better understand the current standing and future potential of each position—and the financial ramifications involved.

Right now as we understand it, the Chiefs would likely head into the regular season with a starting lineup that looks something like Eric Fisher (left tackle), Andrew Wylie (left guard), Austin Reiter (center), Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (right guard), and Mitchell Schwartz (right tackle). Cameron Erving is in place as a super sub, a player who can step in and start at most positions, while other roster hopefuls like Nick Allegretti, Jimmy Murray, Kahlil McKenzie, and Ryan Hunter compete for the extra spots (in addition to a handful of unnamed fringe prospects).

Each entry in the series is worth a read to get a good look at each player and position, but there are also larger lessons learned. Once you put the sum of the parts together, some new ideas come into view.