Free agent and trade targets for the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line

Here’s a closer look at free agent and trade targets for the Kansas City Chiefs as they consider potential imports along the offensive line.

The Kansas City Chiefs have played the majority of this season without 40 percent of their starting offensive line, as starting left guard Andrew Wylie has been sidelined with an ankle injury, and starting left tackle Eric Fisher is nursing a sore groin.

The replacements for those injuries have been, well, interesting. The left guard position has been a bit of a revolving door, unfortunately, with Martinas Rankin most recently manning that hole. Meanwhile, the left tackle position has been the exact opposite of a revolving door, but that decision is also unfortunate, as Cam Erving has been nothing short of a nightmare.

This reality has left Chiefs fans desperate to find quality offensive lineman to fill the holes (temporarily) and provide excellent depth for the team as they pursue the franchise’s first Super Bowl championship in half a century.

The Chiefs have already dug deep in to the free agency circuit, coming up with veteran Stefen Wisniewski. As such, and with the trade deadline fast approaching, we took a look at some of the best trade targets, as well as a couple of diamond-in-the-rough type free agents, who may be able to help build quality depth for a team evidently in need of it.