A look at the Chiefs options to replace Laurent Duvernay-Tardif in 2020
By Matt Conner
Andrew Wylie
It wasn’t too long ago that Wylie was in this very position and took over for Duvernay-Tardif when he was lost for most of the 2018 season due to a broken leg. It was then that Wylie impressed the Chiefs as a former journeyman making good on his first real chance to play in the NFL. That season, Wylie even won the Mack Lee Hill Award as the team’s most outstanding rookie.
In 2019, it seemed like Wylie was going to be the new starter at left guard given his ascent up the depth chart, but Wisniewski was given the starting role over Wylie. By season’s end, Wylie was a healthy scratch during the team’s postseason run next to LeSean McCoy. Suddenly it seemed as if the team’s view of Wylie might have soured a bit.
The upside here is that Wylie has been in this very position and is still here to do so again. He also comes with more experience with starts on both sides of the line and offers the same sort of floor/ceiling combination that Remmers might—or at least something comparable. Then again, did the Chiefs already give their thoughts of Wylie as a starter by sitting him last year? Were injuries somehow involved? Only time will tell if something changes in training camp.