KC Chiefs have experienced internal options for offensive line help
By Matt Conner
Daniel Kilgore
Besides Chad Henne, who is 35, Daniel Kilgore is the eldest member of the Chiefs roster. Kilgore was a late August signing by Veach, a move that gave the Chiefs much more experience and security than they had before along the offensive interior.
Kilgore’s professional career began the moment the San Francisco 49ers selected him in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. Since that moment, he’s played in 92 total games, starting 56 of them, for the Niners and the Miami Dolphins (and one with the Chiefs in Week 5 when he earned 4 special teams snaps).
No one is going to mistake Kilgore for Rodney Hudson or Mitch Morse—or even Austin Reiter for that matter. Kilgore, like much of this list, is not here for his ceiling. Instead, he’s here to offer a safe and predictable floor. It’s giving your baby a big plush toy to play with because, at the very least, you know it won’t be accidentally swallowed.
Kilgore has served as the starting center for two NFL teams for the last four years, which shows his ability to stave off competition and hold down the middle of an offensive front for consecutive seasons. The Chiefs are well covered in case something happens to Reiter—and there’s even a chance that Andy Reid could turn to Kilgore down the stretch as he learns the offense.