The Chiefs moved Thuney to left tackle for their final six competitive games. And though the move secured a weak spot — and helped the Chiefs to their third straight Super Bowl appearance — it came apart at the worst time when Mahomes was sacked a career-high six times in a 40-22 Super Bowl loss to the Eagles.

NFL Scouting Combine kicks off the full evaluation process of the next class of rookies preparing to enter the league. The Kansas City Chiefs, due to their late postseason runs, enter another NFL draft with late-round picks.

Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach spoke on free agency at the NFL combine, and he made it clear Trey Smith is a top priority.

"I think if you look at how we've handled the offseasons, whether it was a Joe Thuney or trading for Orlando Brown, or (Jawaan) Taylor, or Frank Clark, or Chris Jones," Veach bega

Veach has always held to a few maxims of team building during his time as general manager of the Chiefs, two of which he hit on during his press conference. The first one is one h