Kansas City Chiefs: 5 offseason needs in 2019

By Tre LyDay | Feb 21, 2019

KANSAS CITY, MO - JANUARY 20: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs looks to the sidelines in the AFC Championship Game against the New England Patriots at Arrowhead Stadium on January 20, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, MO – JANUARY 20: New England Patriots wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson (84) makes Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Reggie Ragland (59) miss on the tackle for a short gain with 7:45 left in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs on January 20, 2019 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

1. A middle linebacker

With a new defensive coordinator comes a new scheme. The Chiefs are switching from from a 3-4 scheme to a 4-3. Don’t read too much into that, but you still need to be aware of it because it changes some players roles on this defense.

It seems a combination of Dorian O’Daniel, Reggie Ragland and Anthony Hitchens could be what the team will roll with next season. The team liked what they saw from O’Daniel this past season and Hitchens isn’t going anywhere. One, because his tape from his time in a Dallas Cowboys uniform is not what the Chiefs got last year and secondly because his contract has $17 million in dead money this upcoming season. They’re only out would be after the 2019 season.

The odd man out in the new scheme will be be Ragland because he doesn’t fit the new scheme. Back when Ragland was in Buffalo part of the reason he was traded was because he didn’t fit the Bills 4-3 alignment.

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The Chiefs roster evaluation on the defensive side of the ball is still very fluid at this point in the offseason, but with free agency starting March 13 and the draft at the end of April decisions will be made in the near future.

The offensive side of the ball is the least of the teams worries aside from some depth at certain positions, but with the NFL’s MVP under center the Chiefs are going to try to do everything in their power to get this team the help it needs to win a Super Bowl while Mahomes is still on his rookie deal.

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