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This Chiefs player will be a first-time Pro Bowler in 2020

By Sam Dunn

KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 28: Kareem Hunt #27 of the Kansas City Chiefs rushes the ball behind the blocking of teammate Mitchell Schwartz #71 during the second half of the game against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on October 28, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 28: Kareem Hunt #27 of the Kansas City Chiefs rushes the ball behind the blocking of teammate Mitchell Schwartz #71 during the second half of the game against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on October 28, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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Mitchell Schwartz is one of the best right tackles the game. Get this man to the Pro Bowl!

The Kansas City Chiefs will hit the field (we hope!) this season in a strange state. For the first time in 50 years, they’ll kick off a campaign as football’s defending champs. With that status comes a unique challenge, as every challenger wants to come at the king — but the crown is also accompanied by a certain prestige.

With that in mind, the 2020 season will see the NFL right a wrong that’s lingered over these last few seasons. Chiefs right tackle Mitchell Schwartz has been an All-Pro the last four seasons running — every single one he’s played in KC — but has somehow never made the Pro Bowl. That ends this year, period.

Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro tackle Mitchell Schwartz will finally make a Pro Bowl

You’ll find no paeans to Pro Football Focus in even the darkest corners of my portfolio, but the nerds aren’t wrong here. Schwartz is as utterly consistent as they come, having started all 16 games in every season of his eight-year career. He played 99% of offensive snaps in 2019… the first time he ever logged less than a full 100% (!).

Now that he’s a Super Bowl champ that has so directly contributed to Patrick Mahomes‘ meteoric rise to the NFL penthouse, there’s simply no way that Schwartz doesn’t finally get this conspicuously absent feather in his cap at long last.

Right?

Approaching his age 31 season, it’s worth noting that there will only be so many opportunities to continue to celebrate Schwartz’s accomplishments in Kansas City. He’s in the middle season of a three-year contract, and there’s just no guarantee he’ll be re-upped after 2021 even if he shows out — just ask Larry Warford, who was cut loose by the Saints despite posting a third straight Pro Bowl season in 2019.

You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone. It’s time to make up for lost time and get Mitchell Schwartz to Orlando. Knowing this man’s handiwork, he’ll once again do more than enough to earn that privilege.

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