3 Chiefs who won’t be back after playoff loss to Bengals

The Chiefs must get better in the trenches and Mike Remmers will probably walk

For the second season in a row, the Chiefs’ season ends in heartbreaking fashion thanks to issues along the offensive line. In a game they were playing against a less-than-stellar front-five in Cincinnati, it was the Chiefs who had a harder time with the pass rush. Patrick Mahomes was running for his life back there pretty much the entire second half. They needs to fix this thing.

While the Chiefs have plenty of promising young players on the offensive line, one easy scapegoat to point the finger at is veteran tackle Mike Remmers. The career swing tackle has value in this league, but he will be 33 years old next season ahead of his free agency. Kansas City needs to upgrade out on the edge and letting Remmers walk will be a means for them to potentially do so.

Given that Remmers only appeared in four regular-season games, the team seemed to do just fine without him playing for them throughout much of the year. So by letting him walk, Kansas City can free up more cap space to either sign a veteran swing tackle or just draft one. What we have seen is if Mahomes is under duress, he is not the same elite, dynamic player we all know that he can be.

If Remmers does come back in 2022, it will not be for the same $3.3 million average annual value.