Further free agent moves might be coming for the Kansas City Chiefs at some point before the 2025 season. Training camp will give way to proper roster evaluations, and injuries are always going to happen—like it or not. But when it comes to the offensive interior, it's hard to see the Chiefs making any more additions.
On the surface, the changes at left guard feel like exactly the sort of place where a veteran free agent signing would make sense. The Chiefs traded away perennial All-Pro Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears for a future fourth-round pick. The void created means that the team will be looking at new competitors there as it is.
Kingsley Suamataia is the presumed starter in Thuney's stead, although head coach Andy Reid has already stated that Mike Caliendo is going to be fighting for those reps as well. While that's not the most secure position on the roster, the truth is that the Chiefs have plenty more competitors already who could also join the fray.
Don't expect the Chiefs to go shopping any further for interior linemen.
The Chiefs turned to Suamataia for a one-game trial at left guard in Week 18, a meaningless but one-sided loss to the Denver Broncos to end the regular season at 15-2. The BYU product looked good in that game—one of the lone positive takeaways from the game—which gave the coaching staff confidence that he could hold it down in 2025.
Caliendo is also in the mix, given his experience at left guard after taking over the role when Thuney slid out to left tackle for the stretch run for the Chiefs.
Beyond those two, however, the Chiefs have two other draft picks from the 2024 class who should be aiming for a step forward. Hunter Nourzad was a versatile interior player from Penn State with plenty of starting experience taken in the fifth round. C.J. Hanson was a seventh-round flier out of Holy Cross who remained on the roster all season.
If the Chiefs wanted to get even more creative, the truth is that offensive tackle could be a three-way battle between rookie Josh Simmons (the team's first-round pick in 2025), Jaylon Moore, and Jawaan Taylor. The loser of that battle, depending on who it is, could have the versatility to slide inside. Again, there are options here.
While some teams might find some real value on the free agent market—Brandon Scherff, anyone?—the truth is that the Chiefs are likely to roll with the young players they've already brought on board.
