Biggest remaining needs for each AFC West team

Kansas City Chiefs – Cornerback

No team was hotter at the start of last season than these Chiefs. Kansas City won their first five games of the season, including matchups against both of the eventual Super Bowl teams, but it felt like opponents started figuring out Alex Smith and company on offense, by doing a better job at protecting the edges with their cornerbacks and late pre-snap mix-ups.

Now with Patrick Mahomes taking over the reins and Sammy Watkins added as another deep threat, I expect an explosive vertical attack offensively and not as much work in-between the numbers in the passing game. No matter their approach on that side of the ball, it was the Chiefs defense, which really let them down in a lot of games and they certainly didn’t improve that unit during this offseason.

KC added some defensive linemen in the draft and linebacker Anthony Hitchens in free agency, but even with their leader Eric Berry coming back from injury, their secondary looks suspicious since trading away Marcus Peters. Okay, I like Steven Nelson at nickelback and Kendall Fuller is coming over from Washington after a huge 2017 season, but please show me a second quality corner on that Chiefs roster?

I’m waiting. I believe Kansas City committed one of the biggest thefts in recent memory, when they acquired Fuller and a third-round pick for Alex Smith, despite having their future guy at the quarterback position sitting right behind him. Nevertheless, I’m not sure about any of the guys, who they could potentially put in as their number two CB.

David Amerson was handed a one-year prove it deal, who I liked quite a bit a few years back, but he had a horrible 2017 campaign and not even the Raiders wanted to keep him, despite their cornerback problems. Behind those three guys, I don’t think you can tell me that you have any trust in Keith Reaser, Will Redmond or Ashton Lampkin. The 29th-ranked passing defense now is even more questionable.