{"id":38194,"date":"2025-04-03T07:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38194"},"modified":"2025-04-03T07:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:39:21","slug":"breaking-chiefs-surprise-ideal-1st-round-draft-pick-proposed-to-be-6-6%e2%80%b3-333-lb-behemoth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=38194","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Chiefs\u2019 Surprise \u2018Ideal\u2019 1st Round Draft Pick Proposed To Be 6-6\u2033 333 LB Behemoth"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2043656111-e1743648134801.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2043656111-e1743648134801.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2043656111-e1743648134801.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2043656111-e1743648134801.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Andy Reid\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"399\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2477\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Andy Reid<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs\/\">K<\/a>ansas City Chiefs\u00a0are heading into this year\u2019s draft with a few holes remaining on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>The team is down nose tackle,\u00a0Tershawn Wharton, who left to join the\u00a0Carolina Panthers; safety,\u00a0Justin Reid, who left for the\u00a0New Orleans Saints; and guard\u00a0Joe Thuney, who was traded to the\u00a0Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, perhaps the biggest question mark remaining is at tackle, where the team bought in former\u00a049ers\u2018 backup left tackle,\u00a0Jaylon Moore, to become\u00a0Patrick Mahomes\u2018 new blindside protector with a 2 year, $30 million deal signed last month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chad Reuter of NFL Network evidently has limited faith in the Chiefs\u2019 current crop on the exterior of the offensive line, which is why he has labelled Aireontae Ersery as the \u201cideal\u201d pick for the Chiefs in the first round of this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chiefs\u2019 inability to stop\u00a0Philadelphia\u2019s\u00a0front four in the Super Bowl will likely force them to draft another tackle despite signing\u00a0Jaylon Moore\u00a0(who started 12 games in four years in San Francisco while playing behind\u00a0Trent Williams),\u201d Reuter writes, \u201cTo a sizeable two-year contract. Ersery\u2019s 6-6, 331-pound frame is exactly what Andy Reid likes in his outside blockers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What Does The Chiefs\u2019 Future Look Like At Tackle?<\/h2>\n<p>Thuney filled the LT role last season, however he is a more natural fit at guard, where his replacement,\u00a0Mike Caliendo, continued to struggle.<\/p>\n<p>With last year\u2019s second round pick,\u00a0Kingsley Suamataia, leading the race for the vacant left guard spot, Moore\u2019s viability remains the biggest question mark on the offense going into the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Moore has started 12 games over the course of his career, including 5 last season in place of future Hall of Famer, Trent Williams. And has done so with impressive ability, generating an overall grade of 74.9 this past season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, we have seen players do well at that same position excel in reserve duty and then struggle as a full time, particularly after changing schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Dillard\u00a0and\u00a0Halapoulivaati Vaitai\u00a0both signed big-ish money free agent deals after leaving the Philadelphia Eagles as backup left tackles who had played well when called upon. And subsequently both failed to hold down tackle positions at their respective next teams, the\u00a0Titans\u00a0and\u00a0Lions, with the former \u2013 Dillard \u2013 getting cut after just one season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Would Ersery Play Left Or Right Tackle For The Chiefs?<\/h2>\n<p>Ersery is a 3 year starter out of Minnesota at tackle, and with his enormous 6-6\u2033, 331 lb frame, he could potentially slot in as the Chiefs\u2019 blindside tackle of the future as a late first round pick.<\/p>\n<p>However, some draft analysts dispute his positioning at the next level:\u00a0Pro Football Network believes\u00a0that Ersery is potentially more fit to occupy the right tackle position, which in Kansas City is currently held by\u00a0Jawaan Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, despite his enormous build, Ersery\u2019s arms only came in at around 33 1\/8 inches, which is shorter than the normal 34 inch arms that the team normally prefer. General manager, Brett Veach, has\u00a0never drafted a tackle\u00a0with arms shorter than that set benchmark, and Ersery comes in at nearly a full inch under it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_5\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With Taylor\u2019s contract\u00a0very cut-able\u00a0in 2026, and Moore still very much an unknown quantity, it could well be that Andy Reid and Veach take a tackle like Ersery at 31, and slot him at whichever side is in need of an upgrade following the 2025 season. That is, if they can get over his arm length.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__author-bio\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Andy Reid The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are heading into this year\u2019s draft with a few holes remaining on the roster. 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