The Kansas City Chiefs are hard at work right now in organized team activities as they try to make it back to the Super Bowl and get some revenge.
It should be another good season, but there are still a few months ahead and trade speculation is swirling around every team. For example, Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport called cornerback Jaylen Watson a potential trade candidate for the Chiefs.
“CB Jaylen Watson,” Davenport said. “For a team that has utterly dominated the AFC over the past decade or so, the Kansas City Chiefs don’t have a roster with a lot of obvious trade candidates. The massive contracts handed out to the team’s stars have impacted the team’s depth—there just aren’t that many players the team can afford to part with. However, the Chiefs do have solid depth at cornerback—and as Ralph Vacchiano wrote for Fox Sports, that could make contract-year cornerback Jaylen Watson expendable.
“‘The former seventh-rounder had emerged as a starting corner for Kansas City last year before a broken ankle cost him half the season. He did return for the playoffs and even started in the Super Bowl, so his health isn’t a concern. But this offseason, the Chiefs signed cornerback Kristian Fulton, and next year they’re going to have to pay All-Pro corner Trent McDuffie at least $13 million on his fifth-year option. Watson will be a free agent, too, and they’re not likely to pay three corners. He’s only 27, so his value is still high because corners with his talent can be hard to find.’ Watson’s injury aside, he was excellent last season, allowing just 53.3 percent of the passes thrown in his direction to be completed with a passer rating against of just 75.4.”
This is just speculation, but the Chiefs have time to make additions and subtractions still.
