The Kansas City Chiefs haven’t made any moves to sign outside free agents so far.
Now we have our first reports of an overture from Kansas City toward an outside free agent. The New Orleans Saints just re-signed two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Andrus Peat to a five-year contract. According to Herbie Teope of the Kansas City Star, the Chiefs had an interest in signing Peat.
It’s not clear how interested the Chiefs were or if Kansas City made an offer to Peat in free agency. They very well could have been competing with the Saints to sign him and were simply outbid for his services. Peat’s five-year contract is worth $57.5 million, which seems a bit out of the Chiefs’ price range.
This gives us an idea of the type of player the Chiefs are working to sign in free agency. Peat would have been a solid addition, shoring up an interior offensive line group that just lost veteran Stefen Wisniewski to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Does this mean the Chiefs will continue to look at free-agent offensive linemen? The market out there isn’t looking too promising with players like Ron Leary and Mike Person at the top of the interior offensive line list. Peat is a player with the ability to play guard and kick out to tackle if necessary. Perhaps re-signing Cameron Erving on a cheaper deal becomes an option for Kansas City after missing out on a player like Peat.
