Kansas City Chiefs: John Dorsey Is Being Too Sentimental

The first few days of NFL free agency have come and gone for the Kansas City Chiefs. While most appear to be happy about how it all went down, is the team getting too attached to older players?

KC Chiefs fans were expecting a pretty brutal Wednesday afternoon. Most of us expected to lose Sean Smith, specifically to the Oakland Raiders (blech), but we also anticipated losing Jaye Howard and possibly Derrick Johnson as well.

Flash forward to a day later, and the Chiefs only lost one of the aforementioned guys in Sean Smith.

Yes, it’s great that John Dorsey and the Chiefs were able to keep Tamba Hali and DJ in Kansas City, but were these the right moves? Think about it. Smith only signed for $40 million with the Raiders. That’s $10 million a year, something the Chiefs very easily could have swung.

It just begs the question if this organization made the right call in bringing back two defensive players who are both in their 30s.

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Look, I love DJ and Hali. They’re Chiefs legends. They’re fantastic guys. Enough good things can’t be said about either one of them, but this is a business.

The Chiefs are legit contenders to make it to the Super Bowl this year, and Sean Smith being in Kansas City would have made that statement seem like a little more real.

Now, not only did the KC Chiefs lose Sean Smith, they lost him to Oakland. The Oakland Raiders, the silver and black, the hated enemy that the Chiefs square off against twice a year. That stings a little bit.

Would the Chiefs for sure have landed Smith had they not paid DJ and Hali first? Who knows? It just seems like there would have been more money for Dorsey to spend on Smith had he been the team’s first priority.

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In the end, we’ll never know how close Smith was to picking Kansas City or if he even was considering it. It just seems strange that the team gave a combined six-year deal worth $40 some million to two aging defensive players.

The good news, however, is that the Chiefs only lost Smith on the defense starter wise. Howard returned to the team on a dime, which is fantastic news, and the Chiefs do have Phillip Gaines able to replace Smith.

The Chiefs also locked up Mitchell Schwartz to a five-year deal, and I won’t knock that one in the least bit. Offensive line was one of the team’s most pressing needs and I’m glad to see John Dorsey went out there and got it done.

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What do you think, Chiefs Kingdom? Did John Dorsey think with his heart too much in regards to re-signing Tamba and DJ, or was this decision the best one out there for the Kansas City Chiefs?