KC Chiefs: Five affordable free agents who could help in 2020

By Chris Clark | May 30, 2020

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Cordy Glenn #77 of the Cincinnati Bengals (Photo by John Grieshop/Getty Images) /

AFFORDABLE FREE AGENTS KC CHIEFS SHOULD SIGN

Offensive Tackle. Cincinnati Bengals. Cordy Glenn. 4. player. 56.

The Chiefs have an offensive line that is stable, yet could still be improved upon. Thankfully, the tackle positions are held down by Mitchell Schwartz and Eric Fisher. The interior part of the offensive line, though, could use some help.

One free agent that could help here could be former Buffalo Bill and Cincinnati Bengal, Cordy Glenn. While Glenn is a tackle, the Chiefs don’t seem to mind moving a big man like him into a guard spot.

At 6’6″ and 345 pounds, Glenn could take up plenty of real estate to protect and move the offense forward. Turning 31 years old in September, he wouldn’t be a long-term solution but could be brought in to compete for snaps on a one-year deal.

With Andrew Wylie losing his starting spot to the now-departed Stefen Wisniewski in 2019, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Glenn do the same to him in 2020. While Glenn’s not an all-pro offensive lineman, he’s also not a generic name either.

Glenn was a second-round draft pick of the Bills in 2012 before being traded to the Bengals in 2018. Earning nearly $55M so far in his career, there could be the potential that he’d take a cheaper deal with a Super Bowl-caliber team to try and win one before his career comes to an end.

Cincinnati released Glenn this last offseason, which has turned out to be a bad offseason for a lot of second-tier free agents. The inability for teams to bring free agents in for visits has likely driven down the cost of the free-agent market.

If Kansas City could bring him in cheap, he’d bring in a veteran presence and add good depth to the offensive line. With the variation of injuries to the offensive line last year, stacking up solid talent along that line is a smart idea.

It’ll be interesting to see how the coming months play out with the free agents who are still out there. If Glenn is still a free agent as the season nears, it’d be great to see the Chiefs sign him to a low-cost deal.

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