{"id":26937,"date":"2025-06-27T23:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T23:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26937"},"modified":"2025-06-27T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T23:02:52","slug":"chiefs-predicted-to-part-with-player-with-special-patrick-mahomes-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26937","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Predicted to Part With Player With Special Patrick Mahomes Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170446097-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170446097-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170446097-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170446097-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Predicted to Part With Player With Special Patrick Mahomes Ties\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are still tweaking their lineup as the offseason continues, and sometimes, that means making difficult decisions that may, or may not, help in the long run. Of course, the goal is always to have the best team possible going into the new season, but some of these choices could go either way.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Chiefs may have one of those tough decisions on their hands. During the offseason, the team has made some moves that could free them up to let go of a once-promising third-round draft pick.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5402793\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=660,371 660w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=267,150 267w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2174250266-1.jpg?resize=225,127 225w\" alt=\"Chiefs Predicted to Part With Player With Special Patrick Mahomes Ties\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5402793\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5402793\">\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Kansas City Chiefs Could Let Go of Once-Promising Player<\/h2>\n<p>The Kansas Chiefs inked Jaylon Moore to a two-year deal in free agency last spring, and they also used a first-round draft selection to snag Josh Simmons in the 2025 NFL draft. So, the tackle depth chart is looking packed, plus they have Jawaan Taylor, so yes, it\u2019s getting crowded.<\/p>\n<p>In a June 21 feature for Bleacher Report, Kristopher Knox brings up offensive lineman Wanya Morris as a possible Chiefs player on the trade block, and Morris\u2019 name has shown up on the trade block before.\u00a0Morris has a special tie with Patrick Mahomes, in that he scored his\u00a0first\u00a0career\u00a0touchdown on a pass from Mahomes in September 2024 against the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>On the idea of Morris being traded away, Matt Conner notes in a June 26 article for Arrowhead Addict that there are pros and cons for parting with Morris.<\/p>\n<p>As for the pros, Conner says that \u201cit\u2019s fair to surmise that Morris\u2019s days as a swing tackle could be numbered if Taylor holds onto his role. That leaves Moore and Simmons to battle things out as blindside protector, with the loser slotting in as OT3 on the depth chart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that having second-year tackle Ethan Driskel and undrafted rookie Esa Pole \u201ccould allow the Chiefs to consider such a move.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Case for Keeping This Chiefs Player<\/h2>\n<p>So, why would the Chiefs need to hold onto Morris? The downside is that Kansas City has \u201ctoo many variables in play to trade Morris. It\u2019s not as if offensive tackle is a position of luxury with too much of a sure thing at the bookends,\u201d Conner notes.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that \u201cthe Chiefs learned firsthand in 2024 that they can\u2019t have enough depth,\u201d which is a reality. As he notes, \u201cSuamataia wasn\u2019t ready. Morris was injured. Then D.J. Humphries was hurt as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With players getting injured right and left in the NFL, there\u2019s a good chance the Chiefs will really have to rely on Morris next season, even if they think they\u2019re all set without him. Andy Reid likely has that on his mind, too.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, the Kansas City Chiefs would be better off keeping Morris in their lineup. Even if they have a lot of tackles, one can never be too careful, and it\u2019s likely that any trade wouldn\u2019t do them much good with what they would get in return, anyway. Morris is young and still a budding and developing player, so it would be foolish to trade him away just in time for him to blossom somewhere else. He could become a star in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs are making some difficult decisions going into the new season, and one of those could mean parting with this player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas-city-chiefs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Predicted to Part With Player With Special Patrick Mahomes Ties - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26937\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Predicted to Part With Player With Special Patrick Mahomes Ties - 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