Kansas City Chiefs: B
Key additions: RB Kenneth Walker III (read more), DL Khyiris Tonga, S Alohi Gilman, CB Kader Kohou, QB Justin Fields
Key re-signings: TE Travis Kelce (read more), WR Tyquan Thornton, LS James Winchester
Key departures: CB Trent McDuffie (via trade), CB Jaylen Watson, S Bryan Cook, RB Isiah Pacheco, LB Leo Chenal, EDGE Charles Omenihu, CB Joshua Williams, DL Derrick Nnadi
The Chiefs’ additions are exactly where their needs were entering the offseason. Walker is a massive upgrade from the duo of Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco that was the least explosive running back tandem for two years running. Walker had more 25-yard runs on one drive in Super Bowl LX, two, than the Chiefs’ running back room did in all of 2025, just one. Tonga is a strong gap filler in the run game and Gilman was a nice pickup for what’s become a ravaged secondary this offseason. Kansas City also netted high-end value — a 2026 first-round pick, 2026 fifth-round pick, a 2026 sixth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick — for McDuffie. The last time the Chiefs got a return like that, when they traded away wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins, it helped restock the roster for two more Super Bowl titles. They also added Fields as backup insurance for Patrick Mahomes.
The defense will be full of fresh faces with McDuffie, Watson, Williams, Cook and Chenal in other places. However, if they hit their two first-round picks out of the park in the coming draft, the Chiefs would return to true contention status in a hurry.