Brett Veach took over as Kansas City Chiefs general manager on July 10, 2017.
And on that day, Veach said his first call as GM was to the Dallas Cowboys about trading for inside linebacker Anthony Hitchens. The Cowboys were unwilling to trade Hitchens at the time, so Veach and the Chiefs would have to hold until he became an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
On March 15, 2018, that finally happened—and waiting for Hitchens in Kansas City was a position coach champing at the bit to get started.
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“I was really excited—I’ve followed Anthony for a long time,” Chiefs inside linebackers coach Mark DeLeone said.