There was an easy argument to make that the weakest position on the Kansas City Chiefs defense during the 2019 championship run was the linebacker group. Three years later, no members of that position remain on the team — and it has debatably become the most impressive position on the roster.
The team has to feel good about their early returns on the second-round picks from the last two years: Willie Gay Jr. and Nick Bolton. Both have shown the reason they will be starters at the WILL and MIKE positions, respectively — but to take the position’s depth and overall impact on team success to another level, the Chiefs used a third-straight Day 2 pick at the position.