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Chiefs select Parker Ehinger in fourth round

The Chiefs needed some beef along the offensive line to compete at guard, and they got that with University of Cincinnati guard Parker Ehinger.

He was a 14-game starter at Cincinnati in 2015 and at 6-foot-6 and 310 pounds, is certainly large enough to anchor the position. This was a position of need for general manager John Dorsey, and spending a foruth-round pick on it is considerable.

Kansas City is currently looking at a guard situation of Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Jah Reid as starters with only Zach Fulton as a legitimate backup. Should Eric Fisher or Mitch Schwartz get hurt, the Chiefs would have to kick Reid outside and suddenly the team would be in all kinds of trouble.