The Chiefs are intent on improving the league’s 26th-ranked run defense in 2017, and Monday, new general manager Brett Veach made a move toward that goal by trading for Buffalo Bills inside linebacker Reggie Ragland.
The Chiefs surrendered a fourth-round pick in 2019 for Ragland, a source told The Star. The Bills confirmed the compensation shortly after the trade.
To make room for Ragland, the Chiefs released veteran inside linebacker Josh Mauga.
Ragland, 23, was taken by the Bills in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Alabama. The 6-foot-2, 252-pounder was an unanimous All-American and the SEC Defensive Player of the Year in 2015, his senior year at Alabama.