After the 2023 season — when the Kansas City Chiefs signed free-agent offensive Donovan Smith to be their left tackle but started third-round rookie Wamya Morris for four games when Smith was injured late in the season — we didn’t really know how the team had evaluated the performance of either player.
We still don’t know much about the team’s confidence in Smith, who hasn’t yet been re-signed for 2024. But it’s important to remember that Kansas City didn’t sign him until May 3 — after the NFL Draft. This implied that the team might have been angling to take an offensive tackle in the draft’s first round but couldn’t make it work.