When the Kansas City Chiefs signed defensive tackle Mike Pennel to a contract midway through the 2019 regular season, it barely registered on the NFL’s newswire and failed to turn any heads in Chiefs Kingdom—at least at the time of signing. Several weeks later, Pennel became a celebrated member of the Chiefs defensive turnaround, an unexpected anchor of a run defender who produced as a wonderful surprise along the defensive interior.
Pennel’s contract was a short-term deal, one that allowed him to re-enter free agency after a majority of a single season spent in K.C. The early word in the offseason is that both sides are interested in a reunion at this point, but so far nothing has come of it.