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Loss of Sean Smith hurts, but Chiefs have pieces to fortify secondary

Nearly three weeks into free agency, the Chiefs — who lost starting corner Sean Smith to AFC West rival Oakland and have not re-signed starting safety Husain Abdullah — still haven’t added any depth in the defensive backfield.

But if the Chiefs are indeed done with their significant moves — tagging safety Eric Berry, re-signing linebackers Tamba Hali and Derrick Johnson and adding tackle Mitchell Schwartz certainly fit that description — team chairman Clark Hunt is good with that.

“Yeah, I sure would (be happy if this is it),” Hunt said at the NFL’s annual meeting.” And probably, it comes back to believing that you really build winning football teams through the draft and through retaining your own guys.