The Kansas City Chiefs clinched the AFC’s only bye with 14 regular-season wins and managed to take home the AFC championship in 2020 — but years from now, what will likely be remembered most about the season is Patrick Mahomes under relentless pressure in Super Bowl LV, a 31-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The NFL is a cold business in that sense: so much done right over a year’s time can be undone on the game’s greatest stage.
Stemming from that result, general manager Brett Veach and his personnel staff have gone back to the drawing board this offseason, and in the process, they have rebuilt the offensive line in its entirety, culminating with a trade for offensive lineman Orlando Brown Jr.