KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Last year at this time, the Kansas City Chiefs planned to extend wide receiver Tyreek Hill's contract and were in the process of deciding whether to do the same with safety Tyrann Mathieu.
They went into the season without either player. Hill was traded to the Miami Dolphins and Mathieu signed with the New Orleans Saints as a free agent.
The Chiefs went on to win Super Bowl LVII. There is a lesson in that for general manager Brett Veach as the Chiefs begin to prepare for next season: The plan they have right now for the 2023 roster might change in a big way by the time training camp rolls around.