Kansas City, Mo. — The chiefs Completes Rebuild At Offensive Tackle By Signing Veteran Donovan Smith to a one-year contract, the team announced on Thursday.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but NFL Network reported that the deal is worth up to $9 million.
Kansas City lost both starting tackles last season — Orlando Brown As far as Cincinnati Bengals And Andrew Wylie As far as washington commanders, Earlier in free agency the Chiefs signed young taylor From jacksonville jaguars for being one of their earliest.
The Chiefs chose a tackle, vanya morris Of Oklahoma, in the third round of this year’s draft. He has two other tackles who played as backups last season, Lucas Niang And prince tega wanoghoas well as derian kinardLast year’s fifth-round pick.
tampa bay buccaneers released Smith on March 7, one of several roster cuts made to get under the salary cap.
The 29-year-old Smith had his worst season as a starter in 2022, with a pass rush win rate of 78.3% and a run block win rate of 64.9%. He also dealt with elbow and foot injuries during the 2022 season that caused him to miss four regular-season games.
A second-round draft pick by the Buccaneers in 2015, Smith started 124 regular-season games—the sixth-most of any offensive lineman in the league from 2015 to 2022.
ESPN’s Jenna Lane contributed to this report.
