Assumptions:

1. The Chiefs finish 12-4, win the AFC West, and secure the 2nd overall seed. They host the Steelers and lose, 24-13. HC Andy Reid and GM Brett Veach stay on.

2. The Chiefs trade QB Alex Smith to the Denver Broncos for a 2019 1st round pick, and trade DE Allen Bailey to the Atlanta Falcons for a 2018 3rd round pick.

3. OLB Tamba Hali and ILB Derrick Johnson retire.

4. The Chiefs sign WR Albert Wilson 1 year, $3m ($500k guaranteed), NT Bennie Logan 3 years, $20m ($9m guaranteed).

6. The Chiefs tender NT Rakeem Nunez-Roches.

7. The Chiefs sign QB Tyler Bray, RB Akeem Hunt, FB Anthony Sherman, ILB Kevin Pierre-Louis, CB Kenneth Acker to minimal deals.

8. The Chiefs cut TE Ross Travis.

9. The Chiefs let walk WR De'Anthony Thomas, OL Zach Fulton, OL Jordan Devey, NT Cam Thomas, DE Jarvis Jenkins, ILB Ramik Wilson, ILB Terrance Smith, CB Phillip Gaines, P Dustin Colquitt.

10. The Chiefs sign QB Chad Henne (Jaguars) for 1 year, $3m, TE Virgil Green (Broncos) for 1 year, $2m, DE Kyle Williams (Bills) for 2 years, $10m ($2m guaranteed).

9. The Chiefs are picking 28th, and have one compensatory pick (a 6th) for QB Nick Foles. They have three conditionals: a 6th for OT Isaiah Battle, a 7th for DE David King, and a 7th for CB Marcus Cooper.

The draft:

2. DE Drew Bailey, Louisville
3 (Bailey). CB Keith Toliver, LSU
3. DE Kendrick Norton, Miami
4. ILB Nyles Morgan, Notre Dame
6 (Battle). C Nick Linder, Miami
6. OT Orlando Brown, Oklahoma
6 (Foles). CB Donovan Wilson, Texas A&M
7 (Cooper). OLB Justin Lawler, Southern Methodist
7 (King). ILB Reggie Carter, Georgia

roster:

QB: Mahomes, Henne, Bray
RB: Hunt, Ware, Hunt, West
FB: Sherman

WR: Hill, Conley, Wilson, Robinson, Chesson
TE: Kelce, Green, Harris

LT: Fisher, Erving
LG: Witzmann, Ehinger
C: Morse, Linder
RG: Duvarney-Tardif, Ehinger
RT: Schwartz, Erving, Brown

DE: Jones, Bailey
NT: Logan, Nunez-Roches
DE: Williams, Norton

OLB: Ford, Kpassagnon, Lawler
ILB: Ragland, Morgan
ILB: Pierre-Louis, Eligwe, Carter
OLB: Houston, Zombo

CB: Peters, Nelson, Mitchell, Toliver, Acker, Wilson
S: Berry, Parker, Sorensen, Murray

K: Butker
P: some dude
LS: Winchester
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