Kansas City Chiefs’ Roster Review: Free Safety

Our offseason review of the Kansas City Chiefs’ roster moves into the defensive backfield today with a look at the free safety spot. We’ve already covered both lines and the links to those posts are below. For those new to this format, we compare Kansas City’s personnel to their AFC West rivals for the purpose of eventually determining their biggest need. Kendrick Lewis completed his second year in the NFL, and the KC starter looks like a keeper. The professionals at ESPN’s Scouts Inc give him props for his grasp of zone coverages and credit his willingness and ability to step up and play the run. An area of weakness is jumping on the first move too quickly, a problem that should be addressed with experience. You would also like to see more than three interceptions, although here too, as Lewis gains experience, he should able to sneak off with more picks. Denver is in a similar situation, making a commitment to Quinton Carter, who enters his second year with work to do in playing th...