Kansas City Chiefs’ Roster Review: Tight End

The past three days we’ve been reviewing the component parts of Kansas City’s offensive line to see how they measure up to AFC West rivals. You can check out previous posts on center, the tackles and the guards. Today we’ll move on to the tight end position in our effort to get the possible read on the areas the Chiefs should address in the offseason. Leonard Pope has been the starter for Kansas City and represents a liability. The experts at ESPN’s Scouts Inc. pan his ability to run routes that are anything other than a straight line and his blocking skills are less than stellar. A tight end who can only run a fly route is a problem for anyone, but particularly when you are a team that relies on running the ball. There’s the blocking and the ability to make a key catch to move the chains. That’s the bad news. The good news for Kansas City is that Tony Moeaki should return from the torn ACL that cost him the entire season, and the 24-year old from Iowa is the pass-catcher and blocke...