Report: Chiefs have made offer to center Austin Reiter

Austin Reiter might end up back in Kansas City after all. Herbie Teope of the Kansas City Star reports that the Chiefs have made an offer to the free-agent center. Reiter is considering the organization’s offer.

We learned last week that the Chiefs were likely going to let Reiter hit the open market, and there was an expectation that he’d ultimately land elsewhere. However, the 29-year-old has yet to commit to an offer, so perhaps the Chiefs changed their tune when they learned of the player’s adjusted asking price.

Reiter started 12 games this past year (and played every snap in the Super Bowl), and all 16 the season before. A seventh-round pick of Washington back in 2015, he quickly ended up on the Browns and had only one career start under his belt when he landed in Kansas City via a waiver claim in 2018.

He turned into a nice diamond in the rough for the Chiefs as a serviceable player, but it sounded like the veteran could end up being a victim of the organization’s desire to revamp its offensive line in front of Patrick Mahomes. The team has already started with that makeover, inking Joe Thuney to a five-year deal and signing Kyle Long out of retirement.