Kansas City Chiefs GM Brett Veach recently joined team reporter BJ Kissel on the “In the Trenches” podcast.
Veach provided Kissel with some post-Super Bowl quips, thoughts about pending free agent DT Chris Jones, the 2020 NFL draft and the upcoming NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. We’ll speak with Veach at the combine on Tuesday, but until then, this is the first we’ve heard from him since Super Bowl LIV.
You can watch the full interview at the top of the page. Below are some quick takeaways from what he spoke about on the podcast.
Chris Jones is a priority
Kissel didn’t hold back in his interview and asked if Veach could provide an update on Jones. While Veach didn’t exactly have an update to provide, the mindset is all about keeping as many players as possible.
“Chris is obviously a great player and he’s a priority,” Veach said. “We have a lot of priorities. Look, we know how hard it is to win a Super Bowl. It hadn’t been done in 50 years and we won it with the group we had last year. So I think that as we attack this offseason, first up its free agency before the draft, our goal and mindset is to do whatever we can to retain as many players as we can. And Chris (Jones) is at the top of that list because of the talent he is.”
It’s reassuring that Veach isn’t too keen on breaking the band up now that the Chiefs won a Super Bowl. He recognizes that this group of players was special (including Jones). He also wants to get them right back to Super Bowl LV next season.