The NFL trade deadline for the 2020 season is just a day away, closing at 3:00 p.m. CT on Tuesday. Two trades have already come together on the eve of the deadline, with the Titans acquiring Chargers CB Desmond King and the 49ers swapping linebackers with the Saints.
Will the reigning Super Bowl champions make any moves to improve their roster? Kansas City Chiefs HC Andy Reid was non-committal during his Monday press conference.
“We’ll see how it goes here over the next couple days—the next day or so,” Reid told reporters on Monday.
It’s been four years since the Chiefs last made a move at the NFL’s trade deadline, sending reserve RB Knile Davis to the Packers in 2016. Things are much different now given the climate surrounding COVID-19 and the 2020 NFL season. Still, teams are finding ways to get better, whether that means acquiring draft capital for the future or acquiring a player.
“Yeah, I mean, it’s unique but there’s been movement,” Reid explained. “And I don’t know what takes place here over the next couple days, whether it’s here or anywhere else, but there has been movement.”
Reid will leave the trading legwork to general manager Brett Veach and his team. As a Super Bowl contender, you have to assume that the front office is at the very least exploring ways to get better.
Kansas City, however, finds itself in a unique situation. They don’t exactly have any immediate needs on the roster. It could make acquiring players that are still on a rookie contract more favorable to the one-year rentals that often come this time of year.
Another challenge that the Chiefs face is COVID-19 screening.
“I guess it’s somewhat unique just from the testing standpoint and what you have to get done before the player can actually get on the field,” Reid said.
How quickly Kansas City can get a player into the building would play a large role in the team’s decision to make a trade or stand pat. Luckily, with the bye week just around the corner in Week 10, they should have the time to get a player screened and up to speed for the final push of the 2020 season.
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