Veteran guard Trey Smith has been a fan favorite on the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line since joining the team as a sixth-round draft pick back in 2021. His savvy in pass protection has helped Patrick Mahomes stay on his feet this season, and without his efforts in the run game, the Chiefs wouldn’t be able to get Isiah Pacheco or Clyde Edwards-Helaire gaps to hit in the running game.
With just a handful of games remaining on Kansas City’s 2023 schedule, it seems that Smith’s contributions will be particularly crucial to the Chiefs’ chances of making a deep playoff run.
According to Pro Football Focus, the third-year guard has been the NFL’s second-best run-blocking grade of any guard in the NFL since Week 7.
Trey Smith: 87.9 run-blocking grade since week 7
2nd among all guards 😤 pic.twitter.com/bpsHt6ezQ9
— PFF KC Chiefs (@PFF_Chiefs) November 30, 2023
If Smith can keep up his exceptional work up front, Andy Reid may be able to lean on Pacheco and Edwards-Helaire more in the regular season’s final contests to help Kansas City earn the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.