The Kansas City Chiefs could opt to make an addition at linebacker at some point in the 2023 NFL draft.
Looking at the room in its current iteration, it’s hard to see much room for an early addition in Kansas City. It’s already going to be tough to find the snaps to go around for Nick Bolton, Drue Tranquill, Willie Gay Jr., and Leo Chenal. A new addition to the room would only make that more difficult.
That said, an addition could be more about the future than it could the 2023 NFL season. Both Gay and Tranquill will be free agents in the 2023 NFL offseason, so they’ll need some reinforcements at the position not too far down the line. It might make more sense to take a developmental prospect later in the draft given those circumstances.
Here’s a look at some of the linebackers the Chiefs could consider adding in each round of the 2023 NFL draft: