The Kansas City Chiefs’ 2021 season came to an unceremonious end on Sunday — and with the finality of the 27-24 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC title game comes a quick transition to what the personnel staff must do to ensure something like that never happens again.
The Chiefs have some tough decisions to make. Among them are what they will do about the expiring contracts of their key players — including that of left tackle Orlando Brown Jr., whom the team acquired via trade with the conference-rival Baltimore Ravens in late April.