Hours before the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday, that the Kansas City Chiefs traded a 2022 sixth-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for 32-year-old edge rusher Melvin Ingram.
Reports this past offseason said the Chiefs had attempted to sign Ingram as a free agent. Ingram ultimately decided to sign a one-year contract worth $4 million dollars with Pittsburgh.
On Tuesday, head coach Andy Reid was asked about why things didn’t work out for Ingram and the Chiefs when he visited Kansas City in the offseason
“He just ended up going somewhere else,” said Reid.