Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach made two key acquisitions on the defensive side of the football this offseason, out-bidding the Houston Texans for safety Tyrann Mathieu and trading away a first and second-round draft pick to the Seattle Seahawks for defensive end Frank Clark.
The hope was that by adding two defensive leaders to go along with the direction of new defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, the Chiefs defense would improve. And through six games — statistically speaking — it has.
But only barely.
The Chiefs finished 2018 giving up an average of 26.