Last spring and summer, well before the Kansas City Chiefs defense was a Super Bowl caliber unit, the sky was falling in the secondary.
Specifically, Chiefs Kingdom believed that the team’s cornerbacks lacked talent and depth and showed a startling lack of attention from general manager Brett Veach. While Veach could point to failed attempts to acquire a corner in free agency or the draft, the perception was that the Chiefs were basically screwed if they went to war in Week 1 with the unimpressive list of unproven players and low-risk signings that comprised the depth chart.
What was interesting at the time was how much Chiefs fans, myself very much included in this group, wanted some sort of deal to coalesce between K.