There were questions about Winston’s ability to play left tackle, but the Chiefs are paying him right tackle type money to be their right tackle, where they have a huge need. Winston is one of the better right tackles in the league (11^th rated offensive tackle, 4^th rated right tackle by ProFootballFocus) so 4 years, 22 million is very reasonable for him, especially in a weak offensive tackle market that just give Jeff Backus 5 million per year.

With right tackle shored up, nose tackle is their biggest non-quarterback need. In fact, it’s their only big non-quarterback need after the Winston signing and the Hillis signing. That could signal that Dontari Poe will be the pick at 11, but it could also signal that they are planning a move up for Ryan Tannehill. The Chiefs pick at 11 and would only have to move up to 7 to leapfrog Miami for him. That would cost them their 2^nd round pick, but it might be worth it.

Matt Cassel is not a long term option and I don’t expect much from Brady Quinn. I really hope he was just signed to compete with Ricky Stanzi and Tyler Palko for the #3 quarterback job and the Chiefs are still planning to add a young quarterback  early in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Grade: A