They wanted to draft Nate Solder at 21 to play left tackle and move Brandan Albert to right tackle, upgrading two positions at once. Unfortunately for them, the Patriots drafted Solder at 17. They will have to find a short term replacement at right tackle for now through free agency.

Nose Tackle

Can 6th round pick Jerrell Powe start right away? Maybe, but they should bring in another veteran in case. That might be as easy as resigned Ron Edwards.

Safety

They need another safety opposite Eric Berry.

Draft Needs 

Wide Receiver

Matt Cassel needs someone to throw to other than Dwayne Bowe. Bowe led all Kansas City receivers with 1162 yards and 15 scores. No other receiver had more than 556 yards and 3 touchdowns and that was tight end Tony Moeaki. Jamaal Charles was 3^rd with 468 yards and 3 scores and he’s a running back. Their next leading wideout after Bowe, Chris Chambers who caught 22 balls for 213 yards and 1 score and he turns 33 in August. There are so many teams out there that know how to eliminate one player in the passing game and if the Chiefs were to play one of those teams, they’d be screwed.

Drafted Jonathan Baldwin (#26) 

Rush Linebacker

They did have 38 sacks last year, but 14.5 of those were by Tamba Hali and another 7 of them were by Wallace Gilberry, a defensive lineman. After those two, no one had more than two. Starting rush linebacker Mike Vrabel didn’t even have one, plus he turns 36 in August. They need a rush linebacker opposite Hali.

Drafted Justin Houston (#70), Drafted Gabe Miller (#140)

Offensive Tackle

Cassel may have only been sacked 26 times in 15 games, but that’s because this is a run heavy team that was often ahead of bad teams, so they couldn’t rush the passer. Cassel was sacked 7 times in a loss to the Raiders week 17. Brandan Albert doesn’t belong at left tackle. They’d be better off with him at right and a new left tackle.

Quarterback

They won’t add a new quarterback because they have so much money invested in Cassel and he did techinically get them to the playoffs, but I think not replacing him could backfire. This team could easily go 5-11 next year with a tougher schedule and then Cassel won’t look like such a good quarterback.

Drafted Ricky Stanzi (#135) 

Safety

A new starting safety opposite Eric Berry could be targetted in the 3^rd to 5^th round range.

Nose Tackle

Ron Edwards is a free agent and besides, this team doesn’t have a true nose tackle anyway.

Drafted Jerrell Powe (#199) 

Center

Casey Wiegmann will be 38 soon. They should look at potential successors.

Drafted Rodney Hudson (#55) 

Running Back

Thomas Jones didn’t run well last year so he could be cut at age 32 (33 in August) for a younger compliment to Jamaal Charles.