Jawaan Taylor

The Athletic’s Michael Silver believes Chiefs RT Jawaan Taylor could be a backup in 2025.

With the Chiefs drafting Josh Simmons in the first round in April, Silver believes Simmons has a chance to take a starting job away from Taylor this offseason. Our last two blurbs on Taylor are “Taylor could be a backup” and “Taylor’s odds of being on the 2026 roster are not high,” which is never the trend you want to see when you have a $27.3 million cap hit in 2026. It appears the Chiefs are ready to wash their hands of Taylor’s contract sooner rather than later.