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<\/p>\nThere\u2019s only one player that makes sense for the Chiefs in free agency now that All-Pro Joe Thuney is gone\u2026..Ronnie Stanley<\/p>\n
@DMRussini & I did a \u201cDream Scenario\u201d segment on Scoop City Tuesday & while it was a joke\u2026.now it has to happen!<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s only one player that makes sense for the Chiefs in free agency now that All-Pro Joe Thuney is gone\u2026.. [Baltimore Ravens\u00a0left tackle]\u00a0Ronnie Stanley,\u201d Daniel posted on X. Adding: \u201c[Dianna Russini] & I did a \u2018Dream Scenario\u2019 segment on [the] Scoop City [podcast] Tuesday & while it was a joke\u2026.now it has to happen!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Later in the afternoon on March 5,\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s Nate Taylor confirmed, per his sources, that the Chiefs plan to \u201ctarget\u201d Stanley in free agency.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not the first time the\u00a0Chiefs have been connected to Stanley\u00a0this offseason, but in the past, the free agency linked felt farfetched.<\/p>\n Kansas City was in a tight spot financially heading into the offseason and Stanley is a former first-round selection and first-team All-Pro whose last big\u00a0contract extension cost $98.75 million.<\/p>\n Stanley played at a much more affordable $7.5 million in 2024, but that was coming off multiple injury-ravaged seasons. The 6-foot-6 blocker was healthy as can be in 2024,\u00a0starting all 19 of the Ravens\u2019 outings (including playoffs).<\/p>\n According\u00a0to ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler, Stanley could make $21-23 million on the open market in 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cThe sense out of Indy is that the Ravens and left tackle Ronnie Stanley can agree to terms on an extension in the coming days,\u201d Fowler reported on March 2.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s hardly a slam dunk, but there\u2019s a sentiment to try to make that happen. Some inside the league are projecting that deal to land somewhere between $21-23 million per year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI still suspect the\u00a0[New England] Patriots will target tackles, and don\u2019t sleep on the Chiefs, either,\u201d the insider added at the time. \u201cMany around the league are loosely expecting the Chiefs to entertain Stanley\u2019s market, should he get free.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n If the Chiefs do end up finding a way to sign Stanley, history would be repeating itself, in a sense.<\/p>\n Veach\u00a0traded a first-round pick (and more)\u00a0to acquire Ravens right tackle\u00a0Orlando Brown Jr.\u00a0in 2021, with a plan to move Brown to left tackle.<\/p>\n As KC supporters know, the deal worked out pretty well long-term, as Brown helped the Chiefs win the Super Bowl following the 2022 campaign.<\/p>\n He then left in free agency, recreating the LT issue once again.<\/p>\n It wouldn\u2019t be surprising if Veach and Kansas City tapped into the Baltimore well for a second time.<\/p>\n The Ravens have a history of developing offensive linemen, and Stanley has proven to be one of the better left tackles in the game when healthy \u2014 not to mention stealing him away would also mean weakening an AFC rival.<\/p>\n The Kansas City Chiefs shocked the NFL world on the morning of March 5 when they elected to trade four-time All-Pro (two first-team, two second-team) left guard… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nChiefs Expected to \u2018Entertain\u2019 Ravens LT Ronnie Stanley\u2019s Market in NFL Free Agency<\/h2>\n
Will Chiefs Repeat History & Solve Left Tackle Problem With Former Ravens Draft Pick?<\/h2>\n