With a reigning MVP to protect in the pocket, the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line has its hands full ahead of the 2023 season.
Perhaps no player knows how important the unit’s job is better than guard Trey Smith, who has risen to prominence as a key cog in the line’s rotation since joining the Chiefs in 2021. He spoke to reporters after Kansas City’s win over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday and told the media that the second-team lineman has been excelling in the preseason with the help of two coaches.
“They’ve been doing a great job,” Smith explained. “It’s a testament to what (Chiefs offensive line coach Andy) Heck and (Chiefs assistant offensive line coach Corey) Matthaei have been coaching. It’s also a testament to those guys being prepared to go. When they were playing physical, they were doing some really good things on the field.”
Smith and his cohorts on the Chiefs’ front-five will need to keep up their intensity ahead of the 2023 regular season when Kansas City will look to defend their Super Bowl LVII title.
