It’s August, and Trey Smith is already in pain.
On the morning after the Chiefs’ final preseason game, a scintillating 9–9 tie with the Seahawks at Arrowhead Stadium, Smith opens the door to his modern-style house in a gated community outside Kansas City. At 6'6" and nearly 330 pounds, he fills the doorframe in a pair of Chiefs shorts and a green T-shirt.