Wednesday morning brought perhaps the first genuinely shocking development of the 2025 NFL offseason: the Kansas City Chiefs traded star guard Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears for a mid-round draft pick. Even after the Chiefs franchise-tagged their other guard, Trey Smith, the Thuney trade feels like a surprising decision from the team's front office after the offensive line collectively got steamrolled in Super Bowl LIX. Willingly subtracting talent from the unit is an odd direction to take after that blowout loss.
However, there is some reasoning behind it. Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer dug into that reasoning after news of the trade broke.
