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From Albert Breer:

Link: https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/03/14/ra...han-derek-carr

The Chiefs’ plan, for now, is have Jawaan Taylor replace Orlando Brown Jr. as the team’s left tackle—a position Taylor last started at in college (and he started at left tackle for only two games at Florida). It’s a projection, to be sure, but line coach Andy Heck shepherded the same sort of project with Brown (who was a left tackle in college, but not in Baltimore) two years ago.

This, by the way, is still subject to change. The way Kansas City sees it, planning for Taylor to play on the left, with the flexibility to have him on the right, opens the team’s options at the position in the draft. So if they draft Oklahoma’s Anton Harrison at 31, maybe they’ll move Taylor back to right tackle. But with the shot to have Taylor play left tackle, it opens up the possibility of taking a right tackle by trade, like Tennessee’s Darnell Wright or Ohio State’s Dawand Jones, at that spot.

I’ll be curious to see when Orlando Brown Jr. comes off the board. Taylor and Mike McGlinchey both got paid, and Brown is sitting there as the top tackle. My understanding is that Brown’s been adamant about staying at left tackle, rather than moving to the right side, where he played in Baltimore. It’s easy to wonder if that’s hurting his market, especially with the number of Shanahan-influenced teams that favor smaller linemen.