CHIEFS SQUAD SHOW: Is CUTTING Jawaan Taylor the RIGHT MOVE as Chiefs Enter NEW ERA?

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4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs shake up their offensive line, cutting Jawaan Taylor to save crucial cap space—will it pay off as Patrick Mahomes heads into a new era of protection? Aaron Ladd, J.C. Pearson, Ryan Tracy, and Darren Smith debate if moving on from Taylor is the right call, and what it means for the right tackle spot with Jaylen Moore, Wanya Morris, and others vying for snaps. The crew examines Chiefs GM Brett Veach’s salary cap gymnastics, the evolving O-line landscape, and the ripple effect on Mahomes’ health and KC’s title window.

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0:00.0	My name is Aaron Ladd, host of the Chief Squad Show here in the Locked On podcast Network.
0:04.7	I am not the boss, despite what the panelists may think here.
0:08.7	And if I was the boss, I would have brought back Joanne Taylor for one more year.
0:12.7	I'll tell you why in this new episode.
0:15.1	Well, thank you, boss, but I'm J.C. Pearson.
0:19.8	He's making all the decisions. so that's considered the boss.
0:23.9	But what decisions is the boss of the chiefs?
0:27.5	Brett Beach going to make in free agency.
0:29.8	We'll discuss some of that.
0:31.8	Well, big boss Veach has to go looking everywhere that he can.
0:35.3	Turn every stone, get every dollar out, every contract you can restructure in order to go get some players. I'm Ryan Tracy, and that's what I'm paying attention to. And I'm Darren Smith. The ultimate boss, Clark Hunt, would do whatever his other boss is tell him to do because he's the one who's going to be signing the paychecks at the end of the day. Chief's Kingdom, stand up.
0:56.1	It's the Chief Squad.
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