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Ogbah and the signing of Reaser on Thursday."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Kansas City Chiefs NewsOpen ThreadsFull ArchiveLibrary Community GuidelinesContact InformationOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕Brett Veach discusses acquisitions of Emmanuel Ogbah and Keith ReaserNew Infant Rashad Fenton Jersey ,57commentsThe Chiefs general manager spoke for the first time since the trade for Ogbah and the signing of Reaser on Thursday.CDTShareTweetShareShareBrett Veach discusses acquisitions of Emmanuel Ogbah and Keith ReaserKansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach held his annual pre-draft press conference on Thursday, which also marked his first availability since making two early-April acquisitions:April 1: In a trade, the Chiefs received defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah from the Cleveland Browns for safety Eric Murray.April 4: The Chiefs signed cornerback Keith Reaser after the AAF dissolved.The tradeShanna Lockwood-USA TODAY SportsFirst, here are Veach’s comments on the trade for Ogbah:“The Ogbah trade was a trade I think worked well for both John (Dorsey) and I,” Veach said. “When [the Browns] did the (Odell) Beckham trade, I think the safety (Jabrill Peppers) was involved in that, right? I think they let a safety go, so they were short on numbers and needed depth, and with us going to a 4-3 scheme, looking for a longer, taller defensive lineman, I think we could have used some depth as well. So I think that was a rare case where we both benefitted—them getting a depth-level safety and us getting a depth-level defensive lineman.”Ogbah came to Kansas City motivated to make the most of the final year of his contract.“I’m in my contract year, so I have that in my back pocket,” Ogbah said Monday. “I’m out here to give it my all and compete against the best. They brought in a lot of guys at my position so I’m just out here coming to compete.”As far as the safety position goes, the Chiefs’ most significant offseason signing was undoubtedly Tyrann Mathieu, and Veach sounded comfortable letting Murray go with the rest of the group in house.“I think having Dan (Sorensen) back and certainly the Honey Badger (Mathieu) Rashad Fenton Jersey nfl draft , I think (Jordan) Lucas is a guy that flashed last year and showed he could do some great things, and we’re really excited about Armani (Watts). He looked great coming in here for the offseason, and he’s another guy who we think could take a big step.”As the Chiefs roster stands now, Mathieu and Sorensen appear to be the starters, with Lucas and Watts providing depth. Watts had core muscle surgery last October and should be 100 percent entering this season.I would not be surprised if Veach added another safety in the NFL Draft next week despite calling the 2019 class “thin” Thursday.The Reaser signingSoobum Im-USA TODAY SportsThe Chiefs also brought back Keith Reaser after he showed out in the short-lived Alliance of American Football league. The Chiefs were the last NFL team Reaser played for before they released him with an injury settlement last September.“It was unfortunate [Reaser] had that quad injury last year,” Veach said of Reaser. “I think he was a guy that was probably going to make our 90-man roster. He was a guy that we liked coming out of Florida Atlantic and he got hurt, didn’t go to the combine, and those guys are a little bit tricky in the draft because you don’t know if they’re going to get drafted at all or how late they’ll fall and putting a value on those guys is sometimes difficult.”The 49ers took Reaser in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft, and he spent three seasons in San Francisco before his release from the team in 2017. The Chiefs added him to the practice squad later that year.“He flashed a little and looked like the old Reaser that was at Florida Atlantic, and then the Denver game when [Patrick Mahomes] started when Alex (Smith) was still here (Week 17 of 2017), [Reaser] started and had a pretty good game. We were excited about him and then he got hurt, but I think if he would have stayed healthy, he would have made our 90-man roster, and then he goes to the AAF and was one of the best players there. That’s a testament to him just to continue to work and we thought it made sense and he was familiar with us and we were familiar with him.”Veach explained that though it didn’t last, the AAF was useful in getting Reaser back to the Chiefs.“It was good to get that tape on Keith because he’s been hurt and he’s been out and just to see him out there performing at the level he did was good,” Veach said. “There have been a number of teams to make some acquisitions from that league. We have some guys that are still on our board from that league Rashad Fenton Jersey Womens , but now we’re getting number-wise where I think as a GM you don’t want to put a kid in a bad situation. “We have a 90-man roster and I don’t know what our exact number is, but once we get to a certain point, we’re going to factor in the draft selections and then typically what we add [are] undrafted free agents. So the last thing we want to do is bring five more guys in and then after the draft add too many guys, and then you’ve got to tell these guys, ‘Well we’ve got some younger guys, so you guys got to hit the road.’”Veach added that the Chiefs would continue to add players they are confident will make the 90-man roster ahead of training camp. This morning, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport put this tweet out into the Twittersphere:A 2017 second-round pick of the Oakland Raiders, Melifonwu is an athletic freak, running a 4.40-second 40-yard dash with a 44-inch vertical and a 121-inch broad jump at the NFL combine. He was a four-year starter at UConn where he showed an ability to be a playmaker and a sure-tackler as both a deep and a box safety.His time in the league has been riddled with injuries, going on IR early in September of last year. He was re-activated in early November. After a few weeks on Oakland’s active roster, Melifonwu had hip surgery and went back on IR in mid-December. This season, he was waived/injured on August 23rd, cleared waivers and was added to the team’s IR. He was officially released last week.Melifonwu projects best as a box safety with good size and speed to cover tight ends and to fill gaps in the run game. He’s got a nose for the ball as a former cornerback, locating it well in the air and using his superior length for interceptions and pass breakups. He can play as a deep safety, but his football instincts aren’t always up to snuff, and he’s quite rigid when trying to turn to cover to the sidelines from a single-high position.In Bob Sutton’s scheme Rashad Fenton Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , Melifonwu would fit, if healthy. The back-end of the Chiefs defense lacks some explosion, aggressiveness, and athleticism, all three things that Melifonwu had in spades at UConn. Oakland tried to use him in a hybrid cornerback/slot safety role in his snaps last year, which pitted him against some smaller, quicker receivers. That is not his forte. He’d fit better covering tight ends and filling gaps as an apex defender — something Sutton and the Chiefs implement with regularity.What does this mean for the Chiefs safety group? Despite a poor performance last week, Melifonwu doesn’t project to take Ron Parker’s role as more of a deep safety. Eric Murray and Jordan Lucas are currently the Chiefs’ best slot safety options, and both are key components of KC’s special teams group. Melifonwu would likely take a spot from Josh Shaw — a player that the Chiefs used specifically in man against tight ends — until Eric Berry or Dan Sorensen become active.Unfortunately, Melifonwu is likely still returning from injury. Even if the Chiefs did make a move, it would be looking into future usage rather than expecting an immediate impact this week. For a player with his athletic profile, he’s definitely worth kicking the tires on to see if the Chiefs can add some more size and speed in 2019 and beyond.