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Kansas City Chiefs continue looking for the next gem at safety

Should've saved this headline for April Fools Day...

The Kansas City Chiefs safety position is shaping up now that the team has added more depth with the reported signings of Jimmy Wilson and Stevie Brown. The Chiefs have enough bodies at safety that I feel pretty good that they're going to find a few regular contributors out of this group.

Eric Berry and Ron Parker are the two that we know will be there. They're your two main safeties that will be on the field all or most of the time.

After that, you're looking at a competition but it looks like a good competition. The chances of the Chiefs finding the next Kurt Coleman or Husain Abdullah in this group seem OK:

Daniel Sorensen: He's from Andy Reid's favorite school, BYU. This will be his third year with the Chiefs. He started to see playing time on defense when Husain Abdullah went down. With special teams he has a good shot to make the team.

Jamell Fleming: The converted cornerback. I'm very interested to see how this one goes. Fleming is good on special teams so you want to find some sort of role for him. I wouldn't be surprised to see this work out.

Jimmy Wilson: He's the new Chief. Signed to a one-year deal this week. Spent four years with the Dolphins and one with the Chargers. He has 27 starts under his belt.

Stevie Brown: Another new Chief. He was signed to a contract this week as well. He was out of football last year so I'm not really sure where he stands. It's tough to go from out of football to playing but the Chiefs have seen it before (hi, Husain Abdullah!).

Jordan Kovacs: Don't know much about him but he was signed to a reserve / futures deal in January. He's appeared in 27 games so there's some experience.

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