Players expected to be key for the Cardinals when they wanted to be a playoff contender now have their chance at a title with the Chiefs.

Kareem Hunt was stuck without a job at all. Yet the veteran wide receiver and running back, along with Marquise Brown, D.J. Humphries and others, managed to strike gold — as in, gold and diamond ...

The Chiefs signed veteran D.J. Humphries late in the season as insurance for the troubled left tackle role. Rookie Kingsley Suamataia and Wanya Morris struggled while alternating starting roles.

Lavonte David, Bobby Wagner, Dre Greenlaw and Robert Spillane are the difference ... Byron Murphy and D.J. Reed are still solid outside corners. The rest of the class probably needs to land ...