{"id":813015,"date":"2026-03-15T03:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:22:37","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-to-re-sign-ol-mike-caliendo-on-a-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813015\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs to re-sign OL Mike Caliendo on a one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 14, 2026, 3:01 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" data-autotag=\"e91367c2-d7b8-4bec-9359-95947acd6b0e\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> are retaining depth on the offensive line intact ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to a report from ESPN&#8217;s Jeremy Fowler, the Chiefs have agreed to terms on re-signing offensive lineman Mike Caliendo to a one-year deal. The deal was confirmed by his agent, Nate Richman of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/3xlsports?s=21&amp;t=QpctjHHttQhTm1N8jEj6Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">3XL Sports Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chiefs head coach Andy Reid praised the progress and improvement of Caliendo last offseason and his impact on the offensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;He&#8217;s (Mike Caliendo) had a great one. (He&#8217;s) a great kid \u2013 very, very smart. (He&#8217;s) a hard worker, (and) he&#8217;s gotten better every year,&#8221; said head coach Andy Reid during hi<a href=\"http:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2025\/06\/24\/chiefs-ol-shouldnt-be-counted-out-for-a-potential-starting-role\/84327957007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">s 2025 minicamp press conference<\/a>, &#8220;For him to step in and do what he did this past year, he knows he can play at this level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The former Western Michigan Bronco suited up for all 17 of the Kansas City&#8217;s regular-season games. Caliendo began his professional career with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2022 and was a member of the Chiefs&#8217; Super Bowl LVII and LVIII rosters.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Caliendo has played more than 700 snaps for the Chiefs&#8217; offense over the past few seasons, including Super Bowl LVIII. Kansas City&#8217;s trust in the veteran has made him a valuable option on the offensive line in relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 14, 2026, 3:01 p.m. CT The Kansas City Chiefs are retaining depth on the offensive line intact&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2063],"tags":[95878,346,7,118,110,2438,2437,6,96828,96829,95882,95892,96831,96540,109138,95896,95888,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-813015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-chiefs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chiefs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascitychiefs","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflchiefs","17":"tag-sstsnchiefs","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagfootball","21":"tag-tagkansas-city-chiefs","22":"tag-tagmike-caliendo","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116231048130658700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}