The Chiefs are trading offensive tackle Wanya Morris to the Falcons, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Together with Morris, the Chiefs will send a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Falcons for a ’27 sixth-rounder, in response to veteran insider Jordan Schultz.
This deal comes just two days after Fowler reported the Chiefs and Morris agreed to pursue trade options. The Chiefs spent a third-round pick on Morris in 2023, however the 6-foot-6, 307-pounder didn’t develop as hoped in his three years with the team. He made just 16 starts in 43 games, including just one in 12 appearances in 2025. The Chiefs will move on with Josh Simmons at left tackle and a right tackle competition that features Jaylon Moore, Esa Pole, Matt Waletzko and undrafted rookie Kahlil Benson.
While Morris has skilled experience at each tackle spots, the vast majority of his work has come on the left side. He began a career-high 11 times on the blindside in 2024, his lone 17-game season, though Pro Football Focus ranked his performance a lowly seventieth amongst 81 qualifiers.
Barring an injury to stalwart left tackle Jake Matthews, who has missed only one game in his 12-year profession, Morris won’t see much motion there in Atlanta. His best path to playing time is on the best, where the Falcons unexpectedly lost Kaleb McGary to retirement in April. They immediately brought in former Chief Jawaan Taylor, whom Morris has been teammates with for his entire profession, on a one-year, $5MM pact to exchange McGary.
As a full-time starter since he entered the NFL in 2019, the 28-year-old Taylor is the apparent favorite to serve because the Falcons’ No. 1 right tackle this season. Morris will join Storm Norton, Michael Jerrell and Jack Nelson to present the Falcons more experienced depth behind Matthews and Taylor.