The Tony Romo rumors are in full swing, and the Kansas City Chiefs remain in the thick of things as one of the most likely destinations for the Cowboys quarterback.

Peter King weighed in this morning on the quarterbacks available this offseason and agrees with the bulk of other NFL analysts that Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is likely to find himself starting for a new team in 2017 — and that the Kansas City Chiefs are likely to be that team. In his Monday Morning Quarterback column, King mentions the Houston Texans and Chiefs as the most likely destinations.

In Kansas City, Andy Reid has seen the ceiling of Alex Smith, and it is nice. Nice, as in final eight of the NFL … not as is final two. Reid has never minded upsetting the apple cart for a potentially special player. Romo would be that. Smith is mature enough to take this, to understand the addition of Romo would be good for the team. Smith wouldn’t pout. He’d be a team guy. That’s why the Chiefs make sense too.

King is echoing what most Kansas City fans have been saying since the season ended with a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The general feeling is that Alex Smith is definitely a good enough quarterback if a winning record is your goal, but he also has a ceiling and is incapable of putting an offense on his back, a la the playoff showings of Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady.

The question is whether or not Tony Romo is that guy. That’s unknown. But if John Dorsey believes that Romo, even at age 37 and coming off of a serious back injury, can be that guy, he looks like he most certainly be available to the Chiefs. The Chiefs window is right now with a playoff-caliber defense and offensive weapons aplenty with a full draft class to add to the mix.

Until Jerry Jones decides what to do with Tony Romo, we’re likely to hear the Chiefs name included with each new rumor. The connection makes too much sense to ignore.