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The Chiefs saw guard Jeff Allen sign with the Texans as a free agent earlier this offseason and they released Ben Grubbs, leaving some openings on their depth chart at guard heading into the 2016 season.

They brought in another player to compete for a chance to fill them on Monday when they claimed Jordan Devey off of waivers from the 49ers. They waived offensive lineman Michael Liedtke to make room for him.

Working in Devey’s favor is the experience he gained while making 13 starts for the Patriots and 49ers, who traded for him in August 2015, over the last two seasons. Working against him is the fact that he was benched after starting the first nine games for the 49ers last year and that his status with the team had dropped enough that they were happy to cut him loose at this point in the offseason.

Devey joins Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Zach Fulton, Jah Reid and fourth-round pick Parker Ehinger as options at guard in Kansas City.