5 Kansas City Chiefs Who Shouldn't Be Back in 2014

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5. TE Anthony Fasano

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Kansas City has respectable depth at TE and can afford to lose drop-prone Fasano. Though he wasn't 100 percent for the majority of the season, it's quite clear that Fasano isn't the answer for the Chiefs.

He's eclipsed 500 yards receiving only once in his eight-year career while not registering more than five touchdowns in any of the last five seasons. With 2013 third-round draft pick Travis Kelce returning from knee injury in 2014, Fasano's nearly $5 million worth of services in Kansas City will no longer be required.

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4. CB Dunta Robinson

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After receiving scarce opportunities for the majority of the year, Kansas City finally began to play Robinson more often in lieu of struggling Marcus Cooper late in the season. Robinson looked alright, but showed his true colors in the Chiefs' 44-45 first-round playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Indianapolis wideout T.Y. Hilton embarrassed Robinson, consistently gaining separation and occasionally making him look downright silly. Robinson is a second-rate cornerback at this juncture in his career, and certainly isn't worth the $5 million he's set to make in 2014.

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3. T Branden Albert

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Even if Kansas City aspires to make it happen, there's just no feasible way that Albert is back in 2014. Albert and the Chiefs were hardly able to reach an agreement last offseason. With his 2013 Pro Bowl selection, the chances of them doing so this year are even slimmer.

To boot, Albert led Kansas City with 10 penalties in 2013, good for a third-place tie in the NFL -- not what Reid or Chiefs fans should expect from the team's third highest-paid player.

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2. WR Dwayne Bowe

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The lone red mark in Dorsey's otherwise fantastic 2013 offseason, Bowe proved he wasn't worth near the amount of money that KC shoveled at him with his ridiculous five-year, $56 million contract.

Bowe recorded a career low with 673 yards receiving (47th in NFL) in addition to only five touchdowns and a paltry 11.3 YPC. In spite of Bowe's inefficiency, Kansas City averaged an unbelievable 13 points more per game in 2013 than they did in 2012. If this doesn't showcase Bowe's lack of importance to this organization, I don't know what will.

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1. S Kendrick Lewis

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This one is too easy. Lewis was clearly the weak link in Kansas City's secondary in 2013, routinely being picked on as the main target of opposing teams' pass attacks. At only 6-foot tall and possessing 4.73 speed, Lewis was regularly unable to cover the more athletically-gifted wideouts that the Chiefs faced.

With Lewis being an unrestricted free agent, there's no reasonable excuse for Dorsey to bring him back in 2014. Fans have been clamoring all season for him to be gone, and the timing has never been better.