BALTIMORE — The Kansas City Chiefs have won the past two Super Bowls, so whenever they make a move to get better, 31 other NFL teams can’t help but shake their collective heads.

So, when the Chiefs traded up to acquire Texas wide receiver Xavier Worthy at the end of the first round and moved up again in the second to take BYU offensive tackle Kingsley Suamataia, it happened. The champs got better.

Again.

The Ravens made progress and had a solid draft, but so did the rival Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals. So did the Indianapolis Colts, another AFC foe.

The Chiefs? The consensus is that they had a great draft, and that’s bad news for the rest of the AFC because they already have the best quarterback in the NFL in Patrick Mahomes and a roster full of young, talented players.

Now, Kansas City has rebuilt a receiving corps with Worthy, who ran the 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine in a record 4.21 seconds. He’ll join former Raven Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, another speedster whom the Chiefs signed in free agency.

Brown was never a tough receiver in Baltimore, but the modern-day NFL is about having elusive and speedy receivers. We all remember what Kansas City coach Andy Reid did with the speedy Tyreek Hill from 2016 through 2021.

The Chiefs selected Suamataia with the 63rd overall pick and he’ll battle either Wanya Morris, a third-round pick last season, for the starting left tackle job or eventually secure a starting spot on the right side. Kansas City led the league in pass block win rate in each of the past two seasons. And now they’ll be even better.

They also added safety Jaden Hicks, a fourth-round pick out of Washington State, who will eventually find some playing time in coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s defense before the end of the season.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh went old school. A year ago, the Steelers took Broderick Jones with the 14th pick to anchor their offensive line, and this weekend they beefed up again by taking Washington left tackle Troy Fautanu with the No. 20 pick and West Virginia center Zach Frazier with their next pick, 51st overall. Combined with guards Isaac Seumalo and James Daniels, Pittsburgh should have one of the best units in the NFL.

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