The Kansas City Chiefs released their final preseason depth chart of 2019.
For the most part, there are no big changes to this depth chart from the last one. Keep in mind that these are generally assembled by the team’s PR staff and not the coaching staff. They are unofficial and not set in stone. You have to take them with a grain of salt because of that.
The third depth chart we received was dated August 13. This depth chart is dated August 20. So it seems like they’re on a specific seven-day interval of updating things. The next depth chart we’ll see will reflect the 53-man roster following September 1 roster cuts.
Take a look at the final depth chart and some observations below.
Offense
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| QB | Patrick Mahomes | Chad Henne | Chase Litton | Kyle Shurmur |
| RB | Damien Williams | Carlos Hyde | Darrel Williams | Darwin Thompson; Marcus Marshall; Tremon Smith |
| FB | Anthony Sherman | John Lovett | ||
| WR | Tyreek Hill | Demarcus Robinson | Gehrig Dieter | Rashard Davis; Cody Thompson; Felton Davis; Jody Fortson |
| WR | Sammy Watkins | Mecole Hardman | Byron Pringle | Jamal Custis; De’Anthony Thomas; Jalen Tolliver |
| TE | Travis Kelce | Deon Yelder | Blake Bell | Nick Keizer; John Lovett; Manasseh Garner |
| LT | Eric Fisher | Cameron Erving | Dino Boyd | |
| LG | Andrew Wylie | Nick Allegretti | Jeff Allen | |
| C | Austin Reiter | Jimmy Murray | ||
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Kahlil McKenzie | Ryan Hunter | Zack Golditch |
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Pace Murphy | Chidi Okeke |
Observations:
- Marcus Kemp and Davon Grayson have been moved from the 90-man roster. Both are currently on injured reserve.
- Abdul Beecham is no longer reflected on the roster after being waived.
- De’Anthony Thomas is listed as WR5 behind Jamal Custis. We haven’t seen Custis get the type of action in the preseason that would reflect his current standing on the depth chart.
- Jalen Tolliver took over the last WR spot behind Thomas.
- Jeff Allen is listed at third-string left guard, however, he rotated in at that position with the second-string offensive line.
- The entire preseason Kyle Shurmur has taken snaps ahead of Chase Litton. Against the 49ers, Shurmur looked better than any QB on the roster not named Patrick Mahomes.
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Defense
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| LDE | Alex Okafor | Breeland Speaks | Emmanuel Ogbah | |
| LDT | Chris Jones | Xavier Williams | Khalen Saunders | Cavon Walker |
| RDT | Derrick Nnadi | Justin Hamilton | Joey Ivie | |
| RDE | Frank Clark | Tanoh Kpassagnon | Rob McCray | Hunter Dimick |
| WLB | Anthony Hitchens | Darron Lee | Dorian O’Daniel | D’Juan Hines |
| MLB | Reggie Ragland | Ben Niemann | Raymond Davison | Darius Harris |
| SLB | Damien Wilson | Jeremiah Attaochu | ||
| LCB | Kendall Fuller | Charvarius Ward | Herb Miller | Mark Fields; Michael Hunter |
| RCB | Bashaud Breeland | D’Montre Wade | Rashad Fenton | Dakari Monroe; Morris Claiborne |
| FS | Daniel Sorensen | Juan Thornhill | Harold Jones-Quartey | |
| SS | Tyrann Mathieu | Jordan Lucas | Armani Watts | Andrew Soroh |
Observations:
- No changes on the defensive side of the ball this week.
- During preseason Week 3 we saw Herb Miller get snaps ahead of D’Montre Wade when Bashaud Breeland was injured. It’s clear he’s passed him on the depth chart even if this does not reflect it.
- Morris Claiborne got snaps with the second-string defense this week. It’s not reflected in the depth chart. This again serves as a reminder that these depth charts aren’t very accurate.
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Special teams
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| P | Dustin Colquitt | Jack Fox | ||
| K | Harrison Butker | Dustin Colquitt | ||
| KO | Harrison Butker | Dustin Colquitt | ||
| LS | James Winchester | |||
| H | Dustin Colquitt | |||
| PR | Tyreek Hill | Mecole Hardman | ||
| KR | Tremon Smith | Tyreek Hill |
Observations:
- No changes to the special teams even though De’Anthony Thomas was added to the roster this past week. They’ve consistently left this group the same throughout the preseason.
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