The Kansas City Chiefs released their depth chart for Week 10 of the 2019 regular season. This depth chart reflects some new changes to the roster that occurred in Week 9 after the Chiefs had already released their weekly depth chart.
Generally speaking, these depth charts give you an idea of where a player is in the pecking order. They’re considered unofficial because they’re assembled by the team’s PR staff and not the coaching staff. Some things may not accurately reflect what happens on game day because of that. However, the PR staff does have access to the teams’ closed practices and wouldn’t purposely mislead with the depth chart.
Let’s take a look at this depth chart and see what we can learn.
Offense
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| QB | Patrick Mahomes | Matt Moore | Chad Henne | |
| RB | Damien Williams | LeSean McCoy | Darwin Thompson | Darrel Williams |
| FB | Anthony Sherman | |||
| WR | Tyreek Hill | Demarcus Robinson | Byron Pringle | |
| WR | Sammy Watkins | Mecole Hardman | ||
| TE | Travis Kelce | Blake Bell | Deon Yelder | |
| LT | Eric Fisher | Cameron Erving | ||
| LG | Andrew Wylie | Martinas Rankin | ||
| C | Austin Reiter | Nick Allegretti | ||
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Stefen Wisniewski | ||
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Martinas Rankin |
Observations:
- Chad Henne returned from injured reserve ahead of the Vikings game in Week 9. He’s listed as the No. 3 QB behind Patrick Mahomes with Matt Moore remaining as the second-string QB.
- Kyle Shurmur was waived to make room for Henne but recently signed back to the practice squad.
- Greg Senat was previously listed as the No. 3 LT. He was placed on injured reserve ahead of the Week 9 matchup with the Vikings.
- Despite Andrew Wylie filling in at RG for an injured Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, the Chiefs haven’t made a chance on the depth chart to reflect it.
Defense
| Pos. | First | Second | Third |
| LDE | Alex Okafor | Emmanuel Ogbah | |
| LDT | Chris Jones | Khalen Saunders | |
| RDT | Derrick Nnadi | Mike Pennel | Joey Ivie |
| RDE | Frank Clark | Tanoh Kpassagnon | |
| LB | Anthony Hitchens | Ben Niemann | Reggie Ragland |
| LB | Damien Wilson | Darron Lee | Dorian O’Daniel |
| LCB | Charvarius Ward | Rashad Fenton | Mo Claiborne |
| RCB | Bashaud Breeland | Rashad Fenton | |
| CB | Kendall Fuller | Rashad Fenton | |
| FS | Juan Thornhill | Daniel Sorensen | |
| SS | Tyrann Mathieu | Jordan Lucas | Armani Watts |
Observations:
- DT Joey Ivie was elevated from the practice squad to join the Chiefs. He’s listed as the third-string DT behind Mike Pennel. He played 21 snaps in Week 9.
- LB Reggie Ragland is still seeing the majority of the snaps at SAM linebacker for the Chiefs but this change hasn’t been reflected on the depth chart.
Special teams
| Pos. | First | Second |
| P | Dustin Colquitt | |
| K | Harrison Butker | Dustin Colquitt |
| KO | Harrison Butker | |
| LS | James Winchester | |
| H | Dustin Colquitt | |
| PR | Tyreek Hill | Mecole Hardman |
| KR | Mecole Hardman | Tyreek Hill |
Observations:
- There’s a reason that Tyreek Hill is still listed as the starting punt returner. He hadn’t seen a snap at punt returner in weeks. The decision to put him back to return punts twice struck fear into the heart of Britton Colquitt (Dustin’s brother) in Week 9. The results were shanked punts and a shorter field for the Chiefs.
