The Kansas City Chiefs released their depth chart for Week 11 of the 2019 regular season. This depth chart reflects some new changes to the roster that occurred following the Week 10 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
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 | Stefen Wisniewski | ||
| C | Austin Reiter | Nick Allegretti | ||
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Stefen Wisniewski | ||
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Jackson Barton |
Observations:
- Offensive lineman Martinas Rankin has been sent to the injured reserve list. This depth chart reflects that move.
- In a corresponding transaction, the Chiefs added rookie offensive tackle Jackson Barton from the Colts’ practice squad. He’ll fill the role of swing tackle in Kansas City.
- Unlike his predecessor, Barton will not fill in at left guard on the depth chart. Instead, Stefen Wisniewski will take on double duty as the reserve at both guard positions.
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:
- It’s been reported that defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah will have season-ending surgery on a torn pectoral muscle. The Chiefs have yet to send him to injured reserve so he remains on the depth chart for Week 11.
- Defensive tackle Joey Ivie remains behind Mike Pennel on the depth chart despite Pennel being made inactive for Week 10 in favor of Ivie.
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 are no changes to the special teams’ depth chart. Tyreek Hill is listed as the starter on punt returns but Toub will only use him in high leverage situations. He was not given the opportunity to return a punt in Week 10.
