The Kansas City Chiefs released their depth chart for Week 2 of the 2019 regular season. This depth chart reflects changes related to De’Anthony Thomas’ return to action.
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 | ||
| RB | Damien Williams | LeSean McCoy | Darwin Thompson | Darrel Williams |
| FB | Anthony Sherman | |||
| WR | Tyreek Hill | Demarcus Robinson | ||
| WR | Sammy Watkins | Mecole Hardman | De’Anthony Thomas | |
| TE | Travis Kelce | Deon Yelder | Blake Bell | |
| LT | Eric Fisher | Cameron Erving | ||
| LG | Andrew Wylie | Jeff Allen | ||
| C | Austin Reiter | Nick Allegretti | ||
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Ryan Hunter | ||
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Martinas Rankin |
Observations:
- De’Anthony Thomas replaces Byron Pringle on the depth chart. This is the only roster move the Chiefs made this week that is reflected on their depth chart.
- Andrew Wylie did end up starting for the Chiefs at left guard in Week 1. There was some belief that Cameron Erving could have been the guy.
- Tyreek Hill left Week 1 with a serious injury. Instead of Demarcus Robinson getting an increased load of snaps, it was Mecole Hardman that played the second-most snaps to Sammy Watkins.
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Defense
| Pos. | First | Second | Third |
| LDE | Alex Okafor | Emmanuel Ogbah | |
| LDT | Chris Jones | Joey Ivie | Khalen Saunders |
| RDT | Derrick Nnadi | Xavier Williams | |
| RDE | Frank Clark | Tanoh Kpassagnon | |
| LB | Anthony Hitchens | Reggie Ragland | Ben Niemann |
| LB | Damien Wilson | Darron Lee | Dorian O’Daniel |
| LCB | Charvarius Ward | Rashad Fenton | Tremon Smith |
| RCB | Bashaud Breeland | Rashad Fenton | |
| CB | Kendall Fuller | Rashad Fenton | |
| FS | Daniel Sorensen | Juan Thornhill | |
| SS | Tyrann Mathieu | Jordan Lucas | Armani Watts |
Observations:
- Tremon Smith may still be listed as a cornerback on the official depth chart, but he worked with the offense during Wednesday’s practice. The Chiefs have him working at the receiver spot with only four healthy receivers on the roster.
- Daniel Sorensen remains listed as the starter at free safety, yet Juan Thornhill started the game during Week 1. So, again that’s a good reminder that these depth charts don’t always reflect reality.
- Reggie Ragland was made inactive in Week 1 because of his inability to play special teams. That will likely happen often this season given how much the Chiefs value ST ability.
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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 | Tremon Smith | Tyreek Hill |
Observations:
- There are no big changes to the special teams’ depth chart and I don’t expect there to be unless the Chiefs suffer an injury. One thing that we could see is a few punt returns or kick returns from De’Anthony Thomas while Tyreek Hill is dealing with injury.
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