The Kansas City Chiefs made a pair of roster moves, so it’s time to update our 90-man offseason depth chart ever so slightly.
We still haven’t had an opportunity to see players hit the field as NFL facilities remain closed to players. That means holdovers from the 2019 season will have an advantage in our depth chart projections. Some draft picks will also have an advantage based on draft status and what we’ve learned about them thus far from the players, coaches and staff.
Here are our latest updated projections for the offseason depth chart:
Offense (44)
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| QB | Patrick Mahomes | Chad Henne | Jordan Ta’amu | Shea Patterson |
| RB | Damien Williams | Clyde Edwards-Helaire | Darrel Williams, Darwin Thompson, DeAndre Washington | Eljiah McGuire |
| FB | Anthony Sherman | John Lovett | ||
| WR | Tyreek Hill | Demarcus Robinson, Byron Pringle | Kalija Lipscomb, Maurice Ffrench | Aleva Hifo, Andre Bacellia |
| WR | Sammy Watkins | Mecole Hardman, Gehrig Dieter | Jody Fortson, Justice Shelton-Mosley | Cody White |
| TE | Travis Kelce | Deon Yelder | Ricky Seals-Jones | Nick Keizer |
| LT | Eric Fisher | Greg Senat | Yasir Durant | |
| LG | Andrew Wylie | Martinas Rankin | Jovahn Fair | |
| C | Austin Reiter | Nick Allegretti | Darryl Williams | |
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Lucas Niang | Ryan Hunter | |
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Mike Remmers | Jackson Barton |
Observations:
- WR Felton Davis was placed on waivers with a non-football injury designation. That leaves the offense at 44 players total. His departure is the only change on the offensive side of the ball.
- Chiefs RB coach Deland McCullough has made it clear that everyone is competing in his room. Damien Williams won’t win the job by default as the veteran. Until we see these guys on the field, it’s hard to tell who will get the nod.
- I keep coming back to the receiver position and one player I’m often thinking about is Gehrig Dieter. He spent the entire 2019 offseason training with Tyreek Hill and pushing himself. A back injury derailed his progress and almost cost him the season with Kansas City. What does his future look like with the Chiefs? Keep in mind, the team brought in six receivers in undrafted free agency.
- No changes right now to the projections for the offensive line. I still tend to believe that Lucas Niang will play tackle and not guard, but we can only go on what we’ve been told.
Defense (42)
| Pos. | First | Second | Third |
| LDE | Alex Okafor | Taco Charlton | Demone Harris, Tershawn Wharton |
| LDT | Chris Jones | Mike Pennel | Khalen Saunders, Braxton Hoyett |
| RDT | Derrick Nnadi | Breeland Speaks | Devaroe Lawrence |
| RDE | Frank Clark | Tanoh Kpassagnon | Mike Danna, Tim Ward |
| LB | Anthony Hitchens | Willie Gay Jr. | Ben Niemann, Darius Harris |
| LB | Damien Wilson | Dorian O’Daniel | Emmanuel Smith, Bryan Wright, Omari Cobb |
| LCB | Charvarius Ward | Antonio Hamilton | BoPete Keyes, Jalen Julius |
| RCB | Bashaud Breeland | L’Jarius Sneed | Chris Lammons, Hakeem Bailey |
| SCB | Rashad Fenton | Alex Brown | Lavert Hill, Javaris Davis |
| FS | Juan Thornhill | Daniel Sorensen | Andrew Soroh |
| SS | Tyrann Mathieu | Armani Watts | Rodney Clemons |
Observations:
- Andrew Soroh was re-signed by the Chiefs. He joined the team as an undrafted free agent out of Florida Atlantic in 2019. He didn’t make 53-man roster cuts and went on to play in XFL during its short-lived return. He has an advantage in knowing and practicing the system last year.
- Breeland Speaks is really the big question mark on our depth chart. It’s been nearly a year since we last saw Speaks play a down of football. Right now I have him listed at defensive tackle, but he could very well play the defensive end position too.
- LB coach Matt House recently explained that the outside linebacker positions in Kansas City are fairly interchangeable, so while Willie Gay Jr. will start off playing SAM, he could very well play WILL in a pinch.
Special teams (4)
| Pos. | First | Second |
| P | Tommy Townsend | Tyler Newsome |
| K | Harrison Butker | |
| KO | Harrison Butker | |
| LS | James Winchester | |
| H | Tommy Townsend | Tyler Newsome |
| PR | Tyreek Hill | Mecole Hardman |
| KR | Mecole Hardman | Tyreek Hill |
Observations:
- Nothing has changed from our last projection. Dave Toub has indicated that Townsend is ahead of Newsome in his development.
- We know the Chiefs are looking for a change at return specialist, but we don’t know which players will get snaps there until they get a chance to practice.
