Chiefs release updated depth chart for AFC Championship Game

The Kansas City Chiefs have released their latest “unofficial” depth chart ahead of the AFC Championship Game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

There is a single change to the depth chart this week reflecting a transaction from Monday. Generally speaking, these are intended to give a rough idea of where a player is on the depth chart, but they’re not always entirely accurate. They’re considered “unofficial” because they’re assembled by the team’s PR staff and not the coaching staff and they might not always reflect what happens on game day as a result of that. It’s intended to be a fluid document that evolves as the roster changes throughout the season.

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With all of that in mind, let’s take a look at the latest depth chart (dated Jan. 23) and see what we can learn about the Chiefs:

Offense

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Pos.	First	Second	Third	Fourth
QB	Patrick Mahomes	Chad Henne	Shane Buechele
RB	Isiah Pacheco	Jerick McKinnon	Ronald Jones
FB	Michael Burton
TE	Travis Kelce	Noah Gray	Blake Bell
WR	JuJu Smith-Schuster	Skyy Moore	Mecole Hardman
WR	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	Kadarius Toney	Justin Watson
LT	Orlando Brown Jr.	Prince Tega-Wanogho
LG	Joe Thuney	Nick Allegretti
C	Creed Humphrey	Nick Allegretti
RG	Trey Smith	Nick Allegretti
RT	Andrew Wylie	Darian Kinnard	Lucas Niang

Observations:

• Neither Jody Fortson nor Clyde Edwards-Helaire has been activated to the 53-man roster, but with a free space following the release of Chris Lammons, both players could end up back this week.

Defense

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Pos.	First	Second	Third	Fourth
LDE	Mike Danna	George Karlaftis	Malik Herring
LDT	Derrick Nnadi	Khalen Saunders
RDT	Chris Jones	Brandon Williams
RDE	Frank Clark	Carlos Dunlap	Joshua Kaindoh
MLB	Nick Bolton	Darius Harris
WLB	Willie Gay Jr.	Jack Cochrane
SLB	Leo Chenal	Jack Cochrane
LCB	L’Jarius Sneed	Joshua Williams
RCB	Trent McDuffie	Jaylen Watson	Nazeeh Johnson
FS	Juan Thornhill	Deon Bush
SS	Justin Reid	Bryan Cook

Observations:

• Chris Lammons is no longer listed on the depth chart following his release.

Special teams

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Pos.	First	Second	Third	Fourth
P	Tommy Townsend
K	Harrison Butker
LS	James Winchester
H	Tommy Townsend
PR	Kadarius Toney	Justin Watson	Skyy Moore
KR	Isiah Pacheco	Skyy Moore

Observations:

• Still no changes on the special teams depth chart and they might not change should Mecole Hardman be made active at any point this postseason. It’s believed that he suffered his injury on a punt return.