The Kansas City Chiefs released their depth chart for Week 8 of the 2019 regular season. This depth chart reflects several new changes to the roster while neglecting another that was clear in Week 7 against the Broncos.
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.
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Offense
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| QB | Patrick Mahomes | Matt Moore | Kyle Shurmur | |
| 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 | Greg Senat | |
| LG | Andrew Wylie | Martinas Rankin | ||
| C | Austin Reiter | Nick Allegretti | ||
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Stefen Wisniewski | ||
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Martinas Rankin |
Observations:
- QB Kyle Shurmur was elevated to the active roster from the 53-man practice squad on Tuesday. He’s now listed as the third-string QB behind Matt Moore. He’ll serve as the backup QB until Patrick Mahomes is healthy.
- WR De’Anthony Thomas was released to make room for Shurmur. This would also suggest the Chiefs are expecting Sammy Watkins to return to action this week from his hamstring injury. Thomas previously was listed as a third-string WR behind Watkins and Mecole Hardman.
- RG Stefen Wisniewski played LG for a few snaps when Martinas Rankin was injured in Week 8. It’d serve to reason that he can play either left or right sides even though he’s listed as the second-string RG.
- C Nick Allegretti played a position in Week 7 that isn’t listed on the depth chart. He came in for two offensive plays as an extra blocker in short-yardage situations.
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