A total of five Kansas City Chiefs were named to CBS Sports’ Top-100 players list for 2023.
CBS Sports analyst Pete Prisco hits on all the usual suspects for Kansas City, including ranking three players among the NFL’s Top 15. Of course, the reigning league MVP and Super Bowl MVP, Patrick Mahomes, comes in at the No. 1 spot. The Chiefs tied for the most players selected to the list along with the Bengals, Dolphins and 49ers.
Perhaps surprisingly, only one defender from Kansas City made the Top 100, despite the defense making an outsized impact on the team’s ability to make it to and win Super Bowl LVII. Is this defense underrated heading into 2023?
Here’s a quick look at all of the players named to the list, Prisco’s reasoning and some of my own thoughts: