The Kansas City Chiefs will open the 2020 league year with 60 players on the 90-man offseason roster.
They’ll still look to add more players during the course of free agency, before rounding out the team during the 2020 NFL draft and undrafted free agency. General manager Brett Veach has his work cut out for him creating cap space to make some free-agent acquisitions and have the money to sign a draft class. Here are our current projections for the offseason depth chart as the roster currently stand:
Offense (31)
| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| QB | Patrick Mahomes | Chad Henne | Kyle Shurmur | |
| RB | Damien Williams | Darwin Thompson | Darrel Williams | Marcus Marshal, Eljiah McGuire, Mike Weber |
| FB | John Lovett | |||
| WR | Tyreek Hill | Byron Pringle | Gehrig Dieter | |
| WR | Sammy Watkins | Mecole Hardman | Jody Fortson | Felton Davis |
| TE | Travis Kelce | Deon Yelder | Nick Keizer | Alize Mack |
| LT | Eric Fisher | Greg Senat | ||
| LG | Martinas Rankin | Andrew Wylie | ||
| C | Austin Reiter | Nick Allegretti | ||
| RG | Laurent Duvernay-Tardif | Ryan Hunter | ||
| RT | Mitchell Schwartz | Jackson Barton |
Observations:
- The Chiefs could go into the season with these three quarterbacks and be fine. I expect them to add at least one undrafted free agent for competition.
- There are a lot of names at the RB position, but Darwin Thompson is the only one of them that is under contract beyond the 2020 season. Kansas City has some work to do here.
- The receiver corp will need to find a replacement for Demarcus Robinson. That player could already be on the roster as Pringle, Dieter and Fortson all could be sensible replacements.
- Tight end looks like a really solid group as both Yelder and Keizer are well-liked among the organization. The Chiefs could be comfortable leaving this group as is.
- The offensive line is surprisingly comfortable, even with the departure of Stefen Wisniewski and Cameron Erving. Wylie and Rankin could battle for a starting spot on the interior. I also expect Allegretti to push for a starting job. Who will win the swing tackle job in 2020, though? Is that player already on the roster?