The Kansas City Chiefs started off very quiet in free agency, but they’ve quickly added many players and erased any glaring needs. They opened the 2020 league year with 60 players on the 90-man offseason roster. They’ve added a total of 10 players since the onset of free agency, including re-signing five of their own free agents.
Chiefs general manager Brett Veach should soon change his attention toward the 2020 NFL draft, which is set to take place April 23-25. The salary cap space Kansas City freed by restructuring the contract of Sammy Watkins is nearly gone. So they’ll have to make some moves in order to free cap space in order to sign the incoming draft class.
Here are our latest updated projections for the offseason depth chart:
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| Pos. | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
| QB | Patrick Mahomes | Chad Henne | Kyle Shurmur | Jordan Ta’amu |
| RB | Damien Williams | Darwin Thompson | DeAndre Washington, Darrel Williams | Marcus Marshall, Eljiah McGuire, Mike Weber |
| FB | Anthony Sherman | John Lovett | ||
| WR | Tyreek Hill | Demarcus Robinson | Byron Pringle | Gehrig Dieter |
| WR | Sammy Watkins | Mecole Hardman | Jody Fortson | Felton Davis |
| TE | Travis Kelce | Ricky Seals-Jones | Nick Keizer, Deon Yelder | 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 | Mike Remmers | Jackson Barton |
Observations:
- Kansas City added Patrick Mahomes’ former Texas Tech teammate DeAndre Washington to the RB group. Washington has appeared in 55 games and started in five since entering the league with the Oakland Raiders in 2016. He’ll be in the competition to earn a roster spot, primarily competing with Darrel Williams, who is set to return from injury in 2020.
- Another underrated addition is TE Ricky Seals-Jones. He has the potential to come in and immediately dethrone any player currently competing for the No. 2 TE job. Nick Keizer and Deon Yelder should be competing to become the primary blocking TE on the roster. Don’t forget that John Lovett can also be used as a wingback and TE as well.