The Kansas City Chiefs released their second unofficial depth chart on Thursday. For the most part, it’s the same, but there are a few slight changes.
On the eve of the second preseason game, the Kansas City Chiefs released the second unofficial depth chart. There aren’t any shocking changes, but the team did switch up a few things, most notably on the offensive line.
The starting unit remains the same, but Parker Ehinger was moved from the backup left guard to the backup left tackle. Ehinger always seems to be mentioned amongst Chiefs fans as a future answer at offensive line yet we haven’t seen him really play in nearly two years. Yes, Ehinger was injured for awhile, but he still hasn’t played since he’s been healthy.
Ryan Hunter is the only one who was promoted, moving from third-team right guard to backup left guard. This is a bit surprising, as left guard is the biggest question mark along the offensive line. The Chiefs must like what they’ve seen from Hunter so far to put him behind Cameron Erving on the depth chart.
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Jordan Devey, Bryan Witzmann, and Andrew Wylie all merely just switched backup positions. Hopefully we don’t have to see any of those guys on the field much because if so, that means a key injury happened or a starter wasn’t performing well. If the offensive line doesn’t do well, then Patrick Mahomes will be spending a lot of time on the ground and that’s not something we want to see.
The position players are all the same, but players should be starting to make their separations after the next game. Hopefully that will consist of Chase Litton getting bumped up to third-string quarterback over Matt McGloin, but for now it makes sense that the Chiefs left the position as is. Litton needs to perform as well as he did in the first preseason game and that will definitely help his case.
The safety position is obviously different now with Daniel Sorensen out for awhile and Robert Golden leaving the team on Wednesday. Eric Murray is the backup to Sorensen now, switching spots with Leon McQuay, who is now sitting behind Eric Berry on the depth chart.
Surprisingly, Armani Watts was bumped to fourth-string safety. He’s only a rookie, but Chiefs fans seem to really have high hopes for him making noise this year. Perhaps Sorensen’s injury will mean Watts eventually sees the field more, but for now, he’ll be far behind on the depth chart.
These depth charts really don’t mean a whole lot (they are unofficial after all), but what else are we supposed to talk about? The second preseason game is on Friday and we’ll be able to dive into more Kansas City Chiefs content then.
Until then, however, what are your thoughts on the second depth chart?