Depth Chart
 

Is this official? Cannot find this on the Chief's website.


OFFENSE

WR: Jon Baldwin, Donnie Avery, Devon Wylie, Josh Bellamy, Frankie Hammond Jr.

LT: Branden Albert, Donald Stephenson, Dustin Waldron

LG: Jeff Allen, Matt Reynolds

C: Rodney Hudson, Eric Kush, A.J. Hawkins

RG: Jon Asamoah, Ryan Durand, Rokevious Watkins, Tommie Draheim

RT: Eric Fisher, Geoff Schwartz, Steven Baker

TE: Anthony Fasano, Travis Kelce, Tony Moeaki, Kevin Brock, Demetrius Harris

WR: Dwayne Bowe, Dexter McCluster, Junior Hemingway, Terrance Copper, Tyler Shoemaker, Jamar Newsome, Rico Richardson

QB: Alex Smith, Chase Daniel, Tyler Bray, Ricky Stanzi

RB: Jamaal Charles, Knile Davis, Shaun Draughn, Cyrus Gray, Jordan Roberts

FB: Anthony Sherman, Braden Wilson, Toben Opurum

DEFENSE

LDE: Tyson Jackson, Allen Bailey, Austen Lane, Mike Catapano

NT: Dontari Poe, Jerrell Powe, Miguel Chavis

RDE: Mike DeVito, Anthony Toribio, Marcus Dixon, Rob Lohr

LOLB: Justin Houston, Frank Zombo, Josh Martin

LILB: Akeem Jordan, Nico Johnson, Orie Lemon

RILB: Derrick Johnson, Zac Diles, Darin Drakeford, Chad Kilgore

ROLB: Tamba Hali, Edgar Jones, Ridge Wilson

LCB: Brandon Flowers, Jalil Brown, Vince Agnew, Greg Castillo, Conroy Black

RCB: Sean Smith, Dunta Robinson, Neiko Thorpe, Kamaal McIlwain

SS: Eric Berry, Quintin Demps, Bradley McDougald, Otha Foster III

FS: Kendrick Lewis, Husain Abdullah, Tysyn Hartman, Malcolm Bronson, Sanders Commings

SPECIALISTS

P: Dustin Colquitt, Ryan Succop

K: Ryan Succop, Dustin Colquitt

KO: Ryan Succop, Dustin Colquitt

LS: Thomas Gafford, Brad Madison

H: Dustin Colquitt, Chase Daniel

PR: Dexter McCluster, Devon Wylie

KR: Dexter McCluster, Devon Wylie

Did you just make it up? If so, it's not official.

I don't think anything will be official for a few weeks.
It'll probably shuffle a bit the next few weeks.

LMAO

Arrowhead Pride said that it was released by the Chiefs

That's a 11 win team, easy.

looks pretty close to me, only surprises are Toribio at RDE and not NT plus Edgar Jones backing up Tamba..

Q!

Mega Thread.

Try and keep up noob!

/jk

I believe Edgar was Tamba's first replacement last year.

Not sure though.

Ya, I think that is correct. He's the right choice there, I thought they might have brought in somebody this year, but Jones has been coached by Ryan in the past. If Tamba were out, Jones is not a real lightning rod but he's experienced.

I was hoping to see them swap the starting ends too.

While I haven't been up to TC yet, Edgar seems to be playing much better than last year.

so Schwartz is not in the mix at Guard?

Probably a swing but not listed on the DC.

hopeful this offense is going to allow Hali plenty of time between possessions.


I think he is right now for an injured LG Allen. also, I think this DC is projected --they expect Allen to start.

Smell that. That is what 3-13 smells like.

Barring injury, looks like the only impact rookie will be Fisher. this team looks alot like last years. There is alot of hope for change riding on Andy Reid, his staff and Alex Smith.
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secondary and d-line look by far the weakest

no depth on d-line but a bunch of unproductive what if scrubs
the starters arent anything to cry home about either.

the secondary besides flowers looks like a burn unit waiting to happen

GoChiefs, is that you?

Brandon Flowers, Sean Smith, Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis is a pretty solid starting defensive backfield.

Sean Smith is a very nice fit in Sutton's press coverage scheme, especially when he isn't asked to the #1 guy, and having a guy like Robinson as your nickleback is a luxury.

Depth might be a bit of a concern, but I think Jalil Brown, like Sean Smith, fits this system very nicely and he's shown flashes. I have hope for a guy like Brad McDougald as well. Guy was completely underrated in college and I was very happy that the Chiefs picked him up as a free agent after the draft.

Kendrick Lewis is terrible

and again Dunta Robinson cannot and will not play the nickel. If he's covering the slot we will be one of the worst teams against the pass this year.

If that's really our depth chart, my initial reactions are:

1. We have Jamaal Charles! We win!

2. Wow, we have a lot of new backups on the OL.

3. Travis Kelce isn't ahead of Fasano? Hopefully that'll change.

4. As mentioned earlier, it seems like Jackson and DeVito should flipflop, but maybe that's harder than I think.

5. Our linebackers rock.

6. If Brandon Flowers goes down, we're [past tense F word].

7. Ricky Stanzi's hair hasn't made it very far on the depth chart.

you had me until you included Kendrick Lewis in your "solid" comment.


then you finished it off when you chose to include Jalil Brown into your point.



we've seen nothing from Brown thus far to indicate he's anything but a steaming pile.


hope for improvement from every player with better coaching, but still ...

I'm surprised that Catapano is on the defensive line instead of in the LBs.

Jon Baldwin starting? I hope it's because he has improved a shit ton and not because he's the least worst option to start on the other side of Bowe.

Things homers say for $1000

I agree. Lewis is garbage.

Flowers/Berry/Smith

The **** you talkin about?

Lewis' only problem is that reoccurring shoulder injury. He tracks the ball very well in both the run and pass, and when healthy is a solid player. He was the better of the two safeties during he and Berry's rookie season, but hasn't been truly healthy since.

And Brown has shown flashes. He's got very good instincts with regard to finding the ball/ball carrier and has a lot of natural ability on the field. He also takes silly chances and whiffs a lot, but that has a lot to do with coaching, or the lack thereof. He's shown enough that I think that he's got a chance to be a solid backup/terrific special teams guy who is capable enough to fill in in the event of an injury to Flowers or Smith. (Though Flowers is the type of guy who'd still run out on the field even if his leg fell off.)

Safety depth is a concern, especially with Lewis' injury history, but that always seems to be the case at that position. And, like I stated earlier, I think that McDougald has potential at either safety position. (He's only got two years at playing the position after being initially recruited by Ohio State but ended up at KU because he wanted to play receiver.)

Lewis is the Tony Mo of the defense.

All the talent in the world but constantly injured - so useless...

Kendrick Lewis cant be counted on for anything other than getting hurt. Count on that.

I'd hate to see J. Brown anywhere near the field. Takes far too many chances for his talent level to overcome.

The D-Line scares the hell out of me. The starters would not start on any other team. A collection of an under acheiver, an unproven 2nd -year-guy who was a reach, and guy who provided depth on another team. What does that say for the backups? Complete shit as a unit with the ceiling being that they can be serviceable. Far too many years have gone by to have the D-line in this shape. But you know the saying that you can't fix everything in one season... It hold tue in KC. Overall though the team is much improved over last year.

Hah. ROFL

so three guys? when we are in a pass happy league and asked to be in a nickel or dime situation probably 50+% of the time?

yea great

This depth chart is so much better than last year, if for nothing else one Mr. Matt Cassel is not on it.

That being said, our backups still appear to be very sub-pro caliber. Maybe some of them will progress, but I just don't see it.

Secondary is greatly improved over last year.


Some of these guys could make improvements which have showed little with the change in scheme, especially on the defense. It is kind of hard to play D when the offense has the advantage from a rule standpoint and then you just sit back and do nothing to pressure anyone.

Our depth is MUCH better this year.

I don't like what we're flirting with at CB but other than that I'm pretty pleased.

Well, other than paying Chase $3 mil a year to be our b/u...

Wow, I totally disagree.

DeVito is underrated.
Jackson has grown into a very solid DE
Poe could be become a dominate player with aggressive style of play. Powe is huge man with some nice potential.
Toribio has some flashes last year.

The group is far from accomplished, but has talent and should improve significantly with a more aggressive approach to playing D.

Demps's name keeps popping up in the camp reports almost everyday. Any chance for a Berry/Demps safety combo, or is Demps strictly a backup for Berry?

This is one I've never understood. Is it in the Lexicon? Dominating? Okay. Dominant? Sure. A dominate player? Whut?

Think about it for a while. I sure with your superior intellect you can figure it out.

You can certainly disagree. However, your opinion is based on a lot of "could be's."

Devitto - underrated? What has he ever done on a consistent bases except be "underrated" and provide depth?

Jackson - had one "solid" half season in 4. He is very average. Not the type to do anything special. You want him to be able to hold his own.

Poe - You used the "could" word.

Toribio - You used "Flashes" which means more times than not he was not that good.

Where's the PROVEN talent. I see Jackson as "serviceable" and the rest are all ????. That's plenty reason to be concerned.

I know what you meant, and I don't actually mean to point you, specifically, out because I see tons of people use it (that's why I asked if it's part of the Lexicon). It's the why of it I'm asking about, since it's a verb, not an adjective.

I think there are some people who say "dominuht" without the n. When they translate how they say the word into print, that's the word that looks the best, and spell check doesn't do anything about it since it actually is a word.

Oooh, I hadn't even thought about voice-to-text. I'm still living in the pen-and-paper world. Plus I'm anal-retentive about spell-checking.

Thanks!

:shrug:

I understand. I'm just horrible at typing what my brain is thinking. I'm even worse at proof reading.

You should see some of the shit I type before I edit. I'm a horribad speller.

Totally get where you are coming from. I just think the group was better than they showed last year. The scheme they played in is almost impossible to excel in. They have to catch the offensive guy and then try to fight him off and make a play. Very few people are going to do this game in and game out.

Now they get to go and attack. I think they all will "get better" as a result the attack mode approach and the flashes they showed will become much more consistent.

Obviously we will see in a couple of months.

Let me guess this is Tyson Jackson's Richard Seymour break out year finally

And Devito literally came with Sutton, so I dont know what anyone would expect anything more for a run stuffer with no pass rush moves that will come out on passing downs. That's what he did on the Jets that's what he will do here.

The fact that people believe this just shows how ****ing stupid this fan base is.

No neither are going to ask to be pass-rushers. That will come from Hali/Houston/DJ and other sources. But, they are going to stop the run and free up others to make impact plays.

Just because a DE is not a sack master does not mean they can't be quality contributors on the DL.

Quality contributor.

http://i.imgur.com/6do5j1d.jpg

I'm expecting Powe to flourish under our new DC...

At least we got #9!

Final 53?

OFFENSE - 26

WR: Jon Baldwin, Donnie Avery, Devon Wylie

LT: Branden Albert, Donald Stephenson

LG: Jeff Allen, Matt Reynolds

C: Rodney Hudson, Eric Kush

RG: Jon Asamoah

RT: Eric Fisher, Geoff Schwartz

TE: Anthony Fasano, Travis Kelce, Tony Moeaki

WR: Dwayne Bowe, Dexter McCluster, Junior Hemingway

QB: Alex Smith, Chase Daniel, Tyler Bray

RB: Jamaal Charles, Knile Davis, Cyrus Gray

FB: Anthony Sherman, Braden Wilson

DEFENSE - 24

LDE: Tyson Jackson, Allen Bailey, Mike Catapano

NT: Dontari Poe, Jerrell Powe

RDE: Mike DeVito, Anthony Toribio

LOLB: Justin Houston, Frank Zombo

LILB: Akeem Jordan, Nico Johnson

RILB: Derrick Johnson, Zac Diles

ROLB: Tamba Hali, Edgar Jones

LCB: Brandon Flowers, Jalil Brown

RCB: Sean Smith, Dunta Robinson

SS: Eric Berry, Quintin Demps

FS: Kendrick Lewis, Husain Abdullah, Sanders Commings

SPECIALISTS - 3

P: Dustin Colquitt, Ryan Succop

K: Ryan Succop, Dustin Colquitt

KO: Ryan Succop, Dustin Colquitt

LS: Thomas Gafford

H: Dustin Colquitt, Chase Daniel

PR: Dexter McCluster, Devon Wylie

KR: Dexter McCluster, Devon Wylie

And we lost the #2 run stuffing 3-4 end from 2011.

At best we broke even trading Dorsey for DeVito.

This is the team that is supposed to challenge Denver for the division?

When arguing Arizona as the more attractive option for Andy, there were people who thought Darnell Dockett was a good player too

Irrelevant.

Tyson Jackson is a shitty player.

Apparently you didnt look at the top of the list to see Arizona also has one of the best DL in the NFL in Campbell so uh...

Who ever seriously argued that?

Saccopoo, PGM, SDH.

Also, Dane thinks Denver's ceiling is 11 wins while KC's floor "on paper" is 10 wins. I would consider that challenging for the division.

I know. I was just taking a shot at Dockett. **** him.

Abdullah will be starting over Lewis when the season starts.

oh look ... 2 rival fans discussing the chiefs on a Chiefs board


seriously, are fans of your own teams so utterly distasteful that you have to hang around here?

let's hope someone is


If Lewis is starting then it doesn't bode well for our options

So Jamaal Charles is hoping one day to be in the Hall of Fame. Is this realistic? Remember he's only 26.

you'd think with the 10 safeties in camp that the probability odds are one of them steps up and pans out to be better than Lewis

I've heard a lot of good reports on Demps.

Actually, I visit more than one website.

I'll take the over on that bet

ROFL I've stated numerous times that they'd win the division IF Peydaton went down. SDH has said they'd win 7 games and take it hahahahaha. Which is pretty batshit crazy and I doubt he believes that one bit.

It's August. Anyone who doesn't predict their own team to win the Super Bowl is dead inside.

I see your point. Truth is I like this place, respect you as a poster. Aids tree, fire, antifreeze, etc.

Spot ****ing on.

You've told me that the Chiefs will win 10 games.

You must think the Broncos will be awesome for a 10 win team to not even challenge for the division.

Dontari & Jerrell Poewe should make a great rotation tandem. If they can produce penetration & implode the O-line our defense can take over.

So, what exactly is Catapano doing at DE?

This seems...wrong.

Have you seen your roster?

Kansas City is substantially more balanced than Denver, especially on the defensive side of the ball where they are going to lose Miller at the start of the season and they are still hanging onto the myth that Champ Bailey is a Pro Bowl performing cornerback to go along with a noodle armed, broke dick geriatric at QB and a running back corps that is comprised of the exact same slow, north-south runner.

The whole media seems to still be drinking from the Manning Kool-Aid pitcher, but the Broncos are a house of cards.

We're going to kick your ass this season.

No shit. Kick it real good.

From what I read, he was practicing at the OLB position and commented on how he's trying to adjust to it:

He's even wearing the #53.

However, he's 6'4" and 270 lbs. and pretty solid and muscular at that weight. Sub-package 43 DE is not entirely out of the question and I'm sure we will be seeing some of that alignment throughout the season.

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