Kansas City Chiefs Pre-Training Camp 53-Man Roster Prediction

Kansas City Chiefs: Pre-training camp 53-man roster prediction

ST JOSEPH, MISSOURI - JULY 30: Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes #15, Anthony Gordon #8 and Shane Buechele #6 of the Kansas City Chiefs look on during drills at training camp at Missouri Western State University on July 30, 2021 in St Joseph, Missouri. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /

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Joe Thuney #62 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Orlando Brown #57 of the Kansas City Chiefs . (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) /

Offensive Line (10)

Orlando Brown Jr.
Joe Thuney
Creed Humphrey
Trey Smith
Andrew Wylie
Lucas Niang
Darian Kinnard
Austin Reiter
Nick Allegretti
Geron Christian

Last season the Chiefs kept ten offensive linemen on the initial 53-man roster and I’ve got them doing the same thing this year. Orlando Brown Jr., Joe Thuney, Creed Humphrey, Trey Smith, Andrew Wylie, and Darian Kinnard are locks to make the roster if healthy. I think Lucas Niang will get one more shot to compete at right tackle, but if he has more injury issues or Kinnard just flat-out beats him out he could be a surprise cut.

I like Austin Reiter and Nick Allegretti as the backups on the interior and Geron Christian gives them a true backup at left tackle where he has multiple starts. I would be surprised if any other linemen on the roster make the team. I think it will either be these ten or maybe they cut Niang and go with nine to free up a spot at another position.

Now let’s move over to the defensive side of the ball.

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