Chiefs news: Five KC players make PFF’s All-Pro team

Five members of the Kansas City Chiefs were named first-team All-Pros by the folks at Pro Football Focus for their excellence in 2022.

The Kansas City Chiefs are always going to be well-represented on any sort of All-Star round-up as long as they continue to win at such a clip, but it’s still heartening to see five Chiefs players named the All-Pro first-team over at Pro Football Focus for the 2022 NFL season.

When you count more than just first-team honorees, the Chiefs have even more representation than that, but for those chosen as the absolute best at their respective positions, the Chiefs captured five such spots—starting at quarterback with the MVP-caliber season enjoyed by Patrick Mahomes.

Mahomes was named the top quarterback above Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals and they sum up well his likely MVP campaign with their stated reasons, “In any given stretch, he was rivaled by Josh Allen, Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts and Burrow, but Mahomes has been the one constant.”

From there, Travis Kelce was named as the top tight end over George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers. Kelce continues to break/extend his own records for sustained production as well as production at his given position with a career-high 110 catches and 1,338 receiving yards. He also set a career mark in touchdowns with 12.

The Chiefs have a new star along the offensive line in second-year Pro Bowler Creed Humphrey at center. He also earns the top center honor from PFF and looks like a good bet to earn such hardware for years to come in front of Mahomes.

On the defensive side, defensive lineman Chris Jones was named the best interior defender in front of Cameron Heyward of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He finished with 77 quarterback pressures, per PFF, in a year that might be his best yet.

To wrap up the team, punter Tommy Townsend was named the best in the league over A.J. Cole III of the Raiders and was applauded for his league-best combination of accuracy and power.

Beyond those names, it was great to see left guard Joe Thuney named to the second team and former Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill continues to be a menace to opposing defenses with a stellar first season in Miami.

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