It only took the Chiefs 2 weeks to have second thoughts about starting their rookie OT

The Kansas City Chiefs have one of the league's best overall front lines in the game on offense with multiple Pro Bowl caliber performers and plenty of lucrative payouts for those services. But one spot remains up the air on the left side at tackle, even three weeks into the season.

Coming into the 2024 campaign, rookie left tackle Kingsley Suamataia was given every chance to win the job for the long term. He was given first-team reps in OTAs, rookie minicamp, mandatory minicamp, and the entire preseason. He even earned some positive marks in Week 1 in a victory over the Baltimore Ravens, but some real issues working against the Bengals in Week 2 have highlighted the learning curve ahead for him.

Late in Week 2, head coach Andy Reid decided to give Suamataia a chance to collect himself on the sidelines and sent in Wanya Morris in his place. Morris is a former third-round pick in his third season who has been relegated to swing tackle behind Suamataia and Jawaan Taylor on the right side. Morris went on to finish the team's win over Cincy.

No one is quite sure just yet who will be starting for the Chiefs when they visit the Falcons in Week 3.

Going forward, the team has been working both Morris and Suamataia with the starters in practice, which makes it hard to tell how things will go. As it turns out, the Chiefs themselves aren't sure who will start—or at least they're not saying so publicly.

As the Chiefs' assistant coaches spoke with the media on Thursday, offensive coordinator Matt Nagy stated that things were still up in the air as far as he was concerned. He also said coach Reid would have the final say on who is given the chance to face the Falcons as Patrick Mahomes's blindside protector.

The Chiefs explained that things would likely be this way following Week 2. Reid addressed reporters following the game and gave his perspective on what happened.

"Listen, it’s a great learning experience. Sometimes if you get beat a couple of different times, you haven’t quite figured out the answers to the test there. Then your coach talks to you and you gotta settle down. That happens, so you go back and you learn from it. Wanya will do the same thing. He did a nice job jumping in there with the exception of the penalty."

From there, reporters asked him who would start and he said, "We’ll see. We’ll see how it goes. We’ll go back and look at the tape and I’ll talk with Coach Heck and we’ll talk from there."

The Chiefs still have a full practice session on Friday before they load up to travel to Atlanta for Sunday Night Football. It's another primetime showing for the Chiefs early in the season and whoever comes out on the left side will have a lot of eyes watching their progress. It's a big opportunity with a significant burden, and the Chiefs are hoping someone is ready to step up and seize it.