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kcgreene · 05-24-2024, 11:47 AM

It's STILL the offseason....

And one can only handle so much discussion about mother-daughter prostitute teams, evangelical bewilderment, Frankenstein mountain ram breeds, and viciously ferocious Aldi cashiers…

So I thought I'd make a thread of the 2023 initial 53 man roster (with Chris Jones and Charles Omenihu added) vs a 2024 projected 53 man roster (with other potential rostered and practice squad players listed underneath) to encourage some Chiefs-related chatter and comparison/growth/etc of the team and pointing out some potential position battles and such.

That and honestly, I find it a bit easier to compare when all the information of the changes is in one place.

I placed Spoilers on each Position Group so this first post doesn't go to an even more absurd length, and I'll try to edit this every so often when new signings and such occur.

Quarterbacks

Spoiler!

Running Backs

Spoiler!

Wide Receivers

Spoiler!

Tight Ends

Spoiler!

Offensive Linemen

Spoiler!

Defensive Line

Spoiler!

Linebackers

Spoiler!

Defensive Backs

Spoiler!

Specialists

Spoiler!

A lot of position groups upgraded IMO. One notably feels a bit weaker (Defensive Backs) but there's still talent all over that room.

BWillie · 05-24-2024, 11:50 AM

Better at every position except RB and DB. And we could possibly end up better in those spots if young guys just develop as expected.

kcgreene · 05-24-2024, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

Better at every position except RB and DB. And we could possibly end up better in those spots if young guys just develop as expected.

I'm right there with you. I personally hope Bailey can come fill that RB3 Spot and that Hicks and Hadden can make their presence known in the secondary along with Nazeeh being that guy a lot think he can be.

Toad · 05-25-2024, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kcgreene

I'm right there with you. I personally hope Bailey can come fill that RB3 Spot and that Hicks and Hadden can make their presence known in the secondary along with Nazeeh being that guy a lot think he can be.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Nazeeh getting a bunch of reps with the 1’s in training camp just before he got hurt?

PatMahomesIsGod · 05-25-2024, 06:56 PM

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Nazeeh getting a bunch of reps with the 1’s in training camp just before he got hurt?

Correct.

Also, Connor played a ****ton of CB the back half of last year.

kcgreene · 05-26-2024, 06:05 AM

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Nazeeh getting a bunch of reps with the 1’s in training camp just before he got hurt?

That's what people were saying, but we still haven't seen him in game with them (to my knowledge) so we HOPE he's that guy, but none of us have seen much of it yet

Mecca · 05-24-2024, 11:53 AM

You hope you're better at LT than you were last year but that position is a massive question mark.

kcgreene · 05-24-2024, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

You hope you're better at LT than you were last year but that position is a massive question mark.

Good point, it's either gonna be Wanya or Kingsley. I will say, it's a good sign (to me at least) that Donovan is still a free agent. I feel like if they weren't sure in one of those two that he would be back on the roster.

Mecca · 05-24-2024, 12:00 PM

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Good point, it's either gonna be Wanya or Kingsley. I will say, it's a good sign (to me at least) that Donovan is still a free agent. I feel like if they weren't sure in one of those two that he would be back on the roster.

If Smith comes back it's probably training camp, he has no reason to be at OTA's taking reps from the young guys.

kcgreene · 05-24-2024, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

If Smith comes back it's probably training camp, he has no reason to be at OTA's taking reps from the young guys.

Also valid. I'd just feel like we'd lock up our guy before someone else potentially does, but yea, we could just be sitting on it until training camp.

Bump · 05-24-2024, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mecca

You hope you're better at LT than you were last year but that position is a massive question mark.

come time around training camp if they don't like what they are seeing with the the two young guys we got at LT, they'll probably sign a veteran like Smith again.

displacedinMN · 05-24-2024, 11:54 AM

And we never know what will happen with roster cuts and pickups from other teams.

tredadda · 05-24-2024, 12:03 PM

That's a great list and thank you for making it. Only thing I think is missing is Omenihu as I believe that he is still on the roster.

kcgreene · 05-24-2024, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tredadda

That's a great list and thank you for making it. Only thing I think is missing is Omenihu as I believe that he is still on the roster.

Thanks, I meant to write it at the end because he'll be on the IR I think and completely spaced out. Added!

**Rain Man** · 05-24-2024, 02:59 PM

The training camp battle that will be particularly interesting to me will be the safety spots. Reid and Cook are the incumbents, but I think Chamarri Conner may have been the best safety on the field at season end. And in reading about Jaden Hicks, it seems like he was a draft steal for us. I wouldn't be surprised at any combination of these guys starting in Week 1.

05-24-2024, 11:47 AM	Topic Starter
kcgreene Starter kcgreene's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2010	2023 Roster v 2024 Roster It's STILL the offseason.... And one can only handle so much discussion about mother-daughter prostitute teams, evangelical bewilderment, Frankenstein mountain ram breeds, and viciously ferocious Aldi cashiers… So I thought I'd make a thread of the 2023 initial 53 man roster (with Chris Jones and Charles Omenihu added) vs a 2024 projected 53 man roster (with other potential rostered and practice squad players listed underneath) to encourage some Chiefs-related chatter and comparison/growth/etc of the team and pointing out some potential position battles and such. That and honestly, I find it a bit easier to compare when all the information of the changes is in one place. I placed Spoilers on each Position Group so this first post doesn't go to an even more absurd length, and I'll try to edit this every so often when new signings and such occur. Quarterbacks Spoiler! 2023: Patrick Mahomes Blaine Gabbert (Gone, currently a FA) 2024: Patrick Mahomes Carson Wentz Other Quarterbacks that are currently rostered in 2024: Chris Oladokun, Ian Book Running Backs Spoiler! 2023: Isaiah Pacheco Clyde Edwards-Helaire Jerick McKinnon (Gone, currently a FA) 2024: Isaiah Pacheco Clyde-Edwards-Helaire (1 or 2 Open competition spots) Other Running Backs that are currently rostered: Emani Bailey - R, Hassan Hall, Keaontay Ingram, Deneric Prince, Louis Rees-Zammit - R, Carson Steele - R Wide Receivers Spoiler! 2023: Kadarius Toney Marquez Valdes-Scantling (Gone, with Buffalo) Skyy Moore Justin Watson Richie James (Gone, currently a FA) Rashee Rice Justyn Ross 2024: Kadarius Toney Skyy Moore Justin Watson Rashee Rice Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown Mecole Hardman Xavier Worthy - R Other Wide Receivers that are currently rostered: Justyn Ross, Phillip Brooks - R, Jaaron Hayek - R, Cornell Powell, Nikko Remigio, Montrell Washington Tight Ends Spoiler! 2023: Travis Kelce Noah Gray Blake Bell (Gone, currently a FA) 2024: Travis Kelce Noah Gray Jared Wiley (Maybe 1 Open competition spots) Other Tight Ends that are currently rostered: Irv Smith, Gerrit Prince, Baylor Cupp - R Offensive Linemen Spoiler! 2023: Donovan Smith (Gone, currently a FA) Joe Thuney Creed Humphrey Trey Smith Jawaan Taylor Nick Allegretti (Gone, with Washington) Prince Tega Wanogho (Gone, currently a FA) Lucas Niang Mike Caliendo Wanya Morris 2024: Joe Thuney Creed Humphrey Trey Smith Jawaan Taylor Lucas Niang Mike Caliendo Wanya Morris Kingsley Suamataia - R Hunter Nourzad - R (Maybe 1 Open Competition Spot) Other Offensive Linemen that are currently rostered: OT Griffin McDowell - R, OT Chukwuebuka Godrick, OT Ethan Driskell - R, OL C.J. Hanson - R, OG Nick Torres - R, OG McKade Mettauer - R Defensive Line Spoiler! 2023: Chris Jones (Holdout) Charles Omenihu (Suspended) Derrick Nnadi Turk Wharton Keondre Coburn (Gone, with Tennessee) Matt Dickerson Neil Farrell George Karlaftis Mike Danna Malik Herring Felix Anudike-Uzomah BJ Thompson 2024: Chris Jones Derrick Nnadi Turk Wharton Matt Dickerson Neil Farrell George Karlaftis Mike Danna Malik Herring Felix Anudike-Uzomah BJ Thompson Charles Omenihu (IR) (Maybe 1 Open Competition Spot) Other Defensive Linemen that are currently rostered: Mike Pennel, Truman Jones, Isaiah Buggs, Fabien Lovett - R Linebackers Spoiler! 2023: Nick Bolton Willie Gay Jr (Gone, with New Orleans) Drue Tranquill Leo Chenal Jack Cochrane Cam Jones 2024: Nick Bolton Drue Tranquill Leo Chenal Jack Cochrane Cam Jones (1 Open Competition Spot) Other Linebackers that are currently rostered: Swayze Bozeman - R, Cole Christiansen, Curtis Jacobs - R, Luquay Washington - R Defensive Backs Spoiler! 2023: Trent McDuffie L’Jarius Sneed (Gone, with Tennessee) Jaylen Watson Joshua Williams Nic Jones Justin Reid Bryan Cook Chamarri Conner Mike Edwards (Gone, with Buffalo) 2024: Trent McDuffie Jaylen Watson Joshua Williams Nic Jones Justin Reid Bryan Cook Chamarri Conner Nazeeh Johnson Jaden Hicks - R Kamal Hadden - R Other Defensive Backs that are currently rostered: CB Miles Battle - R, CB Ekow Boye-Doe, CB Kelvin Joseph, CB D.J. Miller - R, CB Christian Roland-Wallace - R, CB Keith Taylor, DB Deon Bush, S Trey Dean Specialists Spoiler! 2023: LS James Winchester K Harrison Butker P Tommy Townsend (Gone, with Houston) 2024: LS James Winchester K Harrison Butker P Matt Araiza Other Specialists that are currently rostered: P Ryan Rekhow - R A lot of position groups upgraded IMO. One notably feels a bit weaker (Defensive Backs) but there's still talent all over that room. Last edited by kcgreene; 06-14-2024 at 10:53 AM..
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05-24-2024, 11:50 AM	#2
BWillie El Gato Gordo Loco BWillie's Avatar Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth	Better at every position except RB and DB. And we could possibly end up better in those spots if young guys just develop as expected.
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Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Rain Man's Avatar Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house	The training camp battle that will be particularly interesting to me will be the safety spots. Reid and Cook are the incumbents, but I think Chamarri Conner may have been the best safety on the field at season end. And in reading about Jaden Hicks, it seems like he was a draft steal for us. I wouldn't be surprised at any combination of these guys starting in Week 1.
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