The Kansas City Chiefs faced the Chicago Bears in Week 1 of the 2022 NFL preseason. It marked the first time that we’d seen Kansas City play in a game with all of the new pieces acquired this offseason. The roster remains very competitive and that showed in the first week of the preseason. However, the difference between the players playing early in Chicago and those playing late was also quite apparent.
Andy Reid and Brett Veach want the players to make things as tough as possible come final roster cuts happen later this month. The first wave of the NFL’s gradual roster cuts comes at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 16. The Chiefs and the rest of the league will need to cut their 90-man offseason rosters down to 85 players at that time.
With that in mind, we’re taking another crack at projecting the 53-man roster. This is our third projection of the year, following our way-too-early projection and our pre-training camp projection.
Here’s a look at our latest projected 53-man roster for the Chiefs: