{"id":327526,"date":"2025-08-29T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/327526\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:16:11","slug":"kc-chiefs-release-first-unofficial-depth-chart-ahead-of-week-1-tilt-vs-la-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/327526\/","title":{"rendered":"KC Chiefs release first unofficial depth chart ahead of Week 1 tilt vs. LA Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> have unveiled their unofficial depth chart for the 2025 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Though fans knew that star players like Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Chris Jones would occupy starting spots at quarterback, tight end, and defensive tackle, a few notable decisions were made at other positions ahead of Kansas City&#8217;s Week 1 matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Among the most surprising moves was to start veteran safeties Bryan Cook and Chamarri Conner over second-year defensive back Jaden Hicks, who put together an outstanding rookie season with the Chiefs in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at Kansas City&#8217;s full unofficial depth chart, which was posted to Twitter by Nick Jacobs of KSHB 41:<\/p>\n<p>Newly acquired defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi \u2014 who was on the New York Jets&#8217; chopping block during cut week before finding himself traded to the Chiefs \u2014 is set to start next to Jones on Kansas City&#8217;s front four.<\/p>\n<p>Fans should watch how Cook, Conner, and Nnadi perform early in the season to see if they will cement their status as starters, or have their spots taken by up-and-coming talents who are currently beneath them on the Chiefs&#8217; depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/chiefswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/chiefs\/2025\/08\/29\/chiefs-reveal-unofficial-depth-chart\/85894891007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chiefs&#039; reveal unofficial depth chart ahead of Week 1 tilt vs Chargers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chiefs&#8217; reveal unofficial depth chart ahead of Week 1 tilt vs Chargers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kansas City Chiefs have unveiled their unofficial depth chart for the 2025 regular season. Though fans knew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[35570,40287,241,2025,2793,18334,21126,7,26378,118,110,1014,262,2444,2443,255,6,17727,499,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-327526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-bryan-cook","9":"tag-chamarri-conner","10":"tag-chargers","11":"tag-chris-jones","12":"tag-defensive-tackle","13":"tag-depth-chart","14":"tag-derrick-nnadi","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-jaden-hicks","17":"tag-kansas-city","18":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-losangeleschargers","23":"tag-new-york-jets","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-nick-jacobs","26":"tag-patrick-mahomes","27":"tag-travis-kelce"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115114369661421791","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}