2023 KC Chiefs Projected Special Teams Post-Draft

2023 KC Chiefs Projected Special Teams Post-Draft in my opinion:

K: Harrison Butker
P: Tommy Townsend
LS: James Winchester
H: Tommy Townsend
KR: Kadarius Toney
PR: Kadarius Toney

Kadarius Toney becomes both the new Punt Returner and Kick Returner.

 

2023 Projected KC Chiefs Defensive Starters Post-Draft

Our defensive scheme is a 4 - 3 (4 Down Linemen, and 3 Linebackers) base 7 man front with a 1 gap Under Front alignment (Defensive Line shifts to the weakside, and the Strong Side Outside Linebacker moves up on the line of scrimmage. That makes the defense look like a 5-2 with 43 personnel. Sometimes, the Strong or Free Safety will drop down close to the line of scrimmage, and the defense becomes an eight-man front, or what’s known as the 46 (Brian Dawkins in Philadelphia, and Justin Reid in KC). Now everybody in the NFL does a little bit of everything because it’s the pros and a copycat league. But our defensive coordinator comes from the Jim Johnson tree (‘99 – ‘08 with the Philadelphia Eagles) and prefers a 2 High Safety alignment with Press Man Coverage, mixed in with Man Blitzes, Double-A Gap Blitzes, and Zone Blitzes depending on the situation also.
 
2023 Projected KC Chiefs Defensive Starters in my opinion after the draft:
 
LDE: George Karlaftis
LDT: Derrick Nnadi
RDT: Chris Jones
RDE: Charles Omenihu
LOLB (SLB): Nick Bolton
MLB: Willie Gay Jr.
ROLB (WLB): Drue Tranquill
LCB (CB1): L’Jarius Sneed
RCB (CB2): Jaylen Watson
CB3: Trent McDuffie
FS: Bryan Cook
SS: Justin Reid
 
In the Nickel (5 DBs) against a spread offense, take out Willie Gay Jr., and replace with a Slot Corner. Trent McDuffie.

In Dime (6 DBs), take out Willie Gay and Drue Tranquill. Add another Safety, Deon Bush, along with Trent McDuffie.

2023 KC Chiefs Projected Offensive Starters Post-Draft

 

2023 KC Chiefs Projected Offensive Starters Post-Draft in my opinion:

NFL West Coast passing scheme, and zone running scheme, mixed in with college option, misdirection plays, and spread offense. Every team has 11 players on the field at one time. How many at each position varies due to the situation.

QB: Patrick Mahomes
RB1: Isiah Pacheco (goal line and short-yardage Running Back)
RB2: Jerick McKinnon (our pass receiving Running Back)
WR1: Kadarius Toney
WR2: Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR3: Skyy Moore
WR4: Ritchie James
WR5:  Justin Watson
WR6: Rashee Rice
TE1: Travis Kelce (pass-catching Tight End)
TE2: Noah Gray (blocking Tight End)
LT: Donovan Smith
LG: Joe Thuney
OC: Creed Humphrey
RG: Trey Smith
RT: Jawaan Taylor

As you can see above, we’ve made multiple changes on the offense, especially our Wide Receivers and Offensive Tackles.