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Kansas City Chiefs Late August Scouting Report
John Cooney
8/30/2023
HOUSEKEEPING:
The Chiefs released/waived Deneric Prince, DE Joshua Kaindoh, DT Phil Hoskins, S Deon Bush, DT Danny Shelton, CB Reese Taylor, CB Ekow Boye-Doe, LB Cole Christiansen, S Anthony Cook, QB Shane Buechele, QB Chris Oladokun, OL Sebastian Gutierrez, DT Daniel Wise, CB KahlefHailassie, RB La’Michal Perine, C Austin Reiter, and TE Kendall Blanton.
TRADES:
WR Ihmir Smith-Marsettewas traded to the Panthers in an exchange for a swap of conditional 2025 seventh-round picks.
Raiders traded DT Neil Farrell to the Chiefs for a sixth-round pick.
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS (WITH ROTATIONS)
QUARTERBACK:
Patrick Mahomes
WIDE RECEIVERS:
Marquez Valdes-Scantling,
Kadarius Toney,
Skyy Moore
TIGHT END:
Travis Kelce
RUNNING BACKS:
Isiah Pacheco, Jerick Mckinnon
OFFENSIVE LINE:
LTDonovan Smith
LGJoe Thuney
C Creed Humphrey
RG Trey Smith
RT Jawaan Taylor
IDP
EDGE:
George Karlaftis, Mike Danna
DL:
Derrick Nnadi, Tershawn Wharton, Chris Jones
LB:
Nick Bolton, Willie Gay, Drue Tranquill, Leo Chenal
CB:
Jaylen Watson, Sneed, L'Jarius
DB:
Trent McDuffie, Justin Reid, Bryan Cook, Mike Edwards
Start most of your Chiefs in the first big game next Thursday night! Go Chiefs!
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