- Arrowhead Report
Pros and Cons for Chiefs' Season Openers: Hosting Ravens and Bengals Without Rashee Rice?
The Kansas City Chiefs know that they'll begin the 2024 NFL season with fireworks. First, the Chiefs will host the Baltimore Ravens to kick off the year on September 5 in a rematch of last year's AFC Championship Game. Then, the Chiefs host what may be the most high-octane rivalry in the NFL when the Cincinnati Bengals come to town in Week 2. Opening up the year against the Ravens and Bengals means the race for the AFC's No. 1 overall seed (and the first-round bye that comes with it) will be heavily influenced in the first two weeks of the season.
Chiefs expect 'multi-game suspension' for Rashee Rice after car crash and assault allegations
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Monday that the Chiefs are "bracing for a multi-game suspension" following Rice's two off-field incidents this spring. Rice was implicated and later charged in a multi-car hit-and-run accident in Dallas in April. Assault allegations surfaced weeks later stemming from an altercation at a nightclub with Rice and a photographer.
- Kansas City Star
Which players in the Chiefs’ draft class have best chance to start this season?
In the past six years, only 11 drafted players have started as rookies for the Chiefs.
Quarterbacks
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | QB | |
| 9 | QB | |
| 15 | QB | |
| 13 | QB | |
QB | ||
| 11 | QB |
Running Backs
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
RB | ||
| 39 | RB | |
| 25 | RB | |
| 30 | RB | |
| 30 | RB | |
| 10 | RB | |
| 29 | RB | |
RB | ||
| 34 | RB | |
| 9 | RB | |
RB | ||
| 42 | RB |
Wide Receivers
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 88 | WR | |
| 5 | WR | |
WR | ||
| 89 | WR | |
| 0 | WR | |
| 24 | WR | |
| 14 | WR | |
WR | ||
| 4 | WR | |
| 8 | WR | |
| 19 | WR | |
| 80 | WR | |
| 84 | WR |
Tight Ends
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | TE | |
| 47 | TE | |
| 83 | TE | |
| 87 | TE | |
| 82 | TE | |
TE | ||
| 12 | TE |
Offensive Line
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | C | |
| 61 | C |
Defensive Line
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | DE | |
| 96 | DT | |
DE | ||
| 51 | DE | |
| 92 | DE | |
| 94 | DE | |
| 57 | DE | |
| 95 | DT | |
| 56 | DE | |
| 99 | DT | |
DE | ||
| 91 | DT | |
DL | ||
| 90 | DE | |
| 69 | DT | |
| 53 | DE | |
| 98 | DT | |
DE |
Linebackers
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | LB | |
| 29 | LB |
Secondary
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | CB | |
| 40 | CB | |
| 26 | DB | |
| 27 | DB | |
| 6 | S | |
| 42 | S | |
| 17 | DB | |
| 21 | DB | |
| 13 | S | |
| 31 | CB | |
| 24 | CB | |
| 22 | CB | |
| 38 | CB | |
| 20 | S | |
| 30 | CB | |
| 39 | CB | |
| 35 | CB | |
| 2 | CB |
Special Teams
| No | Player | P |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | P | |
| 7 | K | |
K | ||
| 46 | P | |
| 41 | LS |