Halfway through the fourth quarter of Friday’s 19-17 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, the Kansas City Chiefs did the same thing they had done with rookie left tackle Kingsley Suamataia late in the Week 2 game against the Cincinnati Bengals: they put their starting left tackle on the bench.
In Week 2, second-year tackle Wanya Morris came in for the Suamataia — but when Morris went to the bench on Friday, veteran left guard Joe Thuney slid to the outside; reserve guard Mike Caliendo came in to take Thuney’s spot.
But head coach Andy Reid remains convinced that while Suamatia and Morris have not been the players they expected for this season, they still have the potential to help the team in the future.