While the 12-1 Kansas City Chiefs have already clinched the AFC West and are in the driver’s seat for the conference’s top seed (and first-round playoff bye), the team faces a significant question mark at the left tackle position.
Before Thursday’s practice, Chiefs offensive line coach Andy Heck discussed the all-important blindside blocking role that has rotated between recent Day 2 draft picks Wanya Morris and Kingsley Suamataia, only to see veteran D.J. Humphries take over shortly after joining the team in late November.
Humphries started the team’s Week 14 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers (in his first action since suffering a torn ACL late in the 2023 season while with the Arizona Cardinals).