Two-time Pro Bowl left guard Kelechi Osemele, who was signed late in camp after a bizarre ending to his tenure with the Jets, showcased a much-needed mean streak in taking over the left guard job.At center, Austin Reiter continued to show his mastery of the offensive line protections while displaying the close rapport he has developed with Mahomes, who was sacked just once by the Texans' fearsome defensive line.“Obviously without the preseason games, it’s hard to get out there and kind of form that bond that offensive lines normally do,” Mahomes said, "and how they can kind of think like each other and pass off stuff. There is still upside with Rankin and hope for Wylie — and Remmers brings solid experience to the mix.It remains to be seen which player will win out, but the competition should be good for a position the Chiefs will need to be solidified in Duvernay-Tardif’s absence.Arrowhead Pride | Kansas City Chiefs Schedule, News, Roster and Stats,2020 Chiefs positional preview: interior offensive line,Five things we learned as the Chiefs beat the Chargers.Let’s take a look at what we learned in the 23-20 overtime win.Seven winners and three losers from the Chiefs’ overtime win against the Chargers.The Chiefs defeated the Chargers 23-20 in overtime — and we tallied up the game’s winners and losers.Chiefs-Chargers rapid reaction: everything went wrong, yet KC still won.Pairing Patrick Mahomes and Harrison Butker makes for an unfair fight.Injury roundup: the latest on Antonio Hamilton, Frank Clark and Sammy Watkins.The Chiefs saw players on both sides of the ball leave the game due to injury.Chiefs-Chargers: three big takeaways from Week 2,We reacted to the Chiefs’ win on the Arrowhead Pride Laboratory Postgame Show,break down the Chiefs roster position by position. Accounting for these changes will bring challenges.
To this point, he’s had a very good career. Three players with upside, hope and experience will be battling to become the Chiefs’ right guard.As training camp progresses over the next few weeks, the.The interior of the offensive line has had some significant turnover. So you give the offensive line credit for that against what I consider one of the best defensive fronts in the league.”,Notes: DE Alex Okafor (hamstring strain), DT Khalen Saunders (dislocated elbow) and CB Charvarius Ward (broken hand) did not practice Wednesday. Published 2:04 pm EDT, Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Fisher is in his eighth season as a starter while bookend right tackle Mitchell Schwartz, one of the vastly underrated players in the league, has started every regular-season game since the beginning of of 2012.Andrew Wylie returned to the starting lineup, where he had been for 27 games over the past two seasons, and did a solid job at right guard. With the run game clicking and the passing attack picking up where it left off in 2019, the Chiefs essentially had their way with the Texans. “We threw the ball well and caught the ball well, and then also ran it well. Osemele is in Kansas City to start at left guard in Week 1.Martinas Rankin has gotten his shot the last 2 weeks and has more than held his own.In their trade for Rankin (a recent Top 100 pick), the Chiefs got three years of club control in exchange for one year from journeyman running back Carlos Hyde. Here’s how we see it.Writing about the IOL for the season preview series and I have to come up with "the guy" for the group.The interior offensive line has quietly gone through some significant changes this offseason. And I think they did a great job of not only pass protecting me with all the games and that defensive line, which is a very good defensive line, but within the run game of making their blocks and setting their angles so Clyde can go out there and make plays happen.
In 2018, Wylie showed promise en route to winning the Mack Lee Hill Award as the Chiefs’ top rookie, but it was disappointing last year — perhaps because of injury.
“What we do in the trenches isn't easy.”.Yet the Chiefs did it quite well in their season-opening 34-20 victory over the Texans.It helps that despite the personnel changes, the Chiefs still have one of the most experienced offensive lines in the entire league.
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The question is whether any of them can take a step up and provide more than just a serviceable performance. View photos of the Chiefs Offensive Line. Rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire doesn't run for 138 yards and a score in a win over Houston without them.