Kansas City Chiefs - 2015 Projections

Kansas City Chiefs

Overall Outlook
After starting the 2014 season 7-3 and stifling teams with their defense, the Kansas City Chiefs lost four of their final six games and missed the playoffs by one game. The main reason for the decline came from the passing game, where no Kansas City WR caught a single TD pass. To improve the passing game, KC signed Jeremy Maclin and drafted Chris Conley. Unfortunately, Kansas City has a very tough schedule which will make it difficult to hit .500 this year. We don't see the Chiefs making the playoffs in 2015.

Offseason Moves

Key additions: WR Jeremy Maclin, G Ben Grubbs, G Jeff Linkenbach, G Paul Fanaika, DT Vance Walker, ILB Joe Mays, CB Chris Owens, S Tyvon Branch

Key losses: WR Dwayne Bowe, TE Anthony Fasano, C Rodney Hudson, DE/DT Vance Walker, DE/DT Kevin Vickerson, ILB Joe Mays, CB Chris Owens

Offensive Outlook

Kansas City is expected to put together a better offensive season in 2015 than 2014. The Chiefs don't have to play Seattle, St. Louis or Arizona, which will help.  We project the entire offense getting slightly better, but we don't see fantasy star potential out of anyone but Jamaal Charles.

Projections - 2015
QB1 - Alex Smith - Passing - 3400 yds / 20 tds Rushing - 400 yds / 1 td
RB1 - Jamaal Charles - Rushing - 1150 yds / 9 tds  Receiving - 55 recs / 450 yds / 2 tds
RB2 - Knile Davis - Rushing - 500 yds / 5 tds  Receiving - 25 recs / 200 yds / 2 tds
WR1 - Jeremy Maclin - Receiving - 70 recs / 925 yds / 5 tds
WR2 - Albert Wilson - Receiving - 45 recs / 600 yds / 4 tds
WR3 - Chris Conley - Receiving - 25 recs / 275 yds / 2 tds
TE1 - Travis Kelce - Receiving - 60 recs / 700 yds / 5 tds

Defensive Outlook
Kansas City's defense was a bright spot for most of the 2014 season, ranking 2nd in points allowed and 7th in yards allowed. Kansas City has plenty of high end talent, and have proven strong for two straight years, so we'd recommend their starters in IDP formats, and their DST in redrafts formats for 2015.

Projections - 2015
DE1 - Mike DeVito - 45 total Ts / 2 sacks / 1 pass defensed / 2 total TOs
DE2 - Allen Bailey - 35 total Ts / 3 sacks / 2 passes defensed / 1 total TO
DT - Dontari Poe - 45 total Ts / 4 sacks / 2 passes defensed / 3 total TOs
OLB1 - Justin Houston - 70 total Ts / 16 sacks / 5 passes defensed / 4 total TOs
OLB2 - Tamba Hali -  55 total Ts / 10 sacks / 2 passes defensed / 6 total TOs
ILB1 - Derrick Johnson - 140 total Ts / 5 sacks / 7 passes defensed / 5 total TOs
ILB2 - Josh Mauga - 80 total Ts / 2 sacks / 4 passes defensed / 2 total TOs
CB1 - Phillip Gaines - 55 total Ts / 0 sacks / 8 passes defensed / 2 total TOs
CB2 - Sean Smith - 45 total Ts / 0 sacks / 12 passes defensed / 2 total TOs
S1 - Tyvon Branch - 90 total Ts / 0 sacks / 8 passes defensed / 5 total TOs
S2 - Ron Parker - 80 total Ts / 0 sacks / 5 passes defensed / 2 total TOs

Schedule

See HERE for schedule analysis.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/kc/kansas-city-chiefs

Depth Charts
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Pos	No	Player 1	No	Player 2	No	Player 3	No	Player 4	No	Player 5
Offense
LWR	13	Thomas, De'Anthony 14/4	85	Hammond, Frankie CF13	88	Hemingway, Junior 12/7	17	Conley, Chris 15/3	15	Luckett, Donatella CF15
LWR							00	Smith, Jeret CF15	00	Washington, L'Damian SF15
RWR	19	Maclin, Jeremy U/Phi	81	AVANT, JASON SF14	12	Wilson, Albert CF14	4	Brown, Da'Ron 15/7	6	Cook, Kenny CF15
RWR							00	Drake, Adam CF15	83	Williams, Fred CF13
LT	72	Fisher, Eric 13/1	74	Rooks, Tavon SF15
LG	66	GRUBBS, BEN T/NO	76	Duvernay-Tardif, Laurent 14/6	00	Reed, Marcus W/GB
C	64	Kush, Eric 13/6	61	Morse, Mitch 15/2	69	Frye, Garrett CF15	77	Munyer, Daniel CF15
RG	71	Allen, Jeff 12/2	74	Fanaika, Paul U/Arz	73	Fulton, Zach 14/6	60	Pughsley, Jarrod SF14
RT	79	Stephenson, Donald 12/3	78	Sherrod, Derek SF14	00	Dima, Anthony KC
TE	87	Kelce, Travis 13/3	84	Harris, Demetrius PUP	89	Gordon, Richard SF14	82	Taylor, Ryan SF15	80	O'Shaughnessy, James 15/5
TE									84	Schiltz, Adam W/Ten
QB	11	SMITH, ALEX T/SF	10	Daniel, Chase U/NO	7	Murray, Aaron 14/5
FB	42	Sherman, Anthony T/Arz	44	Ware, Spencer SF14
RB	25	Charles, Jamaal 08/3	34	Davis, Knile 13/3	35	West, Charcandrick CF14
Defense
LDE	96	Howard, Jaye W/Sea	98	Williams, Nicholas P/Pit	90	Martin, Vaughn SF15	74	Irving, David CF15
NT	92	Poe, Dontari PUP	75	Tuaau, Charles CF15	00	FANGUPO, LONI SF14
RDE	70	DEVITO, MIKE U/NYJ	97	Bailey, Allen 11/3	77	Catapano, Mike 13/7	99	Nunez-Roches, Rakeem 15/6
LOLB	50	Houston, Justin 11/3	55	Ford, Dee 14/1	51	Zombo, Frank SF13
LILB	56	JOHNSON, DERRICK 05/1
RILB	90	Mauga, Josh SF14	57	Alexander, DJ 15/5
ROLB	91	HALI, TAMBA 06/1	95	Martin, Josh CF13	54	Moses, Dezman W/GB	59	March-Lillard, Justin CF15
LCB	23	Gaines, Phillip 14/3	22	Peters, Marcus 15/1	30	Fleming, Jamell P/Bal	31	Cooper, Marcus W/SF	00	Short, Kevin CF15
SS	38	Parker, Ron W/Sea	27	Branch, Tyvon CC/Oak	29	Berry, Eric 10/1
FS	39	ABDULLAH, HUSAIN SF13	24	McCray, Kelcie T/TB	49	Sorensen, Daniel CF14
RCB	21	Smith, Sean SUS/3	26	Commings, Sanders 13/5	20	Nelson, Steven 15/3	44	Hester, Aaron SF15	40	Olatoye, Deji SF14
									00	Penny, Kenneth CF15
Special Teams
P	2	COLQUITT, DUSTIN 05/3	5	Santos, Cairo CF14
PK	5	Santos, Cairo CF14	2	COLQUITT, DUSTIN 05/3
LS	41	Winchester, James SF15	48	East, Andrew CF15
H	2	COLQUITT, DUSTIN 05/3	10	Daniel, Chase U/NO
KO	5	Santos, Cairo CF14	2	COLQUITT, DUSTIN 05/3
PR	13	Thomas, De'Anthony 14/4	85	Hammond, Frankie CF13	12	Wilson, Albert CF14
KR	34	Davis, Knile 13/3	85	Hammond, Frankie CF13	12	Wilson, Albert CF14
Reserves