2018 Kansas City Chiefs

2018 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	The Hunt family
Head Coach	Andy Reid
Home Field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	12–4
Place	1st AFC West
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Colts) 31–13 Lost AFC Championship (vs. Patriots) 31–37 (OT)
Pro Bowlers	TBD
Uniform
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
2017	2019

The 2018 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 49th season in the National Football League, their 59th overall, their sixth under head coach Andy Reid, and their second under general manager Brett Veach.

The Chiefs finished 12–4 and won their third consecutive AFC West title, made their fourth consecutive playoff appearance, but lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes won the AP NFL MVP award, becoming the first Chiefs player to ever be named MVP.

NFL Top 100

Main article: NFL Top 100 Players of 2018

Rank	Player	Position	Change
24	Travis Kelce	TE	Template:Increase 2
33	Kareem Hunt	RB	NR
40	Tyreek Hill	WR	Template:Decrease 4

Draft

• Main article: 2018 NFL Draft

2018 Kansas City Chiefs Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
2	46	Breeland Speaks	Defensive end	Ole Miss
3	75	Derrick Nnadi	Defensive tackle	Florida State
	100	Dorian O'Daniel	Linebacker	Clemson
4	124	Armani Watts	Safety	Texas A&M
6	196	Tremon Smith	Cornerback	Central Arkansas
	198	Kahlil McKenzie	Defensive tackle	Tennessee

Trades

• The Chiefs traded their first round selection (No. 22 overall), along with their 2017 first and third round selections to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for the Bills' 2017 first-round selection.

• The Chiefs received a third round selection (No. 78 overall) and cornerback Kendall Fuller from the Washington Redskins in exchange for quarterback Alex Smith.

• The Chiefs traded their fifth round selection (159th overall) to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for offensive tackle Cameron Erving.

• The Chiefs traded their seventh round selection (240th overall) to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for cornerback Kenneth Acker.

• The Chiefs received a seventh round draft selection (233rd overall) from the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for cornerback Marcus Cooper.

• The Chiefs traded cornerback Marcus Peters and their sixth round selection (209th overall) to the Los Angeles Rams for their fourth round selection (124th overall) and their second round selection in the 2019 NFL Draft.

• The Chiefs received a seventh round draft selection (243rd Overall) from the Tennessee Titans in exchange for defensive tackle David King.

• The Chiefs received a 2nd round pick (46th overall) and a 3rd round pick (100th overall) from the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for the Chiefs' 2nd round pick (54th overall) and 3rd round pick (78th overall).

• The Chiefs received a 3rd round pick (75th overall) from the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for their 3rd round pick (86th overall) and their 4th round pick (122nd overall)

• The Chiefs a 6th round pick (198th overall) from the New England Patriots in exchange for two 7th round picks (233rd overall and 243rd Overall)

Staff

Kansas City Chiefs current staff
	Front Office Chairman/CEO - Clark Hunt President - Mark Donovan General Manager - Brett Veach Assistant general manager - Mike Borgonzi Vice president of football operations - Brandt Tilis Vice president of football operations/team counsel - Chris Shea Senior director of player personnel - Mike Bradway Senior director of pro personnel - Tim Terry Senior director of college scouting - Ryne Nutt Senior personnel executive - Willie Davis College scouting coordinator - Greg Castillo Head Coaches Head Coach - Andy Reid Assistant Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator - Dave Toub Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator - Matt Nagy Pass game coordinator - Joe Bleymaier Quarterbacks - David Girardi Running Backs - Todd Pinkston Assistant running backs - Porter Ellett Wide Receivers - Connor Embree Tight Ends - Tom Melvin Offensive Line - Andy Heck Assistant Offensive Line - Corey Matthaei Offensive analyst - Kevin Saxton Offensive Quality Control/Assistant quarterbacks - Dan Williams			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator - Steve Spagnuolo Defensive Line - Jon Cullen Assistant defensive line - Terry Bradden Linebackers/rungame coordinator - Brendan Daly Outside Linebackers - Ken Flajole Defensive Backs - Dave Merritt Safeties - Donald D'Alesio Defensive assistant - Rod Wilson Defensive Quality Control - Alex Whittingham Special Teams Coaches Assistant Special Teams - Andy Hill Coaching Support Staff Statistical Analysis Coordinator - Mike Frazier Director of Video Operations - Pat Brazil Assistant Director of Video Operations - Ken Radino Video Assistants - Colin Clark and Josh Schmidt Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning - Barry Rubin Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Travis Crittenden Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Tyler Judkins Sports Science/Conditioning - Ryan Reynolds → Coaching Staff → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Kansas City Chiefs current roster
Quarterbacks  2 Ian Book 15 Patrick Mahomes 13 Chris Oladokun 11 Carson Wentz Running backs 39 Emani Bailey 25 Clyde Edwards-Helaire 30 Keaontay Ingram 10 Isiah Pacheco 34 Deneric Prince  9 Louis Rees-Zammit 42 Carson Steele Wide receivers 88 Phillip Brooks  5 Marquise Brown 17 Mecole Hardman 89 Jaaron Hayek 24 Skyy Moore 14 Cornell Powell 81 Nikko Remigio  4 Rashee Rice  8 Justyn Ross 19 Kadarius Toney 80 Montrell Washington  1 Xavier Worthy 84 Justin Watson Tight ends 47 Baylor Cupp 83 Noah Gray 87 Travis Kelce 82 Irv Smith Jr. 85 Gerrit Prince 12 Jared Wiley		Offensive linemen 66 Mike Caliendo G 75 Ethan Driskell T 72 Chukwuebuka Godrick T 61 C. J. Hanson G 52 Creed Humphrey C 68 Griffin McDowell T 70 McKade Mettauer G 64 Wanya Morris T 77 Lucas Niang T 60 Hunter Nourzad C 65 Trey Smith G 76 Kingsley Suamataia T 74 Jawaan Taylor T 62 Joe Thuney G 79 Nick Torres G Defensive linemen 97 Felix Anudike-Uzomah DE 51 Mike Danna DE 93 Matt Dickerson DT 92 Neil Farrell Jr. DE -- Alex Gubner DT 94 Malik Herring DE 95 Chris Jones DT 57 Truman Jones DE 56 George Karlaftis DE 99 Fabien Lovett DT 91 Derrick Nnadi DT 90 Charles Omenihu DE 69 Mike Pennel DT 53 B. J. Thompson DE 98 Tershawn Wharton DT		Linebackers 32 Nick Bolton MLB 55 Swayze Bozeman OLB 54 Leo Chenal MLB 48 Cole Christiansen OLB 43 Jack Cochrane OLB 29 Curtis Jacobs OLB 44 Cam Jones OLB 23 Drue Tranquill MLB 50 Luquay Washington LB Defensive backs 45 Miles Battle CB 40 Ekow Boye-Doe CB 26 Deon Bush SS 27 Chamarri Conner FS  6 Bryan Cook SS 42 Trey Dean S 17 Kamal Hadden CB 21 Jaden Hicks S 13 Nazeeh Johnson FS 31 Nic Jones CB 24 Kelvin Joseph CB 22 Trent McDuffie CB 38 Derrick Miller CB 20 Justin Reid FS 30 Christian Roland-Wallace CB 39 Keith Taylor CB 35 Jaylen Watson CB  2 Joshua Williams CB Special teams 49 Matt Araiza P  7 Harrison Butker K 41 James Winchester LS				Reserve lists Practice squad Unrestricted FAs Restricted FAs Exclusive-Rights FAs Rookies in italics Roster updated June 24, 2024 Depth chart • Transactions 89 active, inactive → NFL rosters

Player codes

• PUP - Physically Unable to Play
• IR - Injured Reserve
• R - Rookie (player name in italics)
• FA - Free Agent (Restriced)
• UFA - Unrestriced free agent
• S- Suspended
• SI - Suspended infdefinitely

Preseason

The Chiefs' preseason opponents were announced in April.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	August 9	Houston	L 10-17	0-1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	August 16	at Atlanta	W 28-14	1-1	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Recap
3	August 23	at Chicago	L 20-27	1-2	Soldier Field	Recap
4	August 30	Green Bay	W 33-21	2-2	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	September 9	at LA Chargers	38-28	1-0	Stubhub Center	Recap
2	September 16	at Pittsburgh	42-37	2-0	Heinz Field	Recap
3	September 23	San Francisco	38-27	3-0	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
4	October 1	at Denver	27-23	4-0	Mile High	Recap
5	October 7	Jacksonville	14-30	5-0	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
6	October 14	at New England	40-43	5-1	Gillette Stadium	Recap
7	October 21	Cincinnati	45-10	6-1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
8	October 28	Denver	30-23	7-1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
9	November 4	at Cleveland	37-21	8-1	FirstEnergy Stadium	Recap
10	November 11	Arizona	26-14	9-1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
11	November 19	at LA Rams	51-54	9-2	LA Coliseum	Recap
12	Bye
13	December 2	at Oakland	40-33	10-2	Oakland Coliseum	Recap
14	December 9	Baltimore	27-24 (OT)	11-2	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
15	December 13	LA Chargers	28-29	11-3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
16	December 23	at Seattle	31-38	11-4	CenturyLink Field	Recap
17	December 30	Oakland	35-3	12-4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap

Notes

• Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
• Networks and times from Weeks 5–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling, for the exceptions of Week 11 (Monday Night Football) and Week 15 (Thursday Night Football).

Postseason

Schedule

Playoff round	Date	Opponent (seed)	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
Wild Card	Bye
Divisional	January 12	Indianapolis (6)	W 31–13	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
AFC Championship	January 20	New England (2)	L 31–37 (OT)	1–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap

Game summaries

AFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. #6 Indianapolis Colts

AFC Divisional Playoffs: (#6) Indianapolis Colts at (#1) Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary 1 2 3 4 Total Colts 0 7 0 6 13 Chiefs 14 10 0 7 31 at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Date: January 12, 2019 Game time: 3:35 p.m. CST Game weather: Template:Convert/F, snow Game attendance: 76,765 Referee: John Hussey TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya Recap, Gamebook Game information First quarter KC – Damien Williams 10-yard run (Harrison Butker kick), 10:05. Chiefs 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 90 yards, 3:00. KC – Tyreek Hill 36-yard run (Harrison Butker kick), 6:28. Chiefs 14–0. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 3:04. Second quarter KC – Harrison Butker 39-yard field goal, 12:13. Chiefs 17–0. Drive: 15 plays, 53 yards, 6:59. IND – Zach Pascal blocked punt recovery in the end zone (Adam Vinatieri kick), 5:56. Chiefs 17–7. KC – Patrick Mahomes 4-yard run (Harrison Butker kick), 1:40. Chiefs 24–7. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:16. Third quarter No scoring plays. Fourth quarter IND – T. Y. Hilton 29-yard pass from Andrew Luck (kick failed, wide right), 5:31. Chiefs 24–13. Drive: 10 plays, 87 yards, 3:04. KC – Darrel Williams 6-yard run (Harrison Butker kick), 2:23. Chiefs 31–13. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 3:08. Top passers IND – Andrew Luck – 18/35, 196 yards, TD KC – Patrick Mahomes – 27/41, 278 yards Top rushers IND – Marlon Mack – 9 rushes, 46 yards KC – Damien Williams – 25 rushes, 129 yards, TD Top receivers IND – T. Y. Hilton – 4 receptions, 60 yards, TD KC – Travis Kelce – 7 receptions, 108 yards

AFC Championship: vs. #2 New England Patriots

AFC Championship: (#2) New England Patriots at (#1) Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary 1 2 3 4 OT Total Patriots 7 7 3 14 6 37 Chiefs 0 0 7 24 0 31 at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri Date: January 20, 2019 Game time: 5:40 p.m. CST Game weather: Template:Convert/F, cloudy Game attendance: 77,034 Referee: Clete Blakeman TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn and Jay Feely Recap, Gamebook Game information First Quarter NE — Sony Michel 6-yard run, (Stephen Gostkowski kick) 6:55. Patriots 7–0. Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards, 8:05 Second Quarter NE — Phillip Dorsett 29-yard pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostowski kick), 0:27. Patriots 14–0. Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards, 2:41 Third Quarter KC — Travis Kelce 12-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick), 12:56. Patriots 14–7. Drive: 4 plays, 74 yards, 2:04 NE — Stephen Gostowski 47-yard field goal, 4:07. Patriots 17–7. Drive: 6 plays, 8 yards, 3:36. Fourth Quarter KC — Damien Williams 1-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick), 14:51. Patriots 17–14 . Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:11 KC – Damien Williams 23-yard pass from Patrick Mahomes (Harrison Butker kick), 7:45. Chiefs 21–17. Drive: 2 plays, 23 yards, 0:10. NE – Sony Michel 10-yard run (Stephen Gostkowski kick), 3:32. Patriots 24–21. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:13. KC – Damien Williams 2-yard run (Harrison Butker kick), 2:03. Chiefs 28–24. Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards, 1:29. NE – Rex Burkhead 4-yard run (Stephen Gostkowski kick), 0:39. Patriots 31–28. Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 1:24. KC – Harrison Butker 39-yard field goal, 0:11. Tied 31–31. Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards, 0:31. Overtime NE – Rex Burkhead 2-yard run, 10:10. Patriots 37–31. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 4:52. Top passers NE – Tom Brady – 30/46, 348 yards, TD, 2 INT KC – Patrick Mahomes – 16/31, 295 yards, 3 TD Top rushers NE – Sony Michel – 29 rushes, 113 yards, 2 TD KC – Damien Williams – 10 rushes, 30 yards, TD Top receivers NE – Julian Edelman – 7 receptions, 96 yards KC – Sammy Watkins – 4 receptions, 114 yards

External links

• Official website