KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Taylor Swift won't be the only person connected to the Chiefs who will be wearing a dazzling ring if the Chiefs' 53-man roster announced Tuesday wins another Super Bowl.
Among the well-known players who didn't make the final 2025-26 roster were running back Carson Steele, defensive lineman Mike Pennel Jr. and safety Mike Edwards.
But there is plenty of offensive firepower coming back.
The team kept two quarterbacks on their active roster: Patrick Mahomes, the all-everything leader of the team, and Gardner Minshew.
Veteran running backs Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco figure to be featured in the Chiefs' offense. Elijah Mitchell and Brashard Smith will join them in the backfield.
The Chiefs have plenty of wide receivers for Mahomes to choose from, including Rashee Rice, Hollywood Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Xavier Worthy.
Travis Kelce, fresh off a successful marriage proposal to Taylor Swift, will likely be among Mahomes' favorite targets in the team's passing offense.
Noah Gray and Jared Wiley are more-than-capable backups to Kelce.
The team kept nine offensive linemen, including starters Creed Humphrey, Trey Smith, Josh Simmons, Kingsley Suamataia and Jawaan Taylor.
Chris Jones will once again be the man up front in the defense wrecking havoc in the opponent's backfield.
Among the returning players on the defensive line are George Karlaftis, Charles Omenihu and Mike Danna.
The team added former Chief Derrick Nnadi in a trade before the cutdown date.
Nick Bolton leads the six linebackers, and Trent McDuffie will anchor the defensive backfield.
The Chiefs open the season on Friday, Sept. 5, against the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil. You can watch the 7 p.m. game on KSHB 41.
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