How Will the Broncos Defense REACT to Facing Patrick Mahomes Back at Full Strength?

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🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Kansas City Chiefs brace for a pivotal AFC West clash as Patrick Mahomes and Bo Nix recover from injuries ahead of their Week 8 showdown with the Denver Broncos. Can the Chiefs assert early division dominance, or will Denver’s revamped offense featuring Jalen Waddle disrupt their plans? The outcome could set the tone for the remainder of the season, especially with high-stakes division games stacked at the start. Chris Clark and Ryan Tracy break down tackle battles, defensive evolutions, and how the Chiefs’ offensive line must adapt to Denver’s relentless speed rush from Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper. Key topics include Mahomes’ rehabilitation, the impact of new playmakers like Waddle, and whether the Broncos’ committee of running backs can challenge Kansas City's run defense anchored by new addition Tonga. Can Kansas City’s defense clamp down, or will Sean Payton’s run-heavy scheme tip the balance in Denver’s favor?

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0:00.0	Broncos Chiefs, Part Due in week eight.
0:04.7	From the land of the free and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.
0:10.7	You are Locked on Chiefs, your daily Kansas City Chiefs podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast network, your team every day.
0:24.5	And welcome back to the Chiefs overtime i'm chris clark from chief's corner that is ryan tracy from rg r football let's dive right in chiefs already
0:31.0	will have played two games in the a fc west at this point and this will be the third one no sorry three games at the a sq west at this point and this will be the third one. No, sorry, three games at the AFC West at this point, and this will be the fourth one,
0:40.8	and they will not play another AFC West game until the end of the season.
0:44.6	You will know where the Chiefs are going to be after week eight in the AFC West,
0:48.9	because they have the lion's share of their games early on, and they're heading to Denver in week eight.
0:56.9	Part D. I like that.
1:00.0	And honestly, it's much more than that, because you're right.
1:03.6	Depending on the outcome of week one,
1:05.4	the chiefs of the Broncos will have the lead,
1:07.4	and most like we'll have had the lead,
1:08.9	because I think they both beat the other two teams in this division whenever they play them. So this comes down to, can somebody get a sweep or do they split? And if they split, it goes down to the last couple of weekends, right? As the chiefs are playing the charges in the Raiders the last two weeks of the season and we'll get to those later in this series, folks. So make sure you're here for overtime all the time because we're trying to keep
1:29.6	these nice and tight and short and give you the information you need.
1:32.6	But that said, especially if they split, it all comes down to evolution.
1:38.8	And the chiefs have some things that they have to evolve.
1:41.1	Their wide receiver specifically, whoever's going to be covering in the secondary.
1:46.6	What does the pass rush look like?
1:48.5	All those things are important, but it's important for Denver as well.
1:52.5	Bonex is coming off an injury as well.
1:54.3	It looks like at least from where we're sitting here now in May, OTAs, June 1st,
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