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Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

Mahomes ABSENCE: Kansas City Chiefs Must Make BOLD MOVES to Fill Quarterback Void

Locked On Chiefs - Daily Podcast On The Kansas City Chiefs

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Kansas City Chiefs face a roster shakeup as quarterback uncertainty looms large for 2026. With Patrick Mahomes' injury timetable in question and free agents like Gardner Minshew up in the air, could a rookie or surprise veteran step into the spotlight? The Chiefs must rebuild their running back room for more explosiveness, decide which free agent wide receivers to retain, and weigh the draft value of backup QB prospects. Chris Clark and Matt Derrick break down Kansas City's defensive priorities, debating the futures of Chris Jones and Omar Norman-Lott, and exploring the need for dominant edge rushers and run-stoppers. Salary cap constraints drive tough decisions on Mike Danna, while the safety position and Brian Cook's status add another layer of intrigue. With limited draft capital and coaching staff changes still unfolding, can Andy Reid and Eric Bieniemy steer the Chiefs toward another Super Bowl run?

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0:00.0

The 2026 Kansas City Chiefs are going to look a lot different.

0:07.7

We're going to talk about where they need to add on both the offensive and defensive

0:11.5

side of the ball today on Locked on Chiefs.

0:14.8

From the land of the three and the home of the Chiefs, this is the Locked on Chiefs podcast.

0:23.6

Hey, everybody, Welcome back to another episode of Locked-on Chiefs, part of the

0:26.5

Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every single day. Thank you all for listening and thank you

0:31.9

for making us the number one sports podcast network in the United States. We do truly

0:35.5

appreciate that. Thank you to our everydayers. We could not do this without you. And today's episode is brought to you by

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GameTime. Download the GameTime app, create an account, and use code locked on for $20 off your

0:47.7

first purchase at Game. We're going to talk about the coach openings a little bit later in the

0:52.9

show. We're going to start off talking about the offense and we will talk about the defense a a little bit later in the show. We're going to start off talking about the offense,

0:55.6

and we will talk about the defense a little bit later.

0:57.7

I am Chris Clark from Chief's Corner.

0:59.5

This is Matt Derek from Chiefs Digest. Go check him out.

1:02.9

He will have you covered our inside man with the Chiefs.

1:06.2

Lots of talk about Matt's when you start looking at this roster

1:09.6

and the differences that are going to be on it

1:12.5

from 25 to 2026 what do you see is the biggest positional need for this offense going in in

1:20.6

2026 yeah i mean if you're if you're just looking at 26 and trying to rebuild this team and

1:26.9

get the offense moving in the right direction i mean quarterback's going to be the discussion that you're if you're just looking at 26 and trying to rebuild this team and get the offense moving in the right direction, I mean, quarterback's going to be the discussion that you're going to have to have because you're going to need to have some offseason quarterbacks. And even though Patrick Mahomes is telling you that he wants to be ready by week one, there's no guarantee he will be ready for week one. And that's going to be a sticky wicket for the chiefs to kind of navigate,

1:46.0

to fill that spot, to have the three or four arms that you're going to need to get through

1:50.6

OTAs and into training camp. You aren't guaranteed to have Patrick. Do you just return the band?

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