We’re less than a week away from the Kansas City Chiefs’ “Monday Night Football” opener against the Denver Broncos, so let’s go over three things I think about the team before the season kicks off.1. The Chiefs’ biggest depth issue has shiftedIt feels like we talked all offseason about the Chiefs’ question marks at wide receiver.Very quickly, though, K.C. has had a much more dire issue emerge: the depth — all over — on the offensive line.It started in the preseason. The Chiefs made it clear they weren’t sold on their interior backups when they kept rotating tackles Jaylon Moore and Kahlil Benson to the interior during drills when right guard Trey Smith sat out with a back injury. In late August, it seemed likely K.C. would look to the trade market to address this need, and sure enough, it acquired New York Giants guard Joshua Ezeudu to help.Since then, though, the offensive line situation has gotten only worse. Left tackle Josh Simmons has remained out and away from practices with a back injury, leaving his immediate availability in doubt.Our bold prediction for the Chiefs' 2026 seasonJesse NewellThe Chiefs swung another trade for Baltimore Ravens left tackle Diego Pounds, but he doesn’t profile as a quick solution after just picking up the playbook. Without Simmons, the Chiefs will likely look to Moore at left tackle and Benson at right tackle — the latter of whom would be quite a story, per TruMedia, as only two undrafted rookie tackles have started Week 1 of their first season since 2000.Just five months ago, general manager Brett Veach acknowledged that any time he mentioned potentially drafting a first-round right tackle before the NFL Draft, it was only as a smokescreen.Life has come quickly at the Chiefs since then. Offensive tackle has to be considered their biggest worry heading into Week 1, and the overall O-line depth also remains a major concern, especially with quarterback Patrick Mahomes returning from December knee surgery.2. The Chiefs have already shown they’ll be changing their offensive styleFrom the early portions of training camp, it was obvious the Chiefs were repping more under-center plays than in past seasons.Now we have some small-sample data. And it all points to K.C. looking to unlock free-agent running back Kenneth Walker III — and more of its play-action game — with a shift toward more non-shotgun plays.Per TruMedia, the Chiefs went under center on 20 percent of their snaps in 2025. During three preseason games, that rose to 31.1 percent — and even came with Walker getting extremely limited playing time.The Chiefs view Walker as a three-down back, and his vision and burst have played up best when he has been able to run from under center. That scheme type also allows for greater versatility in runs.I wouldn’t expect the Chiefs to finish in the top half of the NFL in under-center plays, especially with other teams likely to increase their own usage after the Rams’ recent success with that setup.It seems clear now, though, that this will be a greater part of the Chiefs’ repertoire as they look to play to their personnel’s strengths.3. We’re still not talking enough about one playerThis won’t be a surprise if you saw my bold prediction for the Chiefs earlier this week.But third-year receiver Xavier Worthy is getting overlooked — and I’ll go bold enough to say he’ll get to 1,000 yards this season.Part of this thought goes back to the 2025 NFL combine, which was after Worthy’s rookie season. I asked coach Andy Reid then about Worthy’s potential, and Reid said he was excited to expand on what Worthy had shown in the playoffs.“He’s not the biggest guy, but he’s not afraid to run crossing routes. Sometimes you see those guys and they tiptoe across. He goes 100 miles an hour, man,” Reid said in February 2025. “All the stuff he did was all new compared to what he did in college. So we’re seeing it, and then for Pat to be able to trust and know where he’s going to be … all that stuff takes time. So, that’s a great thing.”That was all going to set up a potential breakout 2025 season — before Worthy collided with tight end Travis Kelce and tore his labrum in the season opener. Though Worthy returned to the field, he wasn’t himself, and Reid later acknowledged the Chiefs changed his route tree to reduce injury risk. Specifically, they stopped using Worthy on those crossing routes Reid was so excited about before the season.All that’s worth considering for Worthy, who is still only 23 and younger than rookie receiver Cyrus Allen.Worthy was the team’s MVP during summer practices, when he flashed as a home-run threat again with his elite speed. He also says he has benefited this offseason from working with a more detail-oriented receivers coach in Chad O’Shea.Injury has to be the biggest concern here, and Worthy missed most of training camp after reinjuring his shoulder. He’ll be full-go for Week 1, and though Worthy’s a small guy at 5 feet 11 and 165 pounds, he wasn’t injury-prone in high school or college; that could give some hope that last year’s season-altering ailment was more of a fluke than a trend.I was surprised to see betting markets put Worthy’s expected receiving season total around 650 yards — lower than Kelce’s.Health will be something to watch. But if Worthy is out there and can get back to his full route tree, I see him surpassing that 650 number easily.