62 Days until Chiefs football, we are ‘Casey Wiegmann’ days away

Nov 25, 2007; Kansas City, MO, USA; Casey Wiegmann of the Kansas City Chiefs (62) and Derrick Burgess of the Oakland Raiders (56) argue at Arrowhead Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-Imagn Images

We are 62 days away from the Kansas City Chiefs season-opening game against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football" in Week 1.

The No. 62 was most recently worn by left guard Joe Thuney for four seasons, two of those ending in Super Bowl victories, and then a third with an AFC title while Thuney started at left tackle for the playoff run.

After two first-team All-Pro years in Kansas City, Thuney earned a third such honor with the Chicago Bears last season after being traded there in 2025. He and a former Chiefs center are the franchise's most memorable players to wear the No. 62 jersey.

The all-time No. 62s in franchise historyCasey Wiegmann (2001 - 2007, 2010 - 2011)Joe Thuney (2021 - 2024)Austin Reiter (2018 - 2020)Glenn Parker (1997 - 1999)

After missing one game during the first year Wiegmann spent in Kansas City, the center on the franchise's all-time offensive line started every game for the remainder of that unit's lifespan (through 2007). He didn't have the highlight-reel pancake blocks out in space that guards Brian Waters, Will Shields and left tackle Willie Roaf had, but he was just as essential to the incredible peaks of the Chiefs' offense during that era.

He also started every game for the Broncos in the 2008 and 2009 seasons, where he finally earned a Pro Bowl honor in his 12th NFL season. He did return to Kansas City in 2010, helping the team win the AFC West for the first time since 2003.

The franchise's lack of postseason success during his tenure with the team, along with the talented players surrounding him, certainly made Wiegmann an overlooked all-time Chief.

62: Team rushing yards against the Broncos in Week 11 matchup last year

Before the Chiefs' offense mustered just 49 rushing yards against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 15, the game in which quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered the season-ending knee injury, the 62-yard output in Denver was the lowest total of the season.

The lackluster number matched the team's performance that game, one of the most important weeks of Kansas City's 2025 season. Off a bye week, with the AFC West on the line, the Chiefs' offense was unable to generate a run game against a defense that required it to attack effectively.

An elite unit, Denver's only real flaw last season was the run defense, which was attacked by smart, proactive offenses like the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots in the playoffs.

It sets up the Chiefs, who have spent this offseason with a directive to improve the run game, for a significant litmus test in Week 1.