Last week we pondered why linebacker Tanoh Kpassagnon hadn’t seen much playing time on defense this season.

He finally did see some action during the Chiefs’ Monday night win over Denver. Kpassagnon came in late in the game and saw 10 defensive snaps.

It turns out that getting Kpassagnon some extra snaps was always the plan according to coach Andy Reid.

“We rotate (the outside linebackers) in practice and then we’ve been gradually talking about getting (Kpassagnon) in the game and getting him some experience there,” Reid said during Tuesday’s press conference, “so he was probably going to get some towards the end of that game anyways.

“Not because we had a lead, but that was just the way it was going to work in the second half. It ended up working out with Justin (Houston) coming out of it. We kind of figured that was going to be the situation.”

Kpassagnon, 23, was the Chiefs’ second-round pick in the 2017 draft. The 6-foot-7, 289-pound stud came into the league as a defensive end but was converted to outside linebacker during the preseason. He can still play several positions on the front seven.

Kpassagnon looked solid in limited time during training camp and preseason. With LB Dee Ford dealing with nagging injuries, it’d be nice for Kansas City to throw Kpassagnon in the mix to see what he’s made of. That’ll be an underrated storyline in the second half of the season.