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I love drafting WRs.

Let's make this a yearly tradition. And never draft a Sky Moore again.

He looks like a Rice clone.. Which is a good thing…

Not as fast but looks in his uni like Reek, shorter solid WR. That 6' must have a few inches missing on that ruler, though.

I often think these guys are full of shit, but in this case I think they're ****ing geniuses.

He's only played receiver for a year and a half????



Tons of room to lift that ceiling.

Love it!

This is great for our wide receiver room. Love this pick…..and this draft.

So much of his game reminds me of Rashee Rice. Even his build and measurements is similar. If Rashee gets suspended we should be alright. I like this pick, PFF loved it. Veach typically strikes good in the fourth round and I think he did it again. In terms of value this was our best pick thus far.

Mahomes should remind Royals every day that he owns him.

1 month ago.

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Seems like a slam dunk pick - great value

Drafting Royals is more important to the Chief's success than drafting a RB.

I would have loved a dynamic RB in this draft, but they had other needs which they addressed nicely.

Ahem..

How? They have 3 good WRs already the chirfs rbs weren't good last year. I like this pick but this is a weird take

Veach has done some work on the WR room the last couple years.

Gat dam so much to love about this video, from Newports to Palmers framed pic of him interviewing Kelce/Mahomes post game in the background

Like how Smith calls out this dude from Georgia showing out, not some Utah HS brotha dominating a bunch of Mormon dudes

Also like how he normalizes his skillset by admitting he may have played against inferior competition which also comes with inferior coaching and QB play and now he's going to Reid/Mahomes

I'm adopting this mfer

Hollywood's injury history plus one year deal.

Re-stocking WR pretty much every year is going to be a thing, and a good idea.

this would be hawt

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpfEGbbX...jpg&name=large

Is #89 available? I’d love an Andre Rison throwback.

Been too long since we had a dangerous #89.

We saw how quickly that Wr room can be a rookie as the WR1 and nothing else last year...

To make that statement you have to assume two things:

1) Rice and Hollywood will come back fully healthy and STAY fully healthy.

2) Pacheco and Mitchell won't.

Seems wholly inconsistent.

Rice is no more or less likely to come back at full speed from his knee than Pacheco is his leg. Hollywood is every bit the career brokedick that Mitchell is.

You're not applying the same standards here.

Jason Brownlee has it.

He could wear 11 or 17 too. He wore 17 before 1.

Royals also helps cover for Kelce as well. He’s every bit like Rice in size, strength and speed working in the middle of the field.

Even if you assume everybody is healthy, Hollywood is on a 1-year deal, and next year is the last year of Rashee's rookie deal. And I hate to be saying this but I think Kelce is dropping off a cliff. We need to keep adding weapons and this guy seems like an insane bargain in Round 4.

But we saw Pacheco come back last year and wasn't the same player. Pacheco has a battering ram running style those don't last long in the league. Kareem Hunt looked toasted the last few months of the year and yeah you can't count on Mitchell.

Rice + Worthy is one of the best duos in the league. I dont think it's a remotely close comparison. Again I'm not against the pick but to think our RB room is fine isn't true.

It's not fine, no.

good thing it's only April.

Yep. One of those things that might take post draft or post training camp to figure out

Isnt' Devin Neal still available

Holy balls. This going to be a good pick!

The more I watch the more I like and this dude can shake and bake fools in wide open spaces. Makes missing out on Burden very very inconsequential

Pop was hurt He was playing well before he got hurt

Hunt didn’t have OTAs minicamp not training camp and he played well despite not having it last year

No. Went to the saints

The next Rashee Rice but better car driver.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jalen Royals to the Chiefs ����<br><br>#1 fastest 10-yard split in this WR class &amp; dominated man coverage<br><br>Andy Reid &amp; Patrick Mahomes will love him <a href="https://t.co/1DKO87PE5R">pic.twitter.com/1DKO87PE5R</a></p>&mdash; Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/SharpFootball/status/1916189677838864590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Absolutely beautiful.

I literally do not care about the 40.

You’ve got to be thrilled to get him here.

In the immortal words of Eddie Murphy- "My dick don't get any harder than this".

https://imgur.com/BMvjGj4.jpg

Adam Teicher hates him. That's good enough for me.

Absolutely, Teicher can't retire fast enough.

Rice has more time to recover than Pacheco. Pacheco is gonna have a chance to get healthier this offseason as well

I hope this guy pans out and is a 700+ yard receiver, would really make the Chiefs WR corp. a four headed hydra (+Kelce is a WR essentially)

He says that like JJSS is a lock to start over Royals. He isn’t, especially later in the year

If I’m relying on JJSS as one of my top 4 receivers in 2025, then guess what, I’m drafting a guy to replace him

Sources have Royals as a 2nd/3rd rounder value, why someone is saying they won't play much already is extremely premature? Also injuries are a b*tch, we saw Hollywood go down last year and I think we know now WR depth is critical, Rashee Rice too is an unknown on what will happen in terms of suspension or not

Yeah I see no reason why he can't challenge for WR3.

He'll start the year as WR5, which is as it should be. I'm sure they'll have a package of plays for him, and work off of that.

No reason at all that he wouldn't be WR3 in '26. Draft another one every year, start 'em out on the bottom, and keep the line moving.

So apparently this guy had an ankle injury when he ran his 40 and he is faster than that. I mean, he ran a 4.4 so that seems like good news.

I am shocked Hollywood came back.


One of the best deep threat WR's in the NFL and Nagy has you clearing space to throw a pop pass to Worthy.


He must just love Mahomes and winning because his usage here is awful.

90 percent chance if he is suspended it’ll be 26

Not you using "WR1,2,3.." terminology, sir!!!

[Edit - I think it was you, but maybe someone else, who busted my balls for saying "WR#." If so - caught ya! If not, my bad ROFL ]

Royals caught seven passes (two for touchdowns) in 11 games with the Bulldogs. With aspirations to get noticed, Royals took up an offer from Utah State to go to a summer football camp. That turned out to be his lucky break as he ran a reported 4.32 seconds in the 40-yard dash and soon got an offer to join the Aggies before the 2022 season


https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/...-state-wr/amp/

He can run a 4.32

My favorite pick of this draft!

I hate it, but got tired of fighting everyone else on the verbiage.

After he establishes himself a little as a Kansas City Chief he should definitely be throwing some first pitches across the parking lot

I really wanted Burden in the first round, but this guy is the perfect consolation prize. How'd he make it to the fourth??

- Rice
- Worthy
- Hollywood
- Royals
- JuJu
- Remigio

https://media0.giphy.com/media/28ITn...Xwnj/giphy.gif

That's the receiving group final roster right there, the offense is going to be more fun to watch this year

Andy remains super committed to never having large wide receivers. ROFL

In fact we got rid of Watson who was actually decent at going up to get a pass. LMAO

I have very few complaints about Andy in my time here but it always feels like to me that he just never wants this kind of player around.

Wow football nerd vibes.

Poindexter is going to calculate the angle A at which velocity B will smoke your cornerback C.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalsJalen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RoyalsJalen</a> is already ready to work �� <a href="https://t.co/f9Mnx7KLdT">pic.twitter.com/f9Mnx7KLdT</a></p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs/status/1916198625710923842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seems like a good dude.

Let’s go

Best group of WRs we’ve had since we traded Tyreek. This will be a fun group to watch.

He's a hot nerd, though

he's gonna wear 17

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpepvcjX...pg&name=medium

Comparison: Roddy White

I’ve seen some great catches in his highlights, but what’s the overall assessment of his hands? Is he a catch everything type of guy?

Seems smart, so maybe he can pick up the the offense quickly.

We didn't have a group. We just had Tyreek, which was fine because we had prime Kelce.

This group is so much better.

He had three drops in 2024 and all three were concentration drops



That's being new to the position.

This dude's NFL.com draft profile says he's going to be a "plus starter"

Damn

Yea, many of us would've been fine with taking this guy in the 2nd.

His floor is a rock solid WR3 firmly behind Rice and Worthy.

I really really like this pick! Can't believe we got him where we did.

https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2025/...ver-utah-state

Chiefs see Jalen Royals as a wide receiver who can ‘run right through you’
Kansas City’s fourth round pick and area scout discussed the selection on Saturday.

Assuming the LT position is figured out, no reason this shouldn't be a top 3 offense in the league, if not the best.

They need a nickname in line with Legion of Zoom.

Rice - 4.51 but with a 1.49 Ten Yard Split

Worthy - 4.21 - 1.49
Brown - 4.27 - N/A
Royals - 4.39 - 1.40

I don't know about Rice's top end speed, because we really haven't had a chance to see it, but he is explosive AF initially, and the rest of these guys match that, but are also faster.

Shit good thing it was obly the 4th round when I made the post. With Smith I am satisfied. If Simmons & Royals arr good thing year we're historical offense good...

After sleeping on it, I love this pick even more.

He has true X potential in this offense. Jeremy Maclin. Sammy Watkins if he could stay healthy and was less insane.

Unrelated and hilarious side note:

The Chiefs' selection of Royals led to Bills fans melting down about what a good draft the Chiefs were having, what an insane value Royals was, and how stupid their GM is.

If he's as good as we think he is going to be, that's just another dagger with them. You hate to see it, but mostly, you love to see it.