We are bad precisely because not only do we not have elite WRs, our bottom of roster guys suck too.

Last offseason guys were saying every WR that wasn’t a superstar sucked.

Everyone was washed , etc

Odunze would be the perfect fit but that ain't happening so we're probably looking at Troy Franklin.

It's the top of the group that kills you, not the bottom. If you had this group, minus MVS as your 4/5/6 type guys, you're fine.

Toney as the #4/fringe #3 guy is a really talented room.

Exactly.

It's easy to say "sign/trade for an alpha" or draft the best you can in R1.

Which Alpha are you signing? Mike Evans is the only one I think will actually make it to FA. Higgins is going to get re-signed or tagged or tagged and traded to somone not the Chiefs. Same with Pittman.

Is Ridley an alpha?

Who are you anticipating being available via trade? That's a tough thing to count on.

Who is an alpha in the draft? Harrison is, but KC isn't getting in position to take him. You pay the same type of price to get Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze as the Chiefs did to get Mahomes?

There's not an EASY answer, and KC has to be careful to not get DESPERATE to try and create an easy answer.

Marquise Brown in FA and Troy Franklin in rd 1 is probably a significant improvement at WR compared to this year. I’d like another shot taken at the position later in the draft as well.

Well, we saw this year that they're probably gonna have to get aggressive and create an answer or their QB is gonna have a mental breakdown.

Whoa, pump the brakes a tad. Sammy was a legit 1, probably at a minimum a top-15 to -20 NFL WR for a short period of time when he was healthy in BUF, that could consistently play zone and beat man coverage.

Rice is progressing very well, but he ain't that, not yet. He has to continue to develop his releases and his breaks at the top of his routes, and probably a couple other things, before he's in (what was) Sammy's league.


And Sammy was more twitchy with the ball in his hands, imo, but that's another matter.

The fanbase already is - christ people are advocating for guys like Hollywood Brown and Mooney, who haven't done shit in like 3 years.

OOOOH "insert WR here" had a 1k season once! Go get him Bert Varch!

Duncan is right - WE don't know who is going to be available on the FA or trade market - but it's Veach's job to have a pretty good idea and plan accordingly.

Every year there are surprising cap casualties as well. If they *want* to go get a true WR1, they will.

My concern is that they're going to go the spare parts route again, and we're right back here talking about how we're overpaying another bottom of the group WR like MVS.

Well....we're kinda back to the "maybe we shouldn't have traded the HOF all time great WR" but that ship is sailed. They probably will go with the draft and mid tier signing route and try to develop them.

It's probably not the worst idea, but as we have seen this year, shit can go off the rails and when you go that way, you don't have much to lay back on.

The crazy thing is, they really had Hopkins basically fall in their lap and didn't do that. I'd like to get why they didn't atleast dip more toes in that water.

If Penix plays against Mich like he played against Texas, i think he'll be a 1st rnder. Great pocket poise, decent mobility, good accuracy, especially long ball. Like usual, the Pro Days will be the final factor, but every GM realizes you have to have a QB to win these days, and if someone drafts Mitch Trubisky at 2, surely they won't let Penix get to the 2nd.

They need to draft and develop regardless of the plan in FA/Trade.

I don't want MVS back, never was a big fan for the fit. Just saying dont just go get part II because he knows the offense.

3+ new WRs is overboard I think. They don’t need a complete overhaul, and you need a little continuity.

I think one good free agent/trade and a 1st or 2nd round pick will be plenty good enough, as long as they don’t draft another Moore.

FA/trade
Rice
Draft pick
Watson
James
Toney

If Toney performs and stays healthy, that’s just a bonus.

I have a bad feeling they’re going to keep Moore though.

This is a bit of a mixture thing, right now just having competent WR's that know how to lineup and win a route would improve the team dramatically.

I don't think some people understand just how unfunctional the Chiefs passing game is for an NFL passing game at the moment.